Wamser and the World

So last spring ya’ll know I studied abroad in New Zealand through the Australearn program(best time of my life!). After I got home Australearn decided to adopt a koala and I was lucky enough to win the contest for naming him. Tim Tam (which is a delicious Australian cookie which I ate wayyyy too many of abroad), my adorable new friend just came out of her pouch for the first time. Tim Tam’s Page check out my darling! She is doing so well and Australearn’s got a great project going for him!

So cute! and so good to know Australearn isn’t just helping students travel but also helping the animals of Australia and New Zealand! Now I just need to find a way to visit Tim Tam!

So if you know me at all, you may know the words action, adventure, and adrenaline tend to draw my attention really quickly. So while planning cruise activities for Belize, I came across this land excusion…

Raiders of the Lost Mayan Caves! Carnival grabbed my attention with this intro “If action and adventure is what you are looking for, be prepared for a thrill of a lifetime as you trek your way up a hillside trail in the Belizean jungle, seeking the Dragon’s Mouth!” Well I like action and adventure…so I am soooo doing this excusion

Here is a pic of someone in one of these caves…ok so this doesn’t look that exciting but some of the description includes things such as…ziplines, swinging extensions bridges, and rappeling down cliff faces…this reminds me of some of the stuff I did in New Zealand @ Waitomo caves

http://www.waitomo.com/ Check it out!

Also, reading some forums I found this nice couple who shared all their pics from the trip, seems like an amazing time! http://picasaweb.google.com/digitalbats/Dec2009#

Can’t wait to get there!!

So here we are, mid February, a little behind the curve of starting but time to go, that means a little something about Beauty I think to start. So in 18 days, me and 7 friends will be boarding a cruise ship (Carnival) to hit up the Western Carribean, yes we will be those Spring Breakers, but hey its senior year, last chance to let loose. That being said, we have been talking about the various places we want to see, and things we want to do. This has me concluding that my choice for the category of beauty will have to be…The belize scuba diving reefs. Now this isn’t exactly a distinct location but Belize is known for being one of the top 3 places to dive in the world, so it must be amazing! Specifically Glover’s Reef is known for its amazing wall dive. Here is a picture I pulled from Matt Davis’s Blog where he talks about his own Belize adventures.

I can’t imagine visiting this country and not getting to experience this amazing view.

My brother also got the opportunity to Scuba dive Belize when he was in high school (hes 23 now) and said it was one of the most incredible things he has ever done, he talked about see dolphins come up over the Reef wall and swim all around him. I wish I had been there to see that, but maybe I will be getting my chance in a few weeks!