The New Truck

Here are Enrique and I in front of our new truck on the day we went to Guatemala City to pick it up. When our last truck finally bit the dust, the manager of Toyota Guatemala offered us a brand new one (2006, deisel, double cab, forest green) at cost. Our Calgary support group (who you will be reading lots more about here as time goes by) immediately swung into high gear and raised the funds to cover the first 1/3 of the cost. Shortly after, we had a visit from the new President of Toyota, Fernando Saravia, who pledged another 1/3, at which point Eduardo Cofiño volunteered to pay not only the last 1/3, but also the licencing fees, insurance and alarm installation.

Here is Eduardo Cofiño … our long time friend and Project Ix-canaan supporter, owner of Gringo Perdido, partner of Toyota Guatemala, and Ambassador of Petén.

And here are the partners of Toyota Guatemala on the day the truck was presented to Project Ix-canaan. Fernando Saravia is the man on the far right.