Sailing into Corinto |
The port in Corinto |
Waiting for clearance to leave the ship with the donations for the community center & the packages for the kids |
Customs insist the boxes & extra bags of markers, crayons etc. have to go in bond to the warehouse. Absolutely no heart, I say. |
Our ride - a fire truck donated by the city of Stow, Ohio |
The bravest (or the hottest) sat up top on the truck! |
There were plenty of roadside markets along the way to Chinendaga |
It's very dry here at this time of the year |
Monument in Chinandega dedicated to the working class |
The monument is a of a man who is chiseling himself out of stone - pretty cool! |
Gerry starts to prepare the soup - he skins & chops the fish we stopped to buy on the way. |
In the meantime, we play with the kids. Fraser is taking photos for the kids to see |
A yound lady & her mom travelling together from Victoria play ring around the rosie |
Ian plays soccer with the kids |
The kids love to play on the truck |
Best buddies |
Chris makes friends with a very shy little girl |
Mewanwhile, Gerry & his volunteeer cooking crew are still busy! |
The soup is simmering now - almost done! |
These two kids in the tree were hilarious! |
See - a soup bowl can double for a hat! |
This guy was just too cute! |
The kids loved to have their pictures taken |
The little girl was really shy, but she soon lost that shynessfor the camera! |
This is the young lady that I wanted to bring home, she was always laughing! |
Out of hundreds of pictures, this is my favorite of the girls |
One of the boys gets in on the action too |
Gerry lines up the kids to receive their goody bags |
Gerry's crew get the bags of kid's packs from the truck |
The bag of goody bags! |
These kids were so orderly as we were giving them out! |
That's Carlos holding his goody bag up high |
A young boy proudly displaying his goody bag |
Transportation here is fairly basic |
I went wandering down the road of the shanty town while the kids got their soup |
Note to self - bring chicken feed along next time too |
Animals were the only life I saw in the little shanty town, everyone else must have been up at the community center |
Jerry and his crew explain to us what they will be doing with the containers |
Meanwhile, the kids were getting their bowls of soup |
The kid's packs were a really big hit - many of them put their soup down & put the puzzle together, or coloured |
Some very busy kids! |
Chris & Annie sit up front for the ride back |
As we went by, I saw one of the kid's sitting on a rock colouring |
The streets of Chinandega |
This truck was donated by the Prince Rupert, BC fire dept! |
David, the driving force behind all of this fundraising, is a Kamloops firefighter |
Having lunch at the local Hollywood Pizza - it was wonderful! |
Los bomberos |
Back at the port |
One last picture of Gerry |
There was a craft market set up for us just down the road from the ship |
The streets of Corinto - that's our ship in the background |
"Martin, there's something strange here" |