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Mon, 29 Oct 2007 | By benzi | Views [430]
We have been having some working days at the harbor in Old Belize.
This is a fine place for you to go boondocking in your camper or you could hook up to their electricity
Finally got some wifi connection and have been doing lot of updates to our ... Read more >
Sat, 27 Oct 2007 | By mequinn | Views [765]
Doing laundry by hand sucks, whether it’s scrubbing it on a large stone table, a rock in the river, or in a bucket on the back porch. Clothes here get SO filthy. I don’t know how women in the past did it. I have to wash my own clothes, ... Read more >
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Sat, 20 Oct 2007 | By mequinn | Photo Gallery
snorkeling trip
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Fri, 19 Oct 2007 | By mequinn | Views [1276] | Comments [1]
In my stew tonight, there was okra, chicken neck, potatoes, throat pieces, green and red peppers, breadfruit, chicken feet, and noodles. Did you catch all the random chicken bits? When I first got to Belize, all of my host mom’s were ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By mequinn | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By mequinn | Views [878] | Comments [2]
I have never thought of myself as a role model. It may have been some fantasy of mine, to be looked up to, revered in some way – but I have never used the title to describe myself. In the past week, I have become a nanny, big sister, emotional ... Read more >
Tags: People
Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | By mequinn | Views [739] | Comments [1]
I really shouldn’t complain about being in an un-civilized place, I watched CSI and Grey’s this week. When I was planning to come down to Belize, while amidst the packing, preparing and comforting my mum – one of my concerns was that I was going to miss ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | By mequinn | Views [769] | Comments [1]
I need to vent about teeth. Dental hygiene, tooth brushes, floss – it’s like none of these things exists down here. The two year old I live with has both front teeth rotting, due to the amount of sugar, sweets and chips his grandmother gives him. How ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | By mequinn | Views [690]
It’s been busy at the clinic these past weeks. Health Education (which is me) has developed a De-Licing program for all 26 communities we serve, offering education and treatment needed to school age children. It is hard to get people in the clinic to ... Read more >
Tags: People
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 | By ast | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 24 Sep 2007 | By ast | Views [582]
Tags: On the Road
Wed, 12 Sep 2007 | By mequinn | Views [2582] | Comments [1]
I believe I have intestinal worms - along with a fungal infection in my right ear, and a plethora of bites, scraps and bruises from the village. It all started with what I thought was a simple ear infection. I swim in the sea every weekend, so it makes ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By mequinn | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By mequinn | Photo Gallery
Pineda's Going Away Party
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Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By mequinn | Views [749] | Comments [1]
It’s the third day at the clinic with no doctors. Felix has passed and traveled north to Mexico, leaving us with little more than mild flooding. Patients wait on the front porch for care, with no one here to provide it. Nurse Salaam can only treat minor ... Read more >
Tags: Work
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