La Ezmarelda

The following pictures are from La Ezmarelada, a small village located behind Mario’s Marina. Within the village is the free medical clinic operated by the  Ray of Hope Mission and volunteers from the marina. There is also a school and rubber tree plantation here as well. When the camera came out during my visit it seems that I interrupted class, when the kids saw me taking pictures they came running to get their picture taken.

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The path from the marina to the village

Collecting rubber from the rubber trees

There are no cars here, everyone walks

The path from the marina to the village

Collecting rubber from the rubber trees

There are no cars here, everyone walks

One of the village homes

One of the village homes

 

Lunch time at school

 

The free medical clinic is open to anyone that walks in

 

 

The school is small so some classes are held outside

Checking in patients

Cherri and Heather counting meds

Cherri and Heather counting meds

Treatment room

Waiting to be seen

 

 

 

An elderly, blind villager

Enjoying popcycles

 

Even the schools here have a small playground

 

 

 

 

 

We had a wonderful 15 minute conversation, all in spanish

Take a picture of kids

And more will come

And even more

Ladies selling lunch at the school. There is no cafeteria here

 

 

 

 

The bananas aren’t the only thing covered in chocolate

The kids continued to follow me on the way back to marina wanting more pictures

 

 

 

 

 

a gringo heading back to the marina

Besides kids there are lots of chickens

and lots of goats here in the village

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