And while the Carnival was this weekend, today was back to school for primary school kids across the country. And social media was filled with little children dressed smartly in their uniforms.
But in the south, some of those nicely dressed kids never even made it to class. That's because the road leading out of some of the village is practically impassable and affects commuters from Crique Sarco, Sunday Wood, Conejo, Barranco, Midway, San Felipe, Corazon, and Santa Ana. And this morning, the school bus going to Toledo Community College got stuck in the mud and had to be pulled out by a dump truck - only for the truck to also get stuck in mud.
According to a Facebook viewer, because of this, some of the teachers and even the students couldn't go to their first day of classes.
The Ministry of Infrastructure issued a release on September 2nd saying that they developed an action plan which has been approved for immediate implementation. It involves mobilizing three road engineers from Belmopan along with road maintenance operators and equipment from MIDH Stann Creek Road Maintenance Unit. They were to go to Toledo for seven days in the first instance to address eleven roads identified for immediate repairs. Following that, the team will partner with five road contractors who will help to restore adequate access to the roads.
But while the villagers wait for those repairs, as one villager put it to us, as it stands right now, they're practically trapped in their villages.
We are following this story.
