Day 5: Bienvenidos a los bateyes

Hello all. We arrived at the ASCALA center, our home for the next several days, around lunchtime. We toured the sugar cane fields, tried our hand at cutting cane, and caught a quick glimpse of life in the bateyes. This evening we watched a documentary about the issues involved in the human trafficking that brings Haitians to the area, and we had a thought-provoking discussion. Tomorrow we head out and get to work on two projects. We hope to have access to a computer tomorrow, and if so we will share more details about our adventures. Buenas noches!