La Vacá and Bahia las Aguilas

Greetings, Daniel and Scarlett here! We just returned from our first weekend camping excursion. The trip was great! Friday, we camped out at a national park, Bahia de La Aguilas (one of the Dominican Republic's most pristine beaches). At the beach we swam, collected shells, and enjoyed the incredible blue ocean (the ocean here glows it is so blue!).

Our day at the beach ended by the campfire telling ghost stories with the community members from Las Guazaras who also camped out with us! The locals told us about a mythical creature many Dominicans believe in called la vacá. La vacá is a spirit that many Dominicans believe protect crops. Apparently, the spirit hypnotizes trespassers into seeing crops as mazes causing them to become lost. Pretty cool stuff.

So, we are now back in Las Guazaras and working hard on the garden project. We have also started English classes and the community is showing up young and old! We will write more later after we return from our next weekend excursion to Jarabacoa, "the Dominican Alps".

Until soon!!
Scarlett and Daniel