Belize Eco-tourism Vacation Sweepstakes
To the people at Chaa Creek and Belize, my son and I have been looking for an eco-friendly place to take a vacation next summer. My son is very eco-minded, went to high school which specialized in environmental sciences, in conjunction with the Minnesota zoo.
For his senior project, he revamped a local battered women’s shelters garbage system so that it was totally recyclable. He earned a community award for this. It is very important …

Belize Eco-tourism Vacation Sweepstakes

The Maya were masters at utilizing the jungle's natural resources for their practical and medicinal needs.
My wife and I heard about your great Belize resort from our children about a year ago and would love to spend our vacation there.  We are firm believers in conservation, and try to be sustainable in as many ways as we can (we have solar panels on our home and office). We could not think of a better gift …

Belize Vacation Sweepstakes
Chaa Creek is the embodiment of adventure in the middle of wild Belize. And adventure is life giving blood.  It is necessary for all of us in order to have fulfillment in our lives.
I believe that adventure is a way of being and thinking that ultimately manifests itself as a way of doing and living. It thrills us, enlightens us, strengthens us, stretches us,  inspires us, answers our curiosity and freaks us out sometimes but its never …

Belize Eco Tourism Vacation Sweepstakes Essay#5
I love to travel. I’ve been to 11 countries in my 28 years. In 2005 I spent
4 months backpacking in Central and South America, and just last year I
ended 2009 with 3 months backpacking in SE Asia. I believe that world travel
opens our minds, our hearts, and our souls. This year I am marrying the love
of my life, a man who has not had much opportunity to travel but has every
desire to. We want to …

Belize Eco Tourism Vacation Sweepstakes

I was initially drawn to Chaa Creek because of my passions: medicine and
rainforest conservation and art.  Chaa Creek is still the perfect place to
satisfy all of these while enjoying spending time with my husband.  But as I
perused more information about Chaa Creek, I came to realize that it is an
even more perfect place for us!
 
I am fascinated by the beauty and behavior of butterflies, and am a firm
believer in efforts to protect them. As I read …

Belize Eco Tourism Vacation Sweepstakes

My fiance and I are both students and we do not have much money to spend on
a vacation.  We could not think of a better gift than to be able to spend a
green vacation in Belize at Chaa Creek! We know of it’s reputation as a
world-class resort and a great launching pad to explore the vibrant culture
of Belize.  We would love to spend our vacation touring Mayan
ruins, snorkeling in the colorful reefs, exploring the great natural
resources …

Belize Eco Tourism Vacation Sweepstakes
My family and I would love to go on a Green Vacation at Chaa Creek, not just to relax our minds and bodies, but to open our eyes to a more earthly way of living.  It is important that what we learn at Chaa Creek doesn’t end there: we can then bring what we have learned back home and apply it to our everyday lives.  Maybe we start a garden.  Maybe we walk, instead of taking …

Belize Eco Tourism Vacation Sweepstakes
On my return flight home from San Ignacio, Belize I was already trying to calculate my finances to go back. I, along with twelve others, was working with ProBelize to build a homeless shelter for teenage girls. This project, and the town, opened my eyes to a whole new world, to say the least. In the ten days I was there, I learned to appreciate the world around me more than I ever had in …

Belize Honeymoon Sweepstakes
My fiancé and I would love to get married and have our honeymoon at Chaa Creek. We’ve been looking at the website for about 3 years now, always dreaming of the perfect, eco-friendly, rainforest wedding. We intend to get the Butterfly package with a rainforest setting for our ceremony, and spend a week or so relaxing and exploring the rainforest as part of a perfect honeymoon. We’ve imagined every detail, poured over the map of …

Belize Honeymoon Sweepstakes
My fiancé Kyle and I often speak of retiring to Central America. We are both clinical psychologists in-training and will be getting married during our final year of graduate school. Our entire relationship has occurred within the context of demanding coursework, research, and clinical practice. Thus, we spend a lot of our time daydreaming about what life will be like when we have time for ourselves.

Our love of Central America stemmed from a short vacation we were …

Belize Honeymoon Sweepstakes
My husband and I got married the beginning of April however because we are both in college we’ve had to put off our honeymoon until the end of May when classes are out for the summer. Both of us grew up in small towns in Kansas and have never been out of the United States. Our love for history and nature is what drew our attention to Belize. The Mayan ruins hold …

Belize Honeymoon Sweepstakes
I love to travel. I’ve been to 11 countries in my 28 years. In 2005 I spent 4 months backpacking in Central and South America, and just last year I ended 2009 with 3 months backpacking in SE Asia. I believe that world travel opens our minds, our hearts, and our souls. This year I am marrying the love of my life, a man who has not had much opportunity to travel but has every desire to. We …

Belize Honeymoon Vacation

Dear Chaa Creek,
Tara and I have already submitted an essay detailing why we would absolutely love to spend our honeymoon with you, but after learning more about Chaa Creek we feel that we must submit a supplement to tell you why we’re even more excited about this possibility.
We were initially drawn to Chaa Creek because of our passions: medicine and rainforest conservation, art, and a desire to combine our honeymoon with First Aid WorldWide, …

The Yellow Tail Snapper..
The Yellow tail snapper is the “amusing” one in the snapper family.  They have lustrous bodies that are silver in color,  tinged with blue and a bright yellow mid body racing stripe leading to a yellow tail that is deeply forked.  The yellow tail snapper is very fast, they reside alone and in schools.
The grown yellow tail snapper lives in sandy areas that are 32 to 230 feet deep  near the reef  while the juveniles live in  …

When it came time to select a location for our wedding, my fiancé and I had no hesitation about Belize. The country holds a special place for both of us. Her father owns a non-profit that does work exclusively with Belize, and I spent some time living and teaching there before our engagement. We each have visited the country several times and have fallen in love with it. It was the perfect spot to jumpstart our life together.
That was …

Belize Honeymoon Vacation Sweepstakes

Hello Chaa Creek people!
So first let me tell you a little about us and how we got married. My
fiance Sana and I are both 26 years old and we have been together over
8 years now, we are college sweet-hearts. Sana is a Dancer, Designer,
and Yoga Instructor and I am a web designer. We got engaged on
September 10th of last year in Goa, India. It was our 8 year
anniversary so I rented a suite at an amazing …

Belize Honeymoon Vacation Sweepstakes

My 20th wedding anniversary is in June, and we had hoped to have a romantic getaway.  We were married one weekend while in college. We always planned on having a special honeymoon after we graduated, but somehow life always interferred.  We would love to have an opportunity to have a much delayed honey-versary.  Traveling to Chaa Creek would give us a much needed escape from the stress of everyday life and work.  …

I have been engaged for 3 years, I went through two harsh lay-offs since this time and the devastating Hurricane Ike, which put a financial strain on our relationship but we made it through the tough times so we know we are going to make it in the long run.  With this in mind we have been just recently denied a mortgage loan to buy a new house because the Hurricane totaled off two of our vehicles, only for the …

Honeymoon Sweepstakes
My fiancé and I met our senior year in college and kept in touch over the next four years until we happened to become roommates.  We quickly became a couple after spending many days canoeing, exploring and fishing the local waterways.  Recently, we have begun planning our wedding and the really exciting part- the honeymoon.
We have never been on a real vacation together due to work and school schedules.  Every time we leave town it seems to be …

Belize Honeymoon Sweepstakes
After dating 7 years, my fiance and I are finally getting married this upcoming October! We love traveling together and experiencing fun and fascinating adventures. Belize would be an amazing location for our honeymoon. Belize is the perfect country to be able to experience both the rainforest atmosphere, in San Ignacio, as well as the relaxing beach-atmosphere on Ambergis Caye. Our honeymoon is supposed to be a time to get to know …