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Central American Sea Kayak Expedition - Photo Gallery from Honduras

J-Philippe opening young coconuts

Luke fending off mosquitoes while cooking

J-Philippe on the last strech to La Ceiba, Honduras

J-Philippe cooling off

Luke harvesting coconuts

Miskita Girl

Miskita Girl, Coyoles

J-Philippe with Miskito children, Kuri

Paddling through the flooded canal to Kuri in a thunderstorm

Poling a pipante in the rapids was a challenge for us, no problem for Maxi and Elias who do it daily

Pech are skilled fishermen. They look for fish in the shallow rapids of the Rio Platano.

The water is rushing in the dugout, but Lilian is in control
while JP laying down to take the photo, got nervous for his camera

Poling a pipante against a strong current requires skills and power. Young Pech men of Las Marias.

Harvesting Cacao

Grinding Cacao

The dried cacao paste is scraped into powder to make the delicious hot cocoa beverage

Lilian bringing plants back from the rainforest

The daily chore of pounding rice has remained unchanged for centuries

Tropical cornucopia from La Moskitia: sugar cane, cacao, corn, coffee, bananas, plantains, oranges, lemons, breadfruits, avocados, chilies, and coconuts

Coffee beans are separated from the pulp and skin

Before being roasted, the coffee beans are left to be dried in the sun for a couple of days

Pech girl with harvested sugar cane

Pech girl bathing in the Rio Platano, Las Marias

Pech children at play in the Rio Platano, Las Marias

Pech girl, Las Marias

Pech girl bathing in the Rio Platano, Las Marias

Pech children playing on the shore of the Platano river, Las Marias

Good fish for dinner

Pech girl lighting a fire

Catching a pig isn't as easy as it looks

Miskita girl sleeping in a hammock

Pech boys with armadillo, Waiknatara

Pech Girls

Hey, I can be a porter too! Roy from Las Marias.

Mario is teaching us how to assemble a raft with strong vines

In Las Marias, Francisco was happy to help us unload gear

All the people in Las Marias are skilled carpenters, and the skills come at an early age

Thatching is easy, collecting the leaves was the tough part

The traditional Pech house is simple. No walls, a thatch roof, a hammock, a clay stove
and a few cooking utensils. (House of Pech elder, Don Divio Ramos Torres, Waiknatara).

The traditional Pech house is simple. No walls, a thatch roof, a hammock, a clay stove
and a few cooking utensils. (House of Pech elder, Don Divio Ramos Torres, Waiknatara).

Don Divio Ramos Torres, Pech elder of Las Marias

Flooding in downtown La Ceiba, Honduras, November 99

Copan, Mayan Ruins, Honduras

Copan, Mayan Ruins, Honduras

CASKE 2000 Expedition Journals
HONDURAS: June 99 - April 2000

by Luke Shullenberger

Sambo Creek, Honduras "Baila Conmigo" Garifuna Festival Dancing - June 26 Cut Throats Who Can Cook: A Few Weeks on Utila Bay Island - July 1999

Omoa to La Ceiba: "Bug Spray, Advil and a Rain Fly, The Essentials" - August 21 Insect Asylum

La Ceiba: "Portal Town" - September 3 Palacios to Plaplaya, La Mosquitia: "First Impressions" September 4 Raista, Mosquito Coast: "Details, The Nitty Gritty of the Rio Platano Trip" - September 8 Las Marias: "Expectations Gone Awry" - September 12 Weiknatara Farm, Las Marias: "Down from Big Man" - September 24 Las Marias to Raista: "45, 44, 43, Only 42 More Miles to Go. . ." - September 27 La Ceiba: "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" - September 28

Raista town, Mosquito Coast: "Winding Down" - October 22 Raista, Mosquito Coast: "Tiempo Feo" - Foul weather! - October 24 Raista Town, Mosquito Coast: "Stewed Godzilla" - October 25 Las Marias, Rio Platano Mosquito Coast: "Sore, Wet and Filthy" October 26 Las Marias: "Hurricane Spoiler" - October 29

Puerto Cortes, Honduras: "Floods, Plagues, Personal Armageddon" - November 17

La Ceiba, Honduras. . “What’s all this paddling business all about anyway?" - 03/30/00 A Lesson in History Limon, Honduras  “Riding El Norte" 04/05/00 San Jose a la Punta, Honduras:  “Herbs, Hooch. . .Healed!“ Guifiti: The Best of Garifuna Bush Medicine - 04/08/00 Raista to Brus Laguna  “Juxtaposition of Crass and Quaint" -  04/10/00 Out of Brus Laguna  “Man Overboard" - 04/11/00

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CASKE 2000 Expedition Journals by Jean-Philippe Soule and Luke Shullenberger