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Gallery 5 - Central America 3
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arriving from San Salvador |
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view from our room at the Honduras Maya (our home for a few weeks) |
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panoramic view of Tegucigalpa (shaped like a bowl - surrounded by mountains) | ||
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Chris admiring the view |
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rear view of the giant Cristo overlooking Tegucigalpa |
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our apartment for 3 months | ||
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our living room |
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our kitchen |
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our hallway | ||
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view from our roof |
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close-up on the prison |
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view from La Leona (a neighborhood in Tegus) | ||
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the cinema at Metro Centro |
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Santa Lucia (a town in the hills above Tegus) |
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Dana in Santa Lucia | ||
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Chris shopping in Villa de Angeles (near Santa Lucia) |
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Chris at the office |
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coke sign in Tegus | ||
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Chris' 38th birthday |
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keeping in shape with a Maya pool membership |
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Chris doing laps |
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our rented house |
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looking up at the master suite from the pool |
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crab | ||
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crab climbing out on towel while Loren waxes board |
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Loren mesmerized by swinging shell |
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view from El Diria | ||
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Playa Tamarindo |
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Loren pretending to fix the car when it stopped running |
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Juanita, Loren & Laura | ||
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golfing at Hacienda Pinilla |
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guanacaste tree |
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view from last hole | ||
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Jeff on Blue Dolphin |
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Loren on Blue Dolphin |
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Dana & Lola | ||
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Loren at Playa Avellana |
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Dana learning to surf |
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foosball! | ||
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Ischia arrives |
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shopping for groceries |
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Dana & Ischia on the swings at the Lazy Wave | ||
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suiting up for a canopy tour |
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Ischia shocked at top of first platform |
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sliding down a cable | ||
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bridge across the canopy |
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Dana & Chris |
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climbing to higher platforms | ||
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Chris, Dana, Ischia & Francine |
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posing with our guides |
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dinner at home | ||
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Dana & Chris at Kandice's |
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gecko who liked to watch us through the window |
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butterflies laying eggs | ||
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eggs & young caterpillars |
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caterpillars devouring a leaf |
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grown caterpillars beginning to cocoon | ||
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Ischia & Chris surfing |
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Dana & Ischia paddling to catch a wave |
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Ischia, Dana & Francine at Playa Flamingo | ||
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visiting Lola again at Playa Avellana |
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hermit crab strolling down the beach |
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Chris takes a closer look at another one | ||
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relaxing at Lola's on the Beach |
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angry monkey at the Monkey Park |
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rodeo in Tamarindo | ||
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horseback riding through the jungle |
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Dana at viewpoint |
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Dana, Francine & Ischia at the top | ||
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Jeff, Jen, Juanita, Dana, Laura & Nenad |
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iguana posing at Jardin del Eden |
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back to Avellana hitching a ride with surf guides | ||
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rodeo at the festival |
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Ischia eating festival food in Santa Rosa |
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line at the Nicaraguan border | ||
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view from bus window |
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Chris, Leonel & Gail in San Salvador |
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what Loren's movie posters look like in Central America |
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ox-cart we passed on our drive to Honduras |
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signs for political candidates painted on rocks (I don't think I've ever seen them on a real sign) |
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back in Tegucigalpa | ||
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cemetery and cathedral in Tegucigalpa |
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another painted Blue Bird bus |
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men fishing in an estuary off Lake Yojoa | ||
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D&D Brewery (and restaurant/hotel)! |
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they had beautiful flowers there |
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and lots of butterflies | ||
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bet you've never looked at a dragonfly this close up |
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a handsome brown dragonfly (you're lucky I'm stopping here - there are more) |
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Chris, Bob and a D&D regular playing cribbage | ||
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the D&D Brewery container |
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Bob shopping for produce in Peña Blanca |
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Catarata Pulhapanzak - a huge waterfall near Lake Yojoa (see tiny people near bottom) | ||
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Dana in front of the falls |
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Chris standing in the river at the top of the waterfall |
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Las Vegas, Honduras! | ||
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El Mochito (a mining town near Lake Yojoa) |
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Chris and a mechanic in the pit checking out our car's broken suspension (PCI's, actually) |
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the new car Chris bought for PCI, back in Tegucigalpa | ||
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the new office building Chris rented for PCI Honduras (formerly the Brazilian embassy) |
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street view of the new office (& huge tree) |
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waiter in traditional restaurant looking out at modern new fast food restaurants | ||
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Dana & Chris playing blackjack with Chris' birthday chips |
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I'm not permitted to show this man's face -- isn't that mysterious? |
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Chris & Dana with the manager of the Castle | ||
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Chris & Dana without the manager (for parents who want pictures of the two of us but not with some stranger) |
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Back at the casino with Ibrahim - the birthday chips still bringing Chris luck |
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Honduran bowlers marching in during AMF World Cup opening ceremonies | ||
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Chris, Dana & Ibrahim with the Uzbekistan bowler |
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playing soccer with the kids in Santa Lucia |
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Ibrahim, Dana, Ahamed & Mohammed in Santa Lucia | ||
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Ahamed, Chris, Ibrahim & Mohammed in Santa Lucia |
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Ibrahim's muddy shirt after falling down playing soccer |
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men's semifinals at the Bowling World Cup | ||
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Mohammed's picture of Dana & Chris |
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Dana's picture of Mohammed |
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the bowling men give us a wave | ||
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Work-related field trip to a village overlooking Tegucigalpa |
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the boyz in the hood |
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the girlz in the hood | ||
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this one was too cute |
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see houses in background |
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last shot of the photo session (these kids kept asking Dana to take pictures of them) |
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Flying out of Tegucigalpa (marked to show apartment, office & hotel) |
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Saying goodbye to grandparents' house |
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Loren & Dana at dinner | ||
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Going to brunch in Jim's electric car |
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Dana & new friends at Moonshadow's |
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Dana's parents visiting her in LA |
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