waterfalls and caves

As promised, here are some more photos of our time in Hinche last week. We had the opportunity to explore a local tourist sight, a waterfall with the name Bassin Zim. We drove down a long winding gravel/dirt road so steep and full of holes that most people driving a normal size car have to pull over and walk the rest of the way. Once at the waterfall, we hiked up the side of it to the top, led by two children "tour guides" looking to make some money. Click the link below to view the pictures from our journey.

walking up the trail with our two friends and two "tour guides"

standing in front of the first "mini" cave

this cave is used during voodoo ceremonies

walking into the second, larger cave

inside the cave, walking back towards the entrance/exit

this cave has a tunnel that you can walk through for hours and end up in the Dominican

Andrew at the top of the waterfall- you can barely see our car behind the trees on the left. It had so many small pools that led down to the waterfall and pool below- it looked like a ride at Lake Lanier Water Park and we wanted to tube down it... this freaked out our Haitian friends who gave us a heavy warning not to do that ;)

That concludes the series of photographs and posts from our time in Hinche. This week we have been on vacation and are currently preparing to head back to Port-au-Prince... it went by too fast! We will have updates from our trip as well as updates with work within the next few days.