This week is our first week in the schools.  While everyone else in the group is going to the schools, I'm lucky enough to join my partner teacher on a field trip to mainland Belize.  The trip is for the senior students who are taking the business track in school.  All of the students are in the spanish class that my partner teacher has so it's a great opportunity to get to know the students.  The first place we stop at is a citrus production factory where the students take a tour.










The students had fun but the best part for me was hanging in the waiting area for other students to go on their tour (only 10 could go at a time and there were 39 students).  They started doing beat circles on the table and this is what it looked like:
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The students had a lot of fun and the man in the pinkish shirt is my partner teacher.  This went on for quite a while but it was all fun.
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After this trip we went to a hot sauce factory called Marie Sharp's.  We took a tour and the students learned about how it was made and the export process.  Here's of the peppers they use:

This was the last leg of the first day and we went at a nice place to stay for the night.  The next day we checked out another hot sauce factory as well as a dairy processing plant.  That night was a lot of fun as I got to know a lot of the students.  There was karaoke and a dance circle (in which I did do some dancing, the students liked that a lot). We spent the rest of the night scaring other students and having fun.  I got to experience a ton of culture while in the mainland and met a student that is interested in dancing and I plan to meet with him to help with his stuff.  The students were great and I can't wait to help in the classroom.