Monday, January 14, 2008

Saturday, Jan 5: Riding up the Mountain

After driving 4-hours from Tegucigalpa, we settled into our host family homes in the village of El Cropus. On Saturday (1/5) the entire group headed up the mountain to Madrugales.

We loaded onto a flat-bed truck and traveled an hour up a rocky, dirt road. We passed fantastic views of the canyon and hills. The colors were very vibrant and the air smelled clean -- except for the occasional dust cloud that enveloped the truck every time a school bus passed by.

We confronted many things along the road, including smiling people waving at the gringos. My favorite were the heard of cows. Check out the video below:

1 comment:

Kristen said...

Dave, This is so cool that you did this! I am grateful for your example of service to those in need. I shared your blog with my 15 year old son, Austin, and told him what a neat thing it was that you did. He was impressed.