Made my first trip out today to Santa Caterina Barahona, one of the villages which I might make the subject of a case study. In general, I would say (without having looked very deeply at the data, and without having spoken to anyone except for a couple of friendly locals I talked to a bit waiting for the bus) that Sta. Caterina is a moderately prosperous town with friendly people who mostly work in agriculture, with a small (reasonably sized, I would say) town hall, a beautiful old church and attached school, and a fair number of women (though no men) wearing traditional indigenous dress.
It's a beautiful place. I'm adding some pictures just to show the pretty setting, and the well-tended agricultural lands surrounding the municipality.
Chicken buses, by the way--always a good time. It was nice to have a couple of locals keeping an eye out for me. One older gentleman was careful to make sure that I knew where to get off, and I had no trouble finding out how much the fare was (I also didn't get ripped off...)
1 comment:
You are a lucky duck to be in such a pretty place! It looks like a great place for a case study.
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