In the morning, we went and ate some breakfast and then got dressed, put on our sunscreen and bug spray, and headed out for La Democracia. Different people had different jobs. Some people had to finish cementing up the back wall and others had to make the floor even. After a hard couple of hours of work, we sat down in one of the classrooms and had lunch. After everyone finished eating we went back and finished up our work for the day. Then, we went back to Monkey Bay and had some free time before we went to the zoo.
Our first stop at the zoo was at the Tapir enclosure. Some people got to feed them and others stood far away because they can pee backwards 10 feet. Then we stopped by a couple of other animals. Then we came up to the jaguar, Junior Buddy. When he was a baby, his mom rejected him, so the zoo took him and hand raised him with a bottle. The trainers taught him a couple of tricks, such as doing a somersault or walking around a tree obstacle for how old he was. Everyone got to touch his huge paw. One of my favorite animals at the zoo was the Speckled Owl. There were two in the enclosure. They made a sound that sounded like an old man laughing. Back forth they were talking or “laughing.” Towards the end of the trip, Mrs. Smedira made up a joke saying, “And here in front of us, we have the rare Buses domesticus. Make sure your careful not to upset it so you get bitten.” Then everyone got on the bus and we went back to Monkey bay.
---by Halle
After breakfast we went to La Democracia to work on the kitchen and dinning hall. While there I helped work on plastering the back wall of the dinning hall. It was very hard at first, but now it looks great. Before we left, we distributed the gifts to the students at the school. They were all really happy! After we had dinner we went to the zoo.
Our first stop at the zoo was at the Tapir enclosure. Some people got to feed them and others stood far away because they can pee backwards 10 feet. Then we stopped by a couple of other animals. Then we came up to the jaguar, Junior Buddy. When he was a baby, his mom rejected him, so the zoo took him and hand raised him with a bottle. The trainers taught him a couple of tricks, such as doing a somersault or walking around a tree obstacle for how old he was. Everyone got to touch his huge paw. One of my favorite animals at the zoo was the Speckled Owl. There were two in the enclosure. They made a sound that sounded like an old man laughing. Back forth they were talking or “laughing.” Towards the end of the trip, Mrs. Smedira made up a joke saying, “And here in front of us, we have the rare Buses domesticus. Make sure your careful not to upset it so you get bitten.” Then everyone got on the bus and we went back to Monkey bay.---by Halle
After breakfast we went to La Democracia to work on the kitchen and dinning hall. While there I helped work on plastering the back wall of the dinning hall. It was very hard at first, but now it looks great. Before we left, we distributed the gifts to the students at the school. They were all really happy! After we had dinner we went to the zoo.
At the zoo, we went saw many cool animals. One was the tapir which is the national animal of Belize. We also saw Howler monkeys. They are really small animals that can be heard from two miles away! The zookeeper would make a noise, and then the monkeys would respond with a howl. We next saw the jaguar. The jaguar’s name is Junior Buddy. It was rejected by its mother, so they took it in and bottle fed it. They were able to train it, and it can somersault, roll over, and it can kiss you on the forehead! He would have it jump on the fence and we all could pet its paws. Next, we saw the kinkajou exhibit. It was really cute! The zookeeper would stick bananas through the cage and they would climb around and eat the banana. We had a great time and we were really sad to have to leave the amazing animals in the zoo.
--by Kendall
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