July 30, 2010 Today I Went To The Beach With My Friends

My friends Linda Bell, Bobbie Warner, Jose Benavides and I decided we wanted to go to the beach for the day... So we did... 

We stayed and watched the tide go all the way down...

This is a Jicaro tree which has a fruit attached to the truck.  

They take the seeds out and dry them and make Horchata...

Next time you are in a Mexican restaurant ask for Horchata... It is really a nice refreshing drink.

These are the shrimp farms close to where we went to the beach.

Reminds me of Stuttgart, Arkansas rice fields...

These are called "garzas" in Spanish.  I have no idea what they are in English... 

But it seems like I should know...

The fishing boats resting until tide goes up again...

A friendly pelican and this is not with a zoom lens.

The sky was gorgeous!!!

This little raccoon was sleeping in a tree beside the beach.  

We got right up under him to take the photo... 

He didn't move...

What a wonderful day!

Thank you Lord for relaxing days.

July 29, 2010 Trip To Chiquimula, Guatemala For X-Rays

It was a short stop on the way to southern Honduras, from Copan Ruins, passing through Guatemala and El Salvador... This is a small town called Chiqumula...  As it happened Bobbie Warner was in a car accident in Little Rock the night before leaving to come and visit me.  She refused to go to the hospital and got on the plane early the next morning, with my friend Linda Bell, and headed to Honduras.  When they arrived in San Pedro Sula, Bobbie was hurting, but we started driving to Copan Ruins anyway.  The following day, yesterday to be exact, I forced her to go to the doctor.  He sent her to Chiquimula, Guatemala for x-rays.  It was about a two hour drive.  So here we were waiting for her appointment.  Rater than wait in a "waiting room for hours, we looked around the city market.

Peeled Coconuts

Bobbie Warner standing in the street in the market.

Eggplant, green peppers, onions and potatoes

Apples, plums and yellow cherries which are called nance

All the colors are beautiful

I wonder why these don't fall over?

Even the children sell fruit.

Another tropical fruit... anyone care to guess what it is?

I am always amazed at the way women carry baskets on their heads.

All the women wear fluffy, frilly, lacy aprons...

Taking a rest sitting and leaning on the coconuts...

Japanese plums with the mystery fruit on top...

Bobbie standing in front of the X-Ray Clinic....

July 29, 2010 And Now On To See The Volcanoes and The Lake... Driving Through Guatemala and El Salvador

Just after leaving Copan Ruins, Honduras and just before arriving in Chiquimula, Guatemala... We happened upon this cemetery.  

Notice the bright blue tomb... Metal plaque on the side...

This is recycling at it's finest...  Tin can vases... 

Tombs ready and waiting for new inhabitants...

I love the colors!!!

I know you might think it is weird to take photos of cemeteries, but actually it is cultural.  

I have photos of cemeteries from all over the world...

We passed from Honduras to Guatemala and then on to El Salvador.  

Now on to Santa Ana, El Salvador...