getting ready...

Jackie and I are getting our last minute details taken care of.  Woofie has been packed for days!  He is wondering what the hold up is.  Two days and counting!  This will be the first trip without a staff member... :(  but we will get by.  I will post as regularly as I can, internet access can be pretty spotty in Central America. 

I have been traveling with World Vets www.worldvets.org for over five years now.  This is my 10th trip with them!  What an amazing way to travel:  we see places and meet people that you would miss as a typical tourist.  And we get to provide veterinary services to animals that would not otherwise get care.  And of course, we do as many spays/neuters as possible to help with dog and cat population control and teach any interested local veterinarians how to continue with what we have started.  It is a win-win-win situation!

We will spend our first week with World Vets taking care of critters in the town of Punta Gorda.  This is a "pilot" trip which means this is the first World Vets team to this location.  http://worldvets.org/projects/punta-gorda-belize/  There was a team that went to the area of Placencia in March and it was a successful trip.

The second week we will spend enjoying some of the adventures available in Belize!  Jackie, Colleen and I will be joining Mountain Equestrian Trails Adventure Tours to go horse trekking (or 4-wheel drive vehicles) to caves, ruins, rivers and jungle.  www.metbelize.com   I am going to start on horseback... will be interesting to see how long I last!  It has been many years since I spent a lot of time in the saddle.  I will also squeeze some scuba diving into schedule!  Stay tuned!