4H Equipo GIS

As the name implies, today we took a day of rest. Since members of the group were feeling tired and were getting sick, we thought we needed some rest. Thankfully, I haven’t been getting sick. The rest was well called for and we were all refreshed by the time we were ready to go out.

First we went to a printer presentation, learning about different types of HP printers.

Afterwards, at a social, I had an interesting conversation with a GIS user from the Dominican Republic. He was in charge on inventorying Cacao trees around volcanic areas for the government. He also explained how the Dominican has one of the largest export of chocolate beans to England and other countries who process them and make chocolate. While they export the chocolate beans, less than 10% of Dominicans consume products made from coffee beans, according to this man.

Interestingly, he also said that the last time they had a tropical storm/hurricane was about 10 years ago. Lucky us to have been here when the storm came around. It was pure nature and fascinating to witness. Although I didn’t wish for a storm and the loss of lives is very unfortunate, I have gained awareness for those who have ever been in a storm (worse than this) and for those who live in areas that are not meant to sustain such weather.