Day 6 - Habitat Catamayo Party

Day 6 was another day at work, but I'll spare you additional worksite pics until the last day on the job site tomorrow. Best part of day 6 was the party that the local affiliate threw for us. We received certificates for our work, and had a little 'pre-party' at the hotel before heading into downtown Catamayo to catch the night life.

Here is a team shot of all the Give Back Cincinnati volunteers, along with the Habitat Ecuador volunteers, and at the front left is the mom, 2 little girls, and teenage daughter. It was so awesome to see them all come out and welcome us to their country. It's not something they had to do, but was definitely appreciated.

And here is a close-up of the family saying a few words of thanks before we all climbed in a van to head to the bar. It was a great
motivation every day to see the family when we arrived to work on the house. I could use a similar dose of motivation every day at my job!

Once we left the hotel is when the real party started. This 'bar' was something to see. Minus the 12 of us, and the Habitat Ecuador volunteers there would have been no one in the place. But that might have been for the best.
First shot here is my new 'Ecuadorian Hair Cut'. Notice the likeness to Mr. T. I did this after we learned that we had successfully gotten tickets to the Ecuador/Uruguay Futbol game on Saturday (I'll explain later this week why
this game is so important, and why I felt it necessary to do something this off the wall). The plan (and you'll see pictures later in the week) is to paint the Mr. T portions of the head like an Ecuadorian flag...it's a sight to see. All the Ecuadorians thought I was insane...which I suppose I am.

Here is the gang on the dance floor of the 'club'... getting it done Ecuadorian style. (Left front is Maggie, then Selam, Jessica and Lea. In the background you'll catch a glimpse of Sue and Chad). The ladies in our group were certainly the hit with the latin lovers. Here is just a sampling of one Don Juan making his move on 3 seperate occasions (w/ Jessica, Bridget and Brie)(Click for full-size):

By the end of the night things were getting really wild. I'll leave you with one last picture... the rest are not for public consumption :)

Maggie and Chad performing their trademarked dance move.