It was a great experience, although I stayed busy cooking and visiting the villages and assisting the nurse to help those who got sick. We were a medical missionary camp, located on a tropical fruit farm. That was when I first discovered Plantains. At first, I thought they were Bananas. Actually, there were to groups of people that lived near our camp the Mayans and another group that lived in houses on sticks, they had their own witchdoctors, they were/are the Garifunas. Every day there was a new adventure while toiling through 123 degrees (in the shade) heat. And it was monsoon season, so it rained constantly. I remember the small artifacts that the archeologist brought back such as clay-like spoons and bowls found near the unearthed step pyramid mound. The most beautiful thing of all was to hear the Mayan children sing. They sang using every inch of their energy and they clapped and danced. I remember thinking their voices were so nasal they sounded like Alvin and the chipmunks. I hated to leave and in some way, I feel I left a part of me there. And I bought apart of Belize back home with me. ...Oh well, back to work thanks for reading and listening @thecreativerebel
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Thank you for sharing @rensoul17! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the adventure! It feeds the creative rebel in me. ;)