It takes about 2 hours on a bus to get from Belmopan to Orange Walk Town. After that its usually another 20 minute bus to the village of Yo Creek. I was lucky enough to have my trusty counterpart Damian with me and he had his car in Orange Walk so chalk that up to $1 saved on the bus ride.
Although compared to others its nothing, I brought way too much crap and it's easy to see. Most people got a car ride all the way back to their site, but I got to have fun and ride the bus. I got to enjoy a wonderful sunset and a seat all to myself the entire ride (which is rare).
Once arriving in Orange Walk and getting into Damian's car, we started going west in the direction of what will be home. He told me the road would be paved but by paved he really meant gravel with pavement in spots from time to time. Granted it was was dark, but this road reminded of the kind of road I would drive someone down if I were thinking of killing them. It was a little scary and reminded me a lot of how horror stories began.
As we started to see lights again after 15 minutes of driving in pitch black, Damian turns to me and says, "Welcome to Yo Creek." Katie Perry is in the background of the stereo singing some remix of "I kissed a girl" and I thought to myself that it was all finally becoming real.
There were no other white people where I'd be going. I couldnt just go down the street to find the next volunteer to hang out with. This was it. Things were about to get very real very fast. Damian had told me that he lived very close to where I would be living with the Cal family, but I didnt think he would mean they were 4 houses away and his last name would be Cal too. They are somehow not related but in a small town, it seems a little bit fishy to me that neighbors would have the same last name but not be related. Who knows? Maybe its like the Smith's or Garcia's, I guess only time will tell.
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