Santiago Homecoming

So...we're back from Jimani! The trip was many things at once: fun, grueling, heart-breaking, eye-opening, and most of all, unforgettable. After around 14 hours of travel, we finally arrived back in our apartment in Santiago. Our fellow apartment-mates welcomed us back with the following feast for dinner:



The dish in the rectangular glass pyrex dish is called a "pastelon," which is a traditional Dominican dish made with eggplant and ripe platanos. Heather's Mom, who is Dominican, was good enough to make it for us. It was delicious, and a far cry from the copious amounts of peanut butter sandwiches we had been subsisting on for the past few days.

Stay tuned for more posts about Jimani in the coming days. I need time to decompress and upload more photos...