THREE MILE HIKE TO PUEBLO NUEVO

The team of mechanical and electrical engineering students and their professor, along with some of the children of the local pastor, hiked 3 miles to the remote village of Pueblo Nuevo to make repairs on the system that was installed by last year's team. The rains had made the driving roads nearly impassable even with a 4 wheel drive vehicle. They started the hike by crossing the "hammock bridge". The villagers call it this because of its shape, however, it is actually made of rebar and wood.




Some of the local men who had been maintaining the system worked alongside the team making repairs. This was utilized as an opportunity to teach them more on how to maintain the sytem after the team goes back home.




The team had to spend the night at the church there before finishing their work and returning to La Ceiba the next day.

The generator had to be taken back to La Ceiba for repairs. Because it weighed nearly 200 lbs, it had to be carried on horse back.