As a boy, Jaime helped his father build ox carts like this. He remembers the details of building the wheel parts by hand, and cutting the lumber from trees by hand.
He also remembers his father driving loaded carts, pulled by oxen, from San Salvador to San Ignacio, north of La Palma. That would be about 60 miles. He would haul sugar cane up there and bring back barbed wire and other items. The trip would take 2 weeks, and he would sleep along the road.
And we think the bus ride up the hill takes a long time?