Nebaj to Todos Santos Part III

The boy and girl tending the entrance to their store

The girl behind the counter

The boy behind the counter opening a soda that someone bought

Irina buying some snacks in a little store

Rachel taking a rest

Laundary out to dry

On the third night we stayed in the old school that was used ages ago. It was basically a structure with some wood for walls, a metal ceiling and a dusty floor. After hiking through the freezing, blowing rain all day we were excited to make a fire.

Pumping water by a river

Stopping for a break

A random cemetary in the middle of nowhere. The dates on the graves were all between 2002 and 2004 but our guides said that everytime they've asked people about what happened they haven't been able to find out any information (either because nobody knows or beacuse they choose not to share)

After hiking in the pooring rain all morning we came across this town where 14 families lived on top of a mountain pass. We asked one of the families if we could sit under their overhang to take a break. The family was really nice and invited us into their home to sit by their fire. After warming up for a little while I went out to play with the kids that had collected by the door (they had just gotten out of school). I spent the next hour running all over this little town with the kids and taking their photo in front of every single building. These are a few of my favorite shots. In the picture above the girls display that they have the ability to act in a much calmer fashion than the boys (see below) although they were equally excited about having their photo taken.

The kids brought me into their school for a photo. After we were in the school for a while I decided to put my camera away and we turned our attention to learning and teaching songs. For the next twenty minutes we sang songs together and then went and performed them for the other trekkers.

Talk about energy! Gotta love kids!

Just a bit excited about a photo!