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Hotel Brisas Del Yaque Jarabacoa
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Travel Blogs from Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic
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Carpe Diem. Ready for new challenges
Six eventful, challenging and exciting weeks are coming to a close. It's Saturday morning, two days left here in the Dominican Republic, before I take the long trip home to Copenhagen, via Miami, New York and London. I'm sitting at the breakfast ...
Days 35-39: A Trip to the mountains
... and we were there. It was late so we found a cheap hotel and a nice spot to get dinner. The next morning we met a nice little Dominican man Armado who spoke no English, but agreed to take us to see a bunch of waterfalls for a pretty small price to our ...
Airport Shenanigans and Santo Domingo
... land, lapped by emerald waves over 20,000 feet below. They then flew over the north part of the Dominican Republic, crossing the north/south length of the island in half an hour, landing on the south coast at the Santo Domingo ...
How I ended up with 13 stitches
... and distributed parasite medication. My job once again was to weigh and measure the kids under age five. However, in typical Dominican fashion, our effectiveness was limited by a lack of planning. It was a 12-hour day from the time I was ...
Jarabacoa
... by a Nickelback concert. We roamed these streets looking for something good to eat, and it became increasingly apparent that Dominican restaurants had nothing on the value and deliciousness of restaurants in Central America. We could find any typical food ...
Wrapping Up the DR Swing
... below will add more than words could, so if you are so inclined click to view. The videos are from our time in Jarabacoa, where we visited an orphanage, a school, a care center and a couple barrios (neighborhoods) from which children come. The photos ...
Jarabacoa
Here it is, the long awaited blog entry... A note to future Peace Corps Volunteers. Don't pack 4 pairs of pants and 4 shirts that are all different shades of green. This will make up half of your wardrobe, or more, for two years. I made this horrible ...
Jarabacoa
Hello everyone, i have been in jarabacoa for three days now and you would not believe how beautiful it is. it is a little town set in between two very big mountain sides with rivers and waterfalls every other turn. it is so nice. i do not have time today ...
More from Jarabacoa
This is going to be ridiculously short because i want to get some pictures up if possible. I have been working my rearend off this week with planting yuca, battatas, bannanas, sweet potatoes and other viveres that are really fun to work with and eat. ...
Two weeks till I know where I will live
... huts... anyways its not the best way to cook. These Lorena's are built with clay that we dig up from the ground. A lot of the Dominican Republic is clay, kind of like Georgia. But the clay here is much smoother and has a lot of good nutrients in it. Next ...
Jurassic Hiking
... . This required taking two local buses (guaguas) to arrive in SD by 4:30 for the last Express bus to Jarabacoa. Given our respective experiences in Latin America, we thought it was a long shot, but the buses here have been unbelievably ...
Living Life in Slow Motion
MOVING ON UP: I´m in a beautiful town called Pozo de la Palma, where 4 other volunteers and my Spanish instructor reside. There are 17 volunteers total in the city of Juan Lopez and we meet in a central location for techinical training. We have 4 ...
Into the Mountains
Monday, January 21, 2008 Into the Mountains Dear Readers: Before I continue with today's adventures, let me just conclude the story from yesterday. I left off when we each went our separate ways for free time. After I finished my blog ...
Adventure Day in Jarabacoa
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Adventure Day in Jarabacoa Dear Readers: A delicious breakfast is available at 8am, and we're suited up and ready to go on our various adventures by 9am as requested. We are delighted that the sun is peeking ...
Dominican Republic
Students from Casa Grande HS, Petaluma HS, and many other from around Sonoma County spent two weeks in the La Descubierta, Dominican Republic to help build houses for three families. In La Descubierta we met lots of people and a lot of the kids were ...
my 3 day adventure in jarabacoa and manabao
... along. The next day I decided to do a little investigating. I asked around and found a gold excursion. I hooked up with the Jarabacoa gold company.I don't know the website, but they are on the internet. We took a small van to a place in the mountains ...
Recovery
Fuck I can walk! It even felt hard to walk 50 meters to the restaurant. I felt a very strong urge to try to write down the latest episodes from the trek to Pico Duarte. It felt so nice to have a slow morning zipping coffee, writing and watching the daily ...
Jarabacoa
So Im living in a little town in the mountains called Jarabacoa. Its simply amazing! The night we got here, we went to a small dance party. It was so much fun! We did Merengue, Bachata, and Salsa. They do many last minute dances with a couple of ...
River Rafting - Estilo Dominicano
Am Mittwoch, 11.11., geht's frühmorgens los in einem Kleinbus Richtung Landesinneres. Ziel ist Jarabacoa, eine kleine Stadt auf rund 500 M. ü. M. (In der Nähe der Stadt liegt auch der Pico Duarte, der höchste Gipfel in der Karibik.) Dort ist das River ...
Cloudy and humid but it still beats the snow
The taxi arrived on time and we left at 3:00 a.m. The Canjet counter wasn't opened yet so why did we have to be there three hours prior. Finally, they arrived and checked us in. Since we booked early, we had VIP status which allowed us to board ...
Happy New Year! Feliz Ano Nuevo!
Sunday, January 4, 2009 Dear Friends, Happy New Year! Happy Holidays! I hope you enjoyed some special holiday moments this season. I'm doing pretty well. I've been in my site for the last couple of weeks spending Christmas, New Years, and ...
Mi segunda semana...el campo y la boda!
... Bienvenidos person. Basically I was at the entrance welcoming people and directing them to the ceremony. I have learned that Dominican weddings are quite different from American weddings. First of all, most of them do not occur in the ...
Sitting in hospitals
Today I sat in Debs's hospital room and watched cable tv. You know you've been there too long when the same shows start coming around again. We did get a terribly awkward visit from Cheery (who possibly wanted to know that he hadn't killed ...
Sa fe wont!
Sa fe wont! Que verguenza! how shame! Kreyol, Espanol, Pidgin English. A weird jumble of words can be found floating throughout my mind at the moment. Just finished a week long of Creole training down in the south and will be leaving for my community ...
Crippled
... nbsp; Missus: Halifax... and by the way, never touch my ass again Girl: I'm standing behind the tallest guy in the Dominican (Joe). Bosh: Oh, sorry. I"ll get out of your way. Girl: Oh wow! ...
Week 3: Best One Yet
... earlier, these 3 days were absolutely perfect and just what I needed. I'm not anything close to a city girl and continue to find myself overwhelmed by Santiago. Jarabacoa gave me a chance to relax and appreciate my farm lifestyle back home a lot more. ...
Adventure Tour - Week 1
... I honestly thought it was going to twist and ankle and throw me to the ground. Yesterday evening we arrived in Jarabacoa, which is a small mountain town. The scenery here is absolutely beautiful. Today we went whitewater rafting ...
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