Dominican Republic pt 2 of 2

So here we go with the rest from La Victoria, DR…

Of course, more roosters…

And these things.  No idea.

Locals playing dominos.  One guy keep saying “no pictures” but apparently he was just joking.  Still seemed pretty serious to me, haha.

This little guy was staring at me the entire time and didnt flinch when I felt the need to get a photo of him as well.  Overall the dominos shots I got were not fantastic.  Opportunity lost I guess.  My memory card got full and we decided to continue walking.

Dirties.

He was playing with another boy.  I could tell they were checking me out, and when I asked if he wanted his photo taken he got way excited.  Again, I wish my viewfinder was functioning.  Framing this and all the others was a guessing game.

Sign signaling the different areas of La Victoria.  Again, it was very spread out.  We walked for a good four of five hours.

Very typical scene in the area…

…not a pet tarantula.

One of the rare cats I saw the entire time.

Beautiful scenery on the island.

One of my favorite shots from the trip.  There were lots of taxi motocycles taking people around the area, to and from the city center I assume.

Getting back into the more densely populated area.  There were three “major roads” thru town, this being the one least traveled.

Lots of toy guns all over the place.

I played a fun game with these two.  They would hide whenever I put my camera up.  It was pretty mutually hilarious without a word spoken between us.  I love the colors, though!

Showing the kids you have a camera and are ready to use it is a good way to get tied up for 10 minutes.  Everyone wants a photo and they dont let you leave!  It was hard with the broken viewfinder, unfortunately.

Simple.

Details.

 And there you have it!  A bit of the more rural side of the Dominican Republic.  It was a nice country with lots of nice people.  I’d definitely love to go back some time and explore the country some more.

Enjoy,
Clayton

Dominican Republic pt 1.5 of 2

One day I was lucky enough to get to travel to a smaller town named La Victoria outside of the capital. Here are some photos.

Ever try to catch a rooster? Good luck.

Yeah, yeah. Rooster fetish.

So we went to a house to have lunch. There were a few American families living there and doing missionary work. I thought it was interesting to think about being a child in a foreign country like these kids do.

The colors in DR are perfect for taking photos

Dominican coffee, muy delicioso!

So a local dude took us on a 5 hour walking journey thru La Victoria. The district is big and includes many different areas of settlement, sprawling far outside the main city center.

“You are the first Americans to walk this path.” He told us. We decided to walk the path thru the forest instead of the main roads.

So here we are in the more rural area of La Victoria. Lots of the houses contained large amounts of land and farm animals.

Kids playing stickball. Obviously materials are not easy to comeby. They use thin sticks and water jug caps which kind of hover in like a smaller frisbee. They let me hit a few times. Poped it up foul and hit a grounder. It’s pretty tough!

A few women let me take their photos. They were pretty excited about it, actually.

Kids hanging out at the baseball game.

More photos to come from La Victoria. I’m going to split it into two parts because I’m hungry and need to go find some food

Enjoy,
Clayton