Journey to Central America

August 17-22, 2001

Set 10 Photos: Earthquake Devastation at Las Colinas

Diary Friday, August 17 Guatemala and travel to Quetzaltenango  Saturday, August 18 Quetzaltenango Sunday, August 19 Guatemala  Monday, August 20 El Salvador Tuesday/Wednesday August 21/22 El Salvador/Guatemala  Central America 2001 Home LifeNets Home

Pictures Set 1 Guatemala and travel to Quetzaltenango  Set 2 Quetzaltenango on Saturday, August 18 Set 3 Guatemala City August 18-19 Set 4 Guatemala City August 19 Set 5 Guatemala City August 19 Set 6 Guatemala City -- at Senor/Senora Perez's Set 7 We enter El Salvador August 20 Set 8 El Salvador Dental Office Set 9 Social get-together at Cisneros in San Salvador Set 10 Earthquake damage at Las Colonias August 21 Set 11 Goodbye to El Salvador and back to Guatemala

A twenty foot high wall of mud moved through this community and killed 800 people Graffiti with message to El Salvadoran president Flores: "Thanks for nothing" Carmen Langarica, a medical doctor, identifies the human bone as the upper arm bone of child age 4-5. In the aftermath. Sandbags channel rainy season water so that it does not cause more damage Trees and power poles were snapped off A hillside mansion that barely survived the mudslide

At 10:30 am last January 13 this hill split and a wall of mud rumbled downward destroying everything in its wake A child living in the ruins Herbert Cisneros finds a human bone Twisted wreckage In the distance a view of the volcano overlooking San Salvador. We are rebuilding four destroyed and two damaged home up there.