Guatemala

March 2006

Group of us going to go tubing on a river that goes underground! Through the Lanquin Caves!

January 2019 SANTO TOMAS DE CASTILLA GUATEMALA.

Ship landed at Puerto Barrios, small boat to Livingston, then up the river to the children’s home.
Us getting ready for a boat ride.
Off on a boat ride to a small town on an island.
A little isolated town on the Atlantic.
We arrive in Livingston, a town not connected to the outside by road, only boat.
Pig pen in town.
A loom.
Back to the boat for a ride up the  Rio Dulce.
Laying out stingrays? to dry.
On the side of the river pirates used to hide and dash out to plunder ships going by.
Our destination.
Approximate location of Ak Tenamit is located.
They take in kids who have no home, or a very poor home, and teach them a skill (such as how to work on a cruise ship).
Handicrafts for sale.
Five gods.
Fruit on a tree!
Wood for the cooking fire.
Lunch being cooked (pots of beans).
They cook the tortilla on these metal plates.
The cooks.
Nearby stream.
Ants carrying pieces of leaf.
Cuttings.
Our lunch at a restaurant.
Family on the river, there are no roads here.
Our guide on the trip.
Back at the port.