Up here on the outskirts of the village of Papel, once the dry season arrives, there is no water source. Thus, you can only grow crops during the rainy season from about May through the harvest around October. An exciting new development since my last visit in November 2007 is the installation of three cisterns in the town center of Papel. The cisterns serve the health clinic, the school and the marketplace every Saturday (which also inlcudes the municipal building and the church). Water is collected from the rooftops during the rainy season and funneled into the cisterns. Here's a view down into one in March. The cisterns hold 30,000 litres each.
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As always, am enjoying all the Guatemala posts. Beautiful description of the corn.
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