A blog post by Adam. We are living in sugar cane country. Here in La Romana it seems that Central Romana, the country's largest sugar cane producer, controls everything. They own most of the city's waterfront property (a wonderful place for a walk or run if you're white and you're able to get past the security guards). They operate the city's fanciest hospital. They developed Casa de Campo, one of the DR's most exclusive and largest resorts, complete with four golf courses. And now that the sugar cane harvest is on, they have people working at their plant 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, churning out lots and lots of sugar.
All of that sugar cane comes from the fields surrounding La Romana, including all of the land around Guaymate, where Melissa is volunteering. So in late November, while Leah was staying with Mina, Melissa brought home some raw sugar for us to sample. The challenge is that if you don't buy sugar in a bag, you have to rip off the tough outer layer, before sucking on the sweet interior. Since I'm sure you're dying to see how this is done, here a few pictures to give you an idea...
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| Ripping off the tough cane exterior. |
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| Almost ready for consumption. |
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| Finally....sucking on the cane. |
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| Mina, enjoying La Romana's finest crop. |
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