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Chapter One - Santo Domingo - Day 1
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None have bothered to bring their own passports, probably not having renewed them for years.
“Thanks. We’ll remember that next time we come.”
The attendant at the Thrifty desk fills out our contact and the papers are signed. He then leads us outside where everything is checked again. Finally we approach a third desk where I find to my consternation that the contract is made out to ...
All at once
... had a sleeping baby sprawled out on the back seat. Not really sure whose car, whose baby, or where we were headed, I quickly realized that things run a little differently down here. For starters people drive like they’re late to their own wedding, the roads are pot holed to the max and nobody uses traffic signals; red lights are optional and green lights are watch out for drivers running red lights. We made a few stops around Santo Domingo, dropping people off ...
Mobile Update
... Physical Therapy wing, the cath lab and the administration wing and the patients CCU. It is a very nice hospital and the nicest of the three we've seen in Santiago! The individual suites have a living room area separate from the bedroom area. They're nicer than the states! The family waiting room overlooks the skyline of the city! There are works of art and pictures up all over the hospital - you could tell it's a new hospital. After about an hour and a half of touring, ...
Work can begin!
... t use that phrase because I need to tell my boss who was coming with me. It was a 15min presentation in Spanish about Guazumita (what they had/didn't have/wanted) and if he never wanted to talk to me again it was fine. He said he'd go.
FEBRUARY 1ST-5TH: We headed out to the capital/Peace Corps office at 7am and meet up with the other volunteers. We were all heading to a hotel/camp type place to stay. I knew everyone was ...
Vacation!!
... pretty here. I splurged on a massage today (still much cheaper than home) figuring I´ve earned it after 4 weeks of rubbling, and it was wonderful.
We will be enjoying tonight and tomorrow before saying goodbye to Elisabeth (she´s heading home to Norway) and heading back to Leogane on Saturday morning. This will give us Sunday to readjust and get back into work mode for Monday morning.
Take Care!
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