After arriving in Santiago, we take a bus to the ILAC Center

Touring a cigar factory in Santiago

Scott asks, "How many people can they fit on a Wawa?" Alvaro answers, "One more!"

Cathedral - Santiago, DR

 

Santa Maria de Altagracia in Santiago

 

Snoozing while on the bus to Santo Domingo

Historical marker - the end of the road for Truijillo

Thad and J-J check out the Caribbean Sea

 

Kyle, Marshall, Michael and Greg inspect the roasting pigs

 

Listening intently to our tour guide

The fortress courtyard where Hollywood was filming The Lost City...ergo the presence of lighting trucks

A group photo

 

A DR soldier patrols the tomb of the unknown soldier

 

The burial place of many of the Dominican Republic's most famous people of history

Cathedral - Santo Domingo, DR

 

Enjoying dinner on our return to Santiago

We tried to leave Michael behind, but he found us despite our best efforts

 

A fruit stand in the campo which always had fresh lemoncitas and bananas

Michael and Ismael inspect the rice harvest

 

Beating the heat by swimming in the irrigation ditch

The king of poultry displays his prowess

 

Some of the children of the campo

One hole dug...only 19 left to dig

Thad and J-J clear land for a new latrine

 

Marshall drives home a nail in a tough spot

Tomas pounds a nail while Matt, Chris and Alex look on

J-J attaches the siding

 

Mel, Kyle, Michael & Greg pose for a picture with some new friends

Alex, Chop, Thad and Tomas pose with some new friends

 

Chris and Chop mix concrete for the foundation of a new latrine

Matt, J-J and Michael get supplies for another casita

 

Ross, Marshall and Chris haul lumber to the construction site

The previous latrines which are being replaced

 

A local man proudly poses in front of his family's new latrine

Michael learns to lay cement

 

Local teachers allows Chris, Matt & J-J to interrupt their math class for a photo

Scott holds class of his own, teaching the children to count in English

 

Tommy climbs well despite a busted thumb

Greg inspects a new latrine...a little too closely

 

Another foundation laid and ready for a casita once the cement cures

Mixing cement for the latrine bench

 

Scott helps the ladies with the dishes

Thad poses with his new friend Naomi

 

Tommy poses with his new friends

The two groups become one

Tommy and one of our local construction leaders, Ismael

 

The ILAC staff

Terri, Eduardo and the group

 

Chris, Ryan and Ross enjoy breakfast at Sosua by the Sea

Sean discovers too late that falling asleep at the beach, while doing your Summer reading, can be a painful experience

 

Tomas, Carson and Ross relax on the beach

Our hotel - Sosua by the Sea

 

The group poses for a photo before getting a game of beach baseball together

Our guys waiting for their turn at bat

 

Beach soccer is also a lot of fun

Hot sand...hot sand!!!

 

Thad does his best Baywatch impersonation