Country Info
- Santo Domingo
- Capital
- Dominican Peso (DOP)
- Currency
- 8,581,477
- Population
- DO
- Country Code
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Tigueres and Sex Ed
... of a teen pop star, marched across the street to the gym where tons of "Tigueres" (translation: a thug, ruffian of the Dominican sort. These men are usually found to be driving motoconchos, pumping iron, and hissing at American women, yelling "I love ...
Moving!
Hello Friends and Family! So, you will have to forgive me as I have been a complete slacker about keeping my blog updated. I will try to keep it more up to date in the future, I promise. So, the big news here from the campo is that I found a new ...
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 ...
Punta Q????
Mi querida gordita tenía miedo de manejar en D.R. así que me eche yo solita todo el recorrido a Punta Cana.... Este es el lugar donde me puse jetona….alguna vez han escuchado este dicho: Quien dice que conoce Republica Dominicana porque conoce ...
Holiday Blues
Most of you have commented on how I haven´t updated my blog lately. I´d like to say I was busy, but the best excuse I have is that my holidays were quite unconventional and not quite as merry as if I had been in the United States to celebrate ...
Last Day!
Last day at the Catalonia Bavaro! The resort was laid out pretty well, it was a fun time, the food was mediocre at best and the whole beach towel thing was a pisser but on the whole Danielle and I had a good time. We took one of the Hobie Cat ...
Las Galeras
As I ate dinner last night an old man, native to Las Galeras, sat down at my table and explained to me how he cooks crack, making wild gestures with his hands upon which I counted many blackened finger tips. He promised to procure some of his ...
Sosua
... before heading to Las Terrenas. I had the chance to speak to the locals and walk around the quiet town and enjoy tasty Dominican food. It's very quiet time of the year here and with the rain it makes it more difficult to interact with others. Although ...
Meeting the President
... for two school computer labs, would be inaugrating the new High School built by the government and welcoming the president of the Dominican Republic to Las Taranas. She was so nervous at first but very happy. I stood with another volunteer ...
Live from Santo Domingo
Hello for the first time from the Dominican Republic! I'm thrilled to report that I'm absolutely loving it here! Everything so far is exceeding any expectations I had, and I'm having a great time. The trip to the Dominican Republic went ...
Living Large
... miles away I could see the border as easily as if somebody stuck a row of flags in the ground to mark it. The Dominican Repubilc was lush with vegetation while Haiti´s mountains were bald. The DR has made an effort at reforestation which has paid off, ...
Gluttony at its finest
I've been in Santo Domingo since Thursday afternoon for committee weekend, and it's been a weekend marked only by the restaurants I've eaten at. My diet consists of rice and beans on a daily basis, vivres (yucca, plantains, bananas, and other starchy ...
Wrapping Up the DR Swing
So we decided to visit the DR as a detour to our US based travel plan, and for good reason. We wanted to catch up with our dear friends - the Trautweins and also let the kids see a world unlike any they would see as we visited historic sites on the ...
Get Out Your Mapas! (thats Spanish for map, btw)
... bit of them! especially the Anderson Cooper article! Jenny, Cornachios, and Cawy! - I dont have your addresses for some reason, tell me! My address, again, is-- PCT Molly Rosenberg Cuerpo de Paz Apartado Postal 1412 Santo Domingo Dominican ...
Slowing down in Punta Cana
We landed safe and sound in the DR and are enjoying a relaxing 4 days together at a resort in Punta Cana. We are weaving in a block of schooling time in the morning and in the afternoon...otherwis e it feels like we are on springbreak and that we ...
Ringworm and Return to the Capital
Hola amigos y familia.... Well, if some of you have noticed, I have FINALLY added pics to my various blogs as they corrospond. I am kicking myself for not getting a digital camera. If any of you are wondering what to get me for a present...hint ...
Medical Mission
This past week I had an opportunity to be a part of something great - a medical mission. A team of surgeons, doctors, and support staff spent their own money and used their vacation time to come down to Santiago for a week to do around 90 hernia ...
Sailing from Santo Domingo
... for us. ;) We were so excited when Jeanie and Monroe decided to join us on this trip - so here we are in the Dominican Republic - We had a great flight over on Copa Airlines through Panama - it seemed so quick after our longer flights of late. We ...
Soy Marco
I´ve been in Santo Domingo for the last few days and I´m having fun. I met my host family yesterday and spent the night at their house. My Don raises cockfighting roosters so there are about 40 or so outside of the house. I guess I won´t be late for ...
We Clap for Clean Plates and Good Farts
... , all that kind of stuff. Then he asked me if americans are from america, mexicans from mexico, where are gringos from, where's the republic of the gringos. I just laughed to myself and laid it out for him. My days are pretty relaxed. In the morning I ...
Down the mountain we go....
"You never really leave a place or person you love, part of them you take with you, leaving a part of yourself behind." As the rooster crows I am up, 5:00 AM. On our last morning we have fresh eggs, a special treat. They taste ...
La Republica Dominicana!!
... my Spanish? Well, that is all you are going to get for the time being, so I hope you enjoyed it! I have arrived in the Dominican Republic and wanted to update you all on my adventures. I was feeling a little down and tired when I wrote the last entry, ...
Still Alive...
I just wanted to let everyone know that the hurricane passed the island with very little damage. I will send an update soon, but until then I have attached a link to my pictures. http://flickr.com/photos/72345398@N00/ I hope everyone ...
San Pedro de Macorìs
... no... but damn... this one is just amazing!!! Really! :D So... at this place we meet a german man. He moved to the Dominican Republic 10 years ago & he tells us some things about the country,... the change in this time etc. Ya.. we drive back ...
Contact Info
... with my final contact info for the next two years. Address: Jennifer Bires, PCV Cuerpo De Paz APDO 1412 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Advice on sending packages: Try not to send anything over the size of a shoe box, It gets here ...
¡Livin La Vida Dominicana!
... in teh capital, Santo Domingo. My family was awesome and my host ¨mom¨ is 24 years old and definitely one of the fabled ¨dominican women with cinnamon tans.¨ She is a far cry from my host mom in Haiti who had gold teeth and weighed about 200 pounds. ...
WK2, ETs and the church in the shack
Hola amigos and amigas.... Well, not much has happened since my last update...there is still a lot to learn and a lot of homework. I did not end up going to the beach on Sunday as I had hoped, because I was pretty wiped out of funds from going to the ...
Out of Santo Domingo
... deal with the USA and have promised that if the gringos and their economic elixers are allowed to flow freely across the Dominican Republic, the American Dream will migrate south and provide all the material talisman so cherished by people here. If ...
St. Maarten
St. Maarten Our only stop before crossing the Atlantic Ocean - We were welcomed by beautiful turquoise waters and sandy beaches. Our idea for the day was to walk around in the town - do a little browsing and find a nice place for ...