Dominican Service: All Work and Some Play

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The Dominican Service Winterim has been working incredibly hard on their project for the past two weeks. Over the weekend, the group took a fishing tour in Boca de Yasica and celebrated the Mirabel sisters' 50th death anniversary in Salcedo with an activity. Today is their last day of working on the school in Cabarete, so they're practically finished. Tomorrow, before they leave on Saturday, the Dominican Service group plans to visit the Damajagua waterfalls.

The Damajagua waterfalls consist of twenty-seven cascades located in the Rio Bajabonico. They flow by rural mountain scenery, and fall into a series of large, clear pools at the base of the cascades. It seems that the Dominican Service group is going to take a hike in the tunnels and caves of these spectacular waterfalls. This hike is supposed to be increasingly difficult, and consists of going through not only tunnels, but the jungle and rock formations, too. In addition, there might be some swimming and jumping involved. One would have to be very athletic to make this immense climb. There are several trails along the waterfalls, all of them challenging and very long. The longest one takes about three hours to complete.

The Damajagua hike will be the last activity on the Dominican Service Project's itinerary. The Dominican Service group, after all of their amazing and worthwhile experiences, will be traveling home on Friday.