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The wet season does significant damage to this road, which is easily traveled during the months of the dry season.

An up close and personal view of one of the streams rushing into the Rio Buscagua, which blocks off the community of Los Sanchez from the road to t...

The paths around Los Sanchez are tough enough to navigate when they're dry, let alone when they are practically rivers themselves.

View of runoff into the Rio Buscagua from the Road Side taken during site survey.

Surveying the damage wrought by a landslide on the highway from Tegucigalpa to Choluteca.

Overlooking the Rio Buscagua from a ridge that runs between the two halves of Los Sanchez.

This is actually a main road traveled by vehicles, but floods during times of heavy rain. Crossing it on foot is particularly daunting.

When Los Sanchez is cut off from the road to Orocuina by rising water levels, they can take an alternate path that arrives to this road, which no p...

This is a view from the North side of the river, or the "Road Side."

This is the exact spot where residents of Los Sanchez cross the river during the dry season. It is not possible to do so during times of heavy rain.

Although the residents of Los Sanchez seem to be having a good time watching a couple of their youngsters crossing the strong currents of the Rio B...

Another view of the raging river downstream.

Overlooking the river where our suspension bridge will be built.

During the dry season, one can cross this river without getting their feet wet. During the rainy season, it is another story.

Heavy rain in Southern Honduras makes driving dangerous (or at least more than usual).