March/April, 2004 saw Philip in San Ignacio staying at the Casa Blanca Guest House and traipsing through the jungle with bushmaster Winston Harris. He and the gang were crucial in locating pathways to open up, determining good areas for building a home site and lake area, and general avoidance of harm (only saw one coral snake). After trails had been chopped, Roy Gentle of Gentle Heavy Machinery came in and bulldozed the roads and open areas. (Actually he subcontracted to someone we shall call Chinaman but was a scam artist and was dismissed.) Roy, bless him, went back and finished the job and has since started planting fruit trees (though the wee wee ants we hear are making a salad out of them).

Next trip: August 29-September 3 to check up, plant, and move ahead.

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