Camino Claro Blog

We mentioned Pavones’ Anti-Tuna Farm Festival that took place a few weeks ago, you saw some pictures and heard Jacob’s positive feedback on the memorable event; so we thought it was time to give those who were interested some info on the legal side of the issue in the Golfo Dulce…

Remember, you can always check out our previous posts or Pretoma’s website for more background on the ongoing tuna farm proposals in our precious gulf.

Golfito’s municipal council vows not to issue permits for Granjas Atuneras SA

Gerardo Mendoza and Susanne Mesen, president and treasurer of the “No a las Granjas Atuneras” association (ANAGA) went to the Municipal Council’s meeting in Golfito a few weeks ago and petitioned the newly elected representatives to oppose the tuna farm project. They were successful and the council voted not to issue permits for tuna farming within the next six years and they pronounced themselves against tuna farming in all of Costa Rica. The previous Consejo Municipal had also refused to issue permits for Granjas Atuneras SA’s operation. Thank you Gerardo and Susanne!

Permits issued by SETENA may be revoked

SETENA (Secretaria Tecnica Nacional Ambiental - which is part of MINAET, The Ministry of Environment) however, did issue permits for the tuna project but then was forced by the court to look into charges that Granjas Atuneras‘ environmental impact report contained fraudulent statements such as claiming that the people around the gulf who were interviewed for the report pronounced themselves in favor of the project (not true). Granjas Atuneras also claimed that the currents only flow out of the gulf and not into it and therefore there is no risk of polluting the gulf. To the residents around the Golfo Dulce it is obvious that these statements are false. Let’s hope that SETENA will come to the same conclusion. If they do, Granjas Atuneras‘ permits will be revoked. This should be decided soon.

Pavones’ Festival: all about raising awareness

Perhaps the 2010 Anti-Tuna Farm Festival’s greatest success was acquiring 390 signatures for a petition that will be sent to Costa Rica’s new president, Laura Chinchilla, and SETENA, in which Pavones and surrounding communities state their opposition to the tuna farms and ask for revocation of the permits. The more people that sign the petition, the harder it is for SETENA to claim that the community approves of the tuna farm project.

Additionally, the local fisherman succeeded in having the Golfo Dulce declared Area for Responsible Fisheries. This means shrimpers are banned permanently as well as all fishing vessels that are bigger than a panga (small motor boat), and net fishing is outlawed.

GREAT JOB and THANK YOU to everyone in Pavones: members of the ANAGA committee, individuals and businesses who donated prizes for the Festival, and people who got out and signed the petition! You are all making a difference…now on to a few more pictures of the event:

ECC’s teacher, Lisa, with Apalonia, the vice president of ANAGA and also the voice for the Guaymi Indigenous community on the Tuna Farm issue. At the chicha barrel! (Jacob on the traditional fermented corn drink: “tastes like kombucha, feels like moonshine)

A few of the Guaymi Indegenous protesters

Carlos and Maruja, Pavones locals, enjoying the party with the rest of the pueblo

A big thank you to Lili from Mira Olas Cabinas for keeping us updated with current information. Thanks also to Jacob for his excellent photography skills!

More updates to come soon so keep tuning in.

~Haley

Another successful Anti-Tuna Farm Festival

May was a month of action for the Pavones community as a whole. Pavones hosted quite possibly its largest festival of the year in opposition to the proposed tuna farming in the Golfo Dulce. We had much support in gathering the town’s signatures on the petition; I won’t lie, getting everyone together for an awesome party puts people in a helpful mood. There was great food, delicious chicha (tastes like kombucha, feels like moonshine), rappers and clowns entertaining children for hours on end, a baile that went too late for my tastes these days, and other amazing things I can’t put into words. Gerardo took great control of the events organization and everyone worked together to volunteer their time. It was really cool to see everyone coming together to throw this big awareness festival. A fantastic mural is near completion on the once-white wall of the fishermen house – thanks everyone who worked on that (I know I saw Aurora, Alex, and Hadas there!). Although things seem to come together at the last minute here, I must say the Tuna Festival was a fantastic success.

ECC’s classes continue to go well

I know Lisa’s sure are: to paraphrase her students’ sentiments, they really like: “all of the games, singing, and food.” I can attest to their delightment in these things as I often hear the enchanting little voices singing such titillating tunes as “Clean Up! Clean Up!” and “London Bridge.” I won’t lie; I’ve even had fun playing some of the games – and eating the snacks! I never knew I liked raisins so much… Lisa has combined her two bilingual classes into one and they sure are swell. Speaking of swells, they even dedicated themselves to a pledge of environmental stewardship and conducted quite the beach clean-up – some tourists and locals even volunteered their abilities at picking up rubbish.

My classes are still going strong. Leon, my private home school student, and I become a more proficient studying machine as the days progress. He’s doing a good job at keeping concentrated on our work, even when I know at times images of waves are rolling through his head. Adult computer classes have finally collated into one Thursday evening class. Everyone has been making leaps and bounds in computer comprehension and that includes the kids’ computer/photography class. Of course, this month was exciting for us as the students have been creating a documentary focused on “No a Las Granjas Atuneras” (Anti-Tuna Farm). Gerardo’s Adult English class is still great fun. Lately, students have been working on putting together a travel guide in English, combining both English practice and computer literacy.

Other community happenings

Las Gemelas public school is chugging along like the little engine that can, and has. We’ve really come along way in our community garden there! Just today the students of Las Gemelas got their hands dirty planting a variety of different flora. En lieu of Dia de los Arboles several trees were planted, along with herbs, vegetables and even ornamental flowers.

Escuela Camino Claro’s benefit dinner up at El Castillo Restaurant was quite the fiesta. There was an appetizing spread of pizza, pasta, burgers, and make-your-own-salad with a dozen ingredients! We had a great turn out and a great time. It was so fun to be in such a swanky little place nestled up in the hills of the jungle. Everyone’s support and energy made all of us at ECC feel that proverbial warm and fuzzy feeling.

This month we have had several different volunteers from the tourist community volunteer at the public school’s library and during ECC’s English classes, which was a great surprise and help. I feel like this might be a great untapped resource as a lot of people feel like giving back to the community they are visiting. There may be more tourist volunteers to come. Of course we would like to thank everyone for coming and helping us to be a positive community.

~Jacob

“April showers bring May flowers…”

… is a famous phrase back home, however it doesn’t apply here in Pavones. It’s been just over a month since my arrival and I can see the weather beginning to change from rays to rain. As the drizzle turns to downpour I feel my connection with classes and the community becoming stronger. Already in one month I’ve begun to take so much in and have learned new things everyday. There are always many things to discover in a new place, such as how to motivate Tico kids to read several books a week with cheap prizes like pens and pencils; how attendance is affected by weather; which fruits are okay to eat when found and which ones will burn your lips; and how if you leave the cockroaches, spiders, and geckos to live with you in your house, the result is a pleasant decrease in the mosquito and ant populations. Of course, the list of newly learned life skills will continue to grow with my increased involvement in ECC and Pavones – growth that I hope will be symbiotic.

Settling in: steady progress and new projects

With time came responsibilities, and after getting situated in what I’ve likened to paradise, I now possess a full weekly schedule. Teaching English classes with Gerardo is great; we have a lot of very interested and inspired students in attendance. These adult classes have been great practice for my Spanish abilities and, while it was indeed a trial on day one, I now find myself both comfortable and more able. Helping out Lisa with her English-Spanish Immersion classes with the younger kids is good fun — a lot of the kids now recognize me as the guy from the library and recently they’ve even started using my name instead of “muchacho,” all good things.

My three computer classes are up and running smoothly. I’m very excited to begin adding lessons in documentary/photography to the children’s computer class. I’m eager to get the class proficient with cameras, photoshop, blogging, and ultimately, the creation of their own documentary covering an issue they believe is pertinent to Pavones and the world. Hopefully next month’s newsletter will have some more interesting developments on this!

At the library at Pavones’ local public grade school, Escuela Las Gemelas, things with Tatiana (the facilitator there) are fantastic and I’ve never been read to so much in my life… children’s books are such an enjoyable way to begin the day.

We are officially beginning the garden at Escuela Las Gemelas, which is big news! We’re about a week into things and have begun the construction elements of the project as well as getting kids stoked for a garden of their own. The fence is up and it’s official. The fence may cause some upset horses around town, but other than them everyone else is welcome at the garden. Hadas, who is in charge of the project, and I are taking things poco a poco like everything else, but we’re eager to see how the community embraces a common patch of educational, nutritional, and tactile property.

One of my main motivations behind my time here is a genuine peek into the realm that is the non-profitworld. With a good amount of experience working with non-profits and aspirations of building my own, I come with a lot of questions seeking answers and a set of eyes relentless in their search for discovery and enlightenment. Many of my thoughts about the difficulty in raising and running a non-profit have been anything but denied. Any small business encounters loads of hurdles, but poor little non-profits face such a fine line of making enough money while giving as much as possible away to the communities’ greater good. Even figuring out what that “greater good” is can be quite troubling. Everyone has and is entitled to there own viewpoint of what people and the places we live in need. At the moment, ECC is offering classes that seem to be somewhat irrefutably beneficial and I hope the future will continue to help.

Local fundraising

We’re currently working on a fundraiser for ECC, to be held at a local restaurant in Pavones, and hope to get things in order within the next couple weeks. If so, I’m looking forward to finally making it up to Castillo, Pavones’ own fancy restaurant in the mountainous jungle. There will definitely be more updates on the progress of this exciting development and hopefully we can find ourselves together enjoying a meal in benefit of Pavones’ community education center.

Thank you for your love and support both back home and here in Pavones, in particular. I’m gracious for the hospitality of the people here. I look forward to the future and a growing bond between both people and place.

~Jacob

Dear Raphel ,

Happy 26th birthday!

I hope you had a feliz día , even though I made you get out of the water for your “surprise cake party.” I hope you forgive me.

Sincerely, and with LOTS of love,

Haley

As you might remember from one of our posts back in May, the pending installation of the tuna farms in the Golfo Dulce continues to be a great threat to our home in many ways. Thus, the battle continues…

The Corrupt Tuna Project

Last June, MINAET (The Costa Rican Ministry of Environment) approved and granted most of the necessary permits for Granjas Atuneras, S.A. to install the destructive tuna farms in the Golfo Dulce. However, MINAET acted prematurely and suspiciously, as it was soon discovered that the permits were illegally issued. Business was conducted in violation of the Supreme Court’s decision to put the project on hold until ocean currents have been thoroughly studied and it has been established that fecal matter from the fish would indeed not enter the Golfo Dulce.

This study was recently completed and apparently it was altered in order to show the preferred results; that the ocean currents will not bring waste into the Gulf. This is, of course, ridiculous because it is common knowledge that our ocean currents go both ways and the prevailing winds are onshore, coming from the south and pushing the surface water into the gulf.

So, with the study results against us and the Ministry of Environment obviously working for bribes, Pavones’ community members have come together to form an official Anti-Tuna Farm Association, established at the beginning of this month.

Pavones Community Fights Corruption

The Anti-Tuna Farm Association represents the voice of all community members; locals, foreigners, and most importantly, the Guaymi Indigenous population. The Guaymi make up 60% of the voters in our district and they see the project as an invasion of their territory. The establishment of such a heterogeneous Association will allow us to more powerfully oppose Granjas Atuneras, S.A.

A few weeks ago I spoke with Vela Miles, one of the “movers and shakers” here in Pavones. She deserves many thanks for her hard work and dedication to the tuna project battle, but being a head member of the Anti-Tuna Farm Association is just one way she is invaluable to this community. Vela stated that now that the Association has legal status they are in the process of “asking the municipality of Golfito to approve the popular vote (plebiscito) in the district of Pavones. This allows Pavones to vote and voice their position. That is our constitutional right.” The municipality cannot install the tuna farms until Pavones votes on it.

As of now, the Association will continue to send letters to the municipality and work to educate this region on the negative affects of the Tuna Farms. The only thing preventing the installation of the Tuna Farms are the permits from the municipality. Although everything else has been approved, Pavones is still putting up a hard fight against the Granjas Atuneras.

ECC Student Speaks Out

All members- and all ages!- of the community will be affected by the impending tuna farms if it goes through. Below, 9-year-old ECC student, Leilani, voices her opinion about the impending tuna project: check out an excerpt of her very well-written (did I mention she is an ECC student?:) letter to Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.

“The other day I went surfing here in Pavones. It was such a beautiful day. The water was clear and pretty. I saw a manta ray jumping, a pelican diving in for his breakfast, and a sea turtle floating by. When I went under the water, I could hear the whales singing. Have you ever heard whales? They sing the most beautiful songs! As I came up from under the water, I had a terrible thought… Will there come a day when this Gulf that I love so much be so contaminated from the tuna farms that the manta rays will no longer jump? Will there be a day that the pelicans no longer come here to fish for their breakfast? Will there be a day that the turtles no longer want to lay their eggs on our beaches? Will there be a day when the whales no longer want to come and sing their sweet songs?
I hope with all my heart that this day will never come! This is why I am writing you today. I am asking you to please, please help us to stop the tuna farms from coming here!!! Please use all your power as president to stop this project from contaminating our beautiful Golfo Dulce.

Thank you for you time,
Leilani McGonagle
PS. I heard you recently were sick with Swine Flu. I hope you are feeling better!”

It’s never too late to make a donation to this important cause- EVERYTHING COUNTS. Thanks for your support,

Sincerely,
Raphel & Haley

Feria Multicultural

The design of every small village in Central America, it seems, is based on the central soccer field called the plaza. Even traveling through the tiniest of rural villages, I have always seen the plaza as the center of town activity. In Pavones, our plaza is the stage for not only weekend soccer games, but also elementary school P.E. activities, young children learning to ride their bikes without training wheels, late night hang-outs, as well as cloud-gazing and the general relaxation in the sun.

The multicultural fair that took place in Pavones last week was a brand new way to utilize our town square. It was a delightful celebration that sought to bring all parts of the community together and celebrate the multiculturalism of the Pavones area and, on a broader scale, Costa Rica as a whole.

Organized by the supervisor of the school district, each primary school was asked to research a different Costa Rican province, and then create an aesthetically pleasing booth with pictures, objects, and food from that area.  Additionally, the myriad of foreign residents that make up the semi-permanent population of Pavones showed up to represent their nation, thus, producing a bona fide multicultural event. There was even an appearance by the Guaymi to represent the nearby Indigenous Reservation and Pretoma, the Costa Rican ocean conservation group.

Below is the Puntarenas booth (Pavones’ province). Yes, we have a lot of bananas and coconuts here if you’ve never seen them before.

Some more regions represented: I was impressed by the creativity and color that went into the booths and extent to which they were thoughtfully organized.

Other activities that toom place were children’s art tables, speeches, marimba music, and dancing. Photos below: Baile Típico of Costa Rica and the Guaymi Indigenous.

Last but not least, allow me to introduce our NEW pre-kindergarten teacher, Lisa! She took our adorable pre-k class to the celebration, particularly fitting because this class is the most culturally diverse of all the ECC classes.

We’ll see you next year, as this will hopefully become an annual event!

Pictures: Lisa

Global Services Outreach Program (GSOP): Community service and cultural integration excursion for high school students.

Escuela Camino Claro’s pilot GSOP was a great success last year and we are thrilled to see another equally enthusiastic, open-minded, and motivated group of students again this year. Well into their three-week Central America adventure, the Kalapuya High School group from Eugene, Oregon has already accrued a multitude of new experiences; ones they will no doubt remember for the rest of their lives. These seven students have also already begun to immerse themselves in the community of Pavones and make some positive changes in our town.

The group’s itinerary is packed with lots of volunteer, outdoor, and community integration activities that will better our town while at the same time provide these teenagers with the opportunity to become integrated in other cultures. It’s a joy for us ECC teachers, as active members of Pavones, to help coordinate this program and witness cultural boundaries being broken!

What will they be doing here in Pavones?

The following are the primary activities the high school group will be involved in

Park Improvement Project: Landscaping, planting trees, and cleaning up the children’s playground area that was recently installed in Pavones’ center.

Guaymi Indigenous Reservation Homestay: Three nights with Guaymi families in the indigenous reservation located in the mountains outside of Pavones. Families are able to share their culture, generate income, and teach the high school students what rustic living really means (and we really mean rustic!).

Life Stories Series: Several notable members of the community, locals and foreigners alike, are invited to dine with the group and share their perspective on Pavones’ history and the changes taking place.

A Day in Colegio: Each student is paired with a local high school student and will accompany them for a half-day of school, including the bus ride and attending their classes.

Painting Escuela Camino Claro: Last year was outside, this year is inside (the group already finished and it looks GREAT, thank you!!!)

So let’s get started!

Put your heads together for the Park Improvement Project

The “Play” has already become the number one hangout for local kids- BUT, it is greatly in need of some changes. The group spent day one drawing maps and making plans for the work to come. Installing trash bins, gardening, building benches, and putting up tire swings turned out to be the top priorities, although there were lots of great ideas. It all sure brought back memories of elementary school recess (wall-ball, four-square, tether ball…remember?).

While planning, students consulted with head coordinator, Hadas, and created makeshift blueprints for the new and improved “Play”.

The next step was a bit of weeding and beautification of the walking path by adding stones and coconut shells.

Next was constructing benches: the hard part was trekking through the mud to gather logs for the bases. As you can see, it IS the beginning of the rainy season! Then the sun graced us with its presence during the building part and now they are ready to be painted tomorrow.

This is only the beginning…

So keep checking us out for more posts about the students’ progress as the next few weeks progress.

You can check out last year’s Kalapuya High School group on ECC’s website’s photo gallery.

Día de los Árboles

Who knew Costa Rica had a national tree day? Figures, considering 12% of the country is made up of National Parks and the tourism industry thrives off the rainforest and its diverse flora and fauna.

So here we are in Pavones, celebrating our bounty by sembrando árboles (planting trees) around the recently-installed playground! It was quite a spectacle last Monday, beginning with a parade leading from Pavones’ public grade school down the half mile path to the plaza in the center of town.

The children marched with signs, bearing seedlings in their arms and smiles on their faces (or where they just happy to be out of class and in the sun?). After a brief opening to reiterate the importance of Tree Day, they eagerly filled holes dug by a few parent volunteers and planted around 50 small trees and plants all around the newest addition to Pavones’ centro. Many members of the community also came to support the efforts and donate their small plants.

It was certainly a refreshing sight to witness so many young people get excited about planting trees and beautifying their town, which, inevitably, fosters a heightened respect for the environment. Indeed, the future is hopeful!

Escuela Camino Claro’s littlest ones got their hands dirty, literally: ECC’s pre-k teacher, Becky, with some of her class planting a palm tree.

Go, Raphel, Go!

It’s almost 10 pm on a Monday night. Eyelids are getting too heavy to look at the fluorescent computer screen much longer. Way past my bedtime, especially on a school night (notice fragmented sentences). Nevertheless, my lemongrass ginger tea and I are still perched on the living room couch finding humor in close-up pictures of Raphel playing soccer from last weekend. At the moment she is walking around the house in a tired haze too. Our conversation just went something like this:

Haley: Raphel, I’m putting a picture of you in the blog

Raphel: Blog? Oh, yeah, okay

Haley: Do you have any insightful quotes to include about your game?

Raphel: uuuhmm, “ECC teachers’ community involvement transcends the classroom.” (Then walks off to her room)

Haley: Wow, eloquent, well said. I think I should not be trying to do something requiring brain cells at this time of night. I’m losing it.

Run like the wind Raphel! Transcend the classroom! I am your biggest fan.

Anyway, too bad they lost… and good thing the waves were breaking on the other side of the soccer field (they only THOUGHT we were diligently watching the game!).

Anti-Tuna Farm Campaign Continues

Costa Rica’s first national rally held in Pavones on May 23^rd & 24^th

What an amazing event Pavones had the privilege of hosting a few weeks ago. The ¡No a las Granjas Atuneras! spirit was heavy in the air as hundreds of people joined Pavones residents in raising awareness and funds to halt the construction of tuna farms in the Golfo Dulce. It was a phenomenal success and, with a few more comparable fiestas, as well as increased signatures on Pretoma’s petition, newspaper articles, and press time, this exploitative project may actually be immobilized.

Pavones says NO

But first, a bit of political background…

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment (MINAET) has recently given the approval to Granjas Atuneras S.A. of Golfito to install tuna farms in the mouth of the Golfo Dulce. The tropical fjord is a pristine natural resource that is being threatened by this project. Fishing and tourism, the two economic strengths in the Golfo Dulce zone, will be gravely affected as well, just because some money-hungry individuals want to get rich harvesting and exporting tuna. Additionally, the project only has an 8-year life span (earning Granjas Atuneras 20 million a year!) until natural tuna stocks become exhausted. The Constitutional Court actually suspended the advancement of the project back in May 2007 because there was not enough evidence that this project would not pollute and destroy the gulf’s natural resources (duh- why wouldn’t it?!). Apparently MINAET has not heeded this suspension and the concerned communities are speaking out against any further action. Pavones is among these communities, demonstrated when we gathered more than 700 signatures for the anti-tuna farm letter that Pretoma, Costa Rica’s ocean conservation group, delivered to President Oscar Arias on May 28th. You can see their article covering the event by scrolling down to the links below.

Pavones proper only has a few hundred residents, so this high number of signatures should really tell you something about the general sentiment and passion for this issue.

Now, for some remarks on our delightful grass roots festival…

Children’s inspirational banner

¡Fiesta Fiesta! The best kind of party

Pavones has undoubtedly never experienced such community vigor and heated excitement as it did a few weeks ago. Granted, Escuela Camino Claro has only been here for a few years but everyone definitely agrees this was a first. After witnessing so many people join together with their knowledge, time, and energy (not to mention organizing and coordinating skills), I realize how proud I am to be a part of this diverse and special community. There seemed to be no dividing lines between Pavones’ locals, foreign residents, and surfer tourists as we all danced together to the live music and enjoyed the various activities during a sunny weekend in a remote corner of the world. Many members of the Guaymi indigenous group trekked into town from the reservation with their families to show their support.

¡De verdad, un día histórica para Pavones!

Pretoma’s presence at the festival was fundamental in spreading awareness to many parts of the community that otherwise would have stayed uninformed about the issue. Similarly, national press, including Tico Times and Repretel, were kept busy taking pictures and conducting interviews.

A team surf competition, a fashion show, an up-the-river boot race, garage and bake sales, children’s activities, and soccer games were some of the many events that took place at the festival. The ECC teachers failed to put together a team for the competition, but, needless to say, we were happy to help with trilingual signage (English, Spanish, and Guaymi!) and getting some of our students involved in the banner-painting project. This is obviously what we do best since, well, we are an English school, not a surf school. One of the most remarkable parts of the weekend, though, was the impressive lineup of music that got the whole town shaking. Indeed, a nice break from Reggaetón, as well as some cultural exposure than Pavones is not normally used to. Costa Rican marimba music, a bit of reggae, and San Jose’s Zege African percussion band with their incredible dancers were the highlights, as well as the traditional mariachi music and baile típico. I will never forget the look of amazement on people’s faces as they watched the beautiful, painted African dancers. It was a new, positive experience for many.

Close to home for two ECC teachers

After ECC’s Pura Vida Fundraiser last January, Raphel and I almost had an anxiety attack as soon as we heard the word “fundraiser” mentioned a few months ago. For those who don’t know about this annual Eugene, Oregon fundraiser and silent auction and that a large portion of ECC’s yearly expenses has been supported by it, feel free to check out the pictures on our website and the YOUTUBE video (links below).

So, did we want to be on the committee for the No a Las Granjas Atuneras Festival? Not at the moment, thanks- but we will definitely educate our students and get them involved as much as possible! After several Spanglish conversations on the topic and some artistic free time during class (art is a good stimulus for learning such things as colors), we arrived on the day of the Festival with manageable blood pressure and were able to enjoy the party from an outsider’s perspective. Knowing what it takes to plan and coordinate such an event, I have the utmost respect for everyone involved. Props to you all and thank you for bringing us all together! Sure, we don’t get a lot of live music or community/cultural events down here, but a few weeks ago I fell in love all over again with this magical place and all the people that coexist here. We must never take our lives here for granted because it may all change in the near future.

¡No a Las Granjas Atuneras!

Useful Links

• Pretoma’s website

www.pretoma.org   

• Pretoma’s article covering this event

www.pretoma.org/category/press-releases/

• ECC’s 2009 Pura Vida Fundraiser & Silent Auction PHOTO GALLERY

www.caminoclaro.org/photo-galleries/pura-vida-fundraiser.php

• ECC’s 2009 Pura Vida Fundraiser & Silent Auction YOUTUBE VIDEO

Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8o4MYJqscQ

         Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oDjMb5Vq5I    

Activities for everyone

The Green Team (Equipo Verde) kept everything tidy and promoted recycling

Something our town, and its sea wall, has surely never witnessed before: Fashion show!

The little ones strutting their stuff with Guaymi typical dress

Thank you Jessie Travis for your photos J