Rainy season

The river rages as Tropical Depression 16 dumps billions of gallons of rain on Honduras. Here is a photo of the Cangrejal in flood. Nothing like as big as during Mitch but big enough to wipe out parts of the road.

We have been lucky here in La Ceiba, the Rio Cangrejal was relatively kind.

For a day we were without power, thankfully the lines remained up but shorted by tree limbs. The small generator kept our food and beer cold.
Not so lucky was the western part of the country. They say the damage there was worse than Mitch.
Relative to Depression 16 the river was about 15 feet higher during Mitch for a short period of time at Villas Pico Bonito.
The river is a typical Jungle river. From crystal water gently flowing to a raging destructive torrent in less than a day.

The road is slowly being eaten up in the photo. My friend david had to make a plane and walked the road up to his waist in flood water. A lucky rafting guide, he did make it and got to his flight in time









Here are the local people trying to get to La Ceiba. We had a gang of young lads that were rebuilding a small track with stones and sand that a car could bump its way down to the good part of the road.
They charged a small fee which I was happy to pay!






We have not been able to work on the pool for nearly a month. Instead we have been finishing out the interiors of the 4 units on the downriver property.

We have to install the 3 reading lights yet.
This is the back side of the living room accent wall in Villa El Bejuco a beautiful one bedroom apartment.
It will be the head board of a nice queen bed.

We have moved all working tools out of el bejuco and Villa cangrejal to the Jungle room studio getting ready to rearrange all the furniture I have bought for the units.

The Sun came out today.

Now we are working outside again. The pool is being rapello'd with a scrim of cement , ready for the color finish. We will pour the deck, stamp it with a nice design in a neutral cool color and apply the Hydrazzo color coat soon.
The pump house is also ready for the instalation of the filter , pumps and electrical as well.






Here are some photos of the landscaping
Check the color of the river now!
Beautiful.