Jorge shouts to the drenched crew. The small rubber raft is tossed about the huge boulders, laced with fallen trees from years of tropical storms, pushed down river by the roaring rapids. Okay, paddles up, everyone rest. Up ahead, egrets cruise low along the river bank looking for their afternoon meal. It's so quiet you can hear the toucans scrape the treetops.
Teachers hold the key to the hopes, the dreams and the future of the youth of Honduras.
They whet our thirst to learn and start us out on a lifelong quest for knowledge. But sometimes, books, charts and the 4 walls of the classroom aren't enough to keep the learning process fluid. With this in mind, a group of teachers from the American School and the Discovery School in Tegucigalpa recently spent nearly a week on the Rio Sico in La Mosquitia. They made the trip so they could bring more information about the vast and beautiful country of Honduras back to their students. The group began their trip with a flight to La Ceiba to meet their guides, Jorge Salaverri.