August 2 and 3, Chiquimula and Rio Dulce

On Friday August 2 and 3rd 2014 we traveled with the Humanitarian Missionaries to Chiquimula and Rio Dulce.  To Chiquimula to inspect a school to see if they needed some help.  Turns out that the school just needed repairs in the room.  They had quite a few desks and chairs and some worn out desks and chairs piled up in a room behind a bathroom.  First pictures of the school.

 Classroom for preschool

 Classroom for Kindergartners

 Walls of educational visual aids

 Very colorful visual aids

 Primarygrades

 Guatemalan family picture

 This is a huge clown.  I thought it was a pinata but not really.

 Holes in the tin roof that need repair

 Holes in the roof that need repair

 Bathroom

 Outdoor sinks - leaves much to be desired but typical

 Inventory of old desks and chair that they won´t throw out.

 Very large hole in the roof that needs to be repaired.

 Elementary grade school rooms.

 Teachers that we found to be very interested in the children

Some children wear uniforms to school.

We went from Chiquimula to Rio Dulce, Sweet River to do a little touristing.  Once at Rio Dulce we crossed the river on a small boat to a hotel where we stayed in little cottages right over the river.  Next day the same boat took us on a tour of the river and a lake.  We went to the town called Livingston but none of us were very impressed. The following are some great pictures.

 Early morning picture from off the deck of our cottage

Amazing yayghts  docked at the hotel.

 Boats in the harbor

Fisherman in the river

 Cottage over the river

 fisherman on the boat

 Cottage over the river

 Native birds in the tree

16th century fort on the river.

 Amazing fort

 Fort at the mouth

Amazing picture of a 16th century Fort on Rio Dulce.  It is called Fort San Felipe

The park grounds around the fort

Beautiful flowers on the trees there.

Elder Burningham got some amazing pictures of inside the fort.

    Inscription on a cannon

 Inscription on a cannon

 Elder and Sister Bingham

 There are some amazing yachts on the river.  Not owned by the local river folk.

 Looking at our cottage accommodation from the river.

 Beautiful yachts on the river

 Picturesque lily pads on the river sides

 Some of these pictures look alot like the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland

 River is so glassy smooth

 River Girls selling bracelets and carved wooden salad sets.  We bought a salad fork and spoon

 Finally got this little girl to smile.  she is selling souvenirs 

 Rest stop and a hot springs nearby

 Walking around Livingston, a village on the river.

 These people stand at the landing to help people out of their boats and to show them around.  They speak English well.

There is a cell tower everywhere.  The only way to communicate