Oh - I KNOW - let's build a giant gorilla AND then decorate it with lights for Christmas!

And just when you thought having a dead/fake tree in your house was ridiculous (you were beginning to think that, right) I find a GIANT concrete gorilla completely covered in lights in a small plaza near a big intersection next to a McDonalds and the IKEA in Santo Domingo.

We're talking about a country that has NO access to clean water. All water we consume is from bottled water plants. The water that is piped into our houses is dirty - we did some testing on tap water this week. Fecal bacteria, phosphates, nitrates. So, one of the concerns of the people should be access to clean water, right? I wonder how many government people are on the "what the hell are we going to do about clean water" board, and how many are on the "what kind of ridiculous holiday decorations can we come up with this year" board?