Trip Log (Letter written June 20, 2008)

reh@knology.net — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT

June 20, 2008, Friday

7:30AM Drove out to look at the second school kitchen. Not the workmanship of the first (and third) kitchen but it is certainly functional. It seems that bats have already taken up residency. The principal is not concerned as the smoke from the kitchen fire drives them out each morning. I notice the droppings on the floor just below the main support beams (since then, I have noticed droppings on many school building floors; it seems that bats are a common nuisance). The space between the roof rafters that sit on the wall sill and the roof is left open on purpose so cooking smoke from the wood fire can escape. After a little thought, I told Fernando L4L would pay to put screens in this space in kitchens that we build to keep the bats out. It just seems that bat poop on the kitchen floor and all the critters that ride around on/in worm-blooded animals hanging from the beams probably isn’t real sanitary.

9:00AM Drove to Rincon to inspect the third kitchen. When we got to the school, community dads were all over the job! I wish everyone could observe the seriousness given to our lunch program by the community. Very good workmanship. An aside: Fernando explained that the kitchen building project slowed down for several days as a worker was electrocuted while cutting limbs at the roof line. “Oh”, I said, “while working on the kitchen?” Only the third kitchen and we have a fatality; I was wondering how fast we could get to a lawyer. “No, he was called off the project to help an uncle on a house roof”. What a relief! I hate that a guy is dead but I’m glad it’s not on our nickel.

11:30AM Roxana, Fernando, Jessica, and I headed for Plia del Buro (Donkey Beach) on Tiger Island for a planning lunch. The first of the 3-wheel taxi hacks had come to Honduras about 3 years ago. Made in China and sold for $3,500, get 85 miles per gallon, they became very popular very fast and. Now they have reached Tiger Island. Pleasant afternoon.

6:00PM End of day.

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Trip Log (Letter written June 20, 2008)