Motivation for our trip - fresh bananas growing on the school grounds. Or maybe these are plantains?
starting to assemble fruit dryers
students at Kings College help with dryer assembly
testing/demonstrating the dryer
tasting the final product
working on the town sign for Trinidad
local children leave their mark
post-handprint
fry jacks - YUM
helping to make fry jacks
lesson in soil testing
lesson in microbiology/sanitation. Students touched their unwashed (right) or freshly-washed (left) hand to a petri dish and watched what grew over the next few days
our sleeping quarters while at the boarding school
Supposed method for making hot water - we were too scared to try it. Potential for electric shock seemed high.
Our greeter on the first morning at the boarding school
The elementary school made us feel welcome with yummy coconuts - the guy in the middle did not care for it.
mayan ruins of Altun Ha, near the boarding school
bats - see the little dark squares?
baby croc
howler monky - right in the middle
view from the top of the pyramid
at the top of the pyramid. The whole group minus myself and one student.
Climbing down. My legs were sore for DAYS.
spider monkey boarded our boat
helped herself to whatever she wanted
