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The Guatemala Clean Water Mission Project : One Child Dies Every Eight Seconds from Water Related Illnesses. We are doing something about it! You might like viewing this in "Slide Show" mode set to full screen - slow speed to read captions but you lose the capability to click on hyper links with last 2 photos.

The Guatemala Clean Water Mission Project

One Child Dies Every Eight Seconds from Water Related Illnesses. We a ...

Updated: May 01, 2008 7:24am PST

Guatemala - Those Precious Children : Before I came on this trip, I expected to enjoy the beauty of Guatemala. I was not prepared to have my heart totally captured by the Children. Enter this gallery and see just a glimpse of Sunday afternoon's special time with the kids. Providing clean water was no longer an abstract project. It became personal.

Guatemala - Those Precious Children

Before I came on this trip, I expected to enjoy the beauty of Guatemal ...

Updated: Apr 30, 2008 10:35pm PST

Guatemala - Lake Atitlan - Sunrises : Early mornings were special. I cannot help but marvel at the serene view punctuated with the sharp peaks of the volcanoes.

Guatemala - Lake Atitlan - Sunrises

Early mornings were special. I cannot help but marvel at the serene v ...

Updated: May 01, 2008 11:45pm PST

Lake Atitlan - The Race : The quiet of Sunday morning's sunrise was broken by amplified music coming from canopies erected by the shore. Coming closer I was surprised to hear that the music was in English and that a crowd of swimmers were getting ready for a distance race in the lake. A wide range of ages among the competitors. Water was cold and the swimmers were being coated in grease to help keep them warm. I was a former swimmer and these athletes impressed me with their speed. Later in the week we tested the lake water for contamination. It was grossly bad and not something I would want to swim on.

Lake Atitlan - The Race

The quiet of Sunday morning's sunrise was broken by amplified music co ...

Updated: Apr 29, 2008 10:22pm PST

Guatemala - Lake Atitlan - Sunsets : Every evening we were treated to a different splendid display over Lake Atitlan.

Guatemala - Lake Atitlan - Sunsets

Every evening we were treated to a different splendid display over Lak ...

Updated: May 02, 2008 12:02am PST

Guatemala -Volcanoes : I guess I am fascinated by the volcanoes, especially when you see one smoking. There are 35 in Guatemala and many other active and inactive vents.

Guatemala -Volcanoes

I guess I am fascinated by the volcanoes, especially when you see one ...

Updated: May 02, 2008 5:50am PST

Guatemala - Lake Atitlan : Lake Atitlan is the second largest in Guatemala. It is a beautiful, photogenic site. Just don't drink the water.

Guatemala - Lake Atitlan

Lake Atitlan is the second largest in Guatemala. It is a beautiful, p ...

Updated: May 02, 2008 6:16am PST

Guatemala - Life on Lake Atitlan : Local Guatemalans depend upon Lake Atitlan for their livelihood. From local street merchants selling to the tourists to the local fishermen. I'm told the lake had been stocked with Bass years ago and even had a successful international bass derby a few years ago. I worry about the lake. Every morning and evening I was by the lake shore or on the docks and I never saw a fish caught nor did I ever see any small feeder fish/minnows in the water from the docks. Is it all fished out or too polluted?

Guatemala - Life on Lake Atitlan

Local Guatemalans depend upon Lake Atitlan for their livelihood. From ...

Updated: May 02, 2008 6:40am PST