Astoria Boca Chica

... I left the bikes up on the Panamanian side of the border and so the handler tells me that the walk back through the crowd and bringing the bike back to be inspected would be a waste of time - as long as we are not coming back into Costa Rica soon with the bikes there wont be any problem.   He's right - we get Panamanian road use permits, tourist visas and fumigation stamps, and the cost is about $30 for everything.  This time its so easy and ...

... to pay for this surgery. I went back to visit with the family last night, and they gave me the medical analyses and information from the neurologist's office in Santo Domingo where he had his testing done. It is obvious that this is an urgent and legitimate problem, and I feel that I must do whatever I can to help my poor student. He is an extremely intelligent boy, as he is in a much higher level in school than is normal ...

... other end of the phone, listening to me screaming at the top of my lungs as I was smashing the bug! I am sure that my new family thinks I'm a raving lunatic, as I was screaming in the night chasing it around the house, and then screaming again as I was trying to kill it! In the end, I was victorious, and I picked him up with some paper towel and threw him as far away outside as I could. Since then, I have been relatively bug-free, and I plan on keeping it that way!

... Ontario. There is a school on-site, where all children can go until grade 8, and then they go to school in San Pedro for high school. Eventually, they will also have a high school, as well as a technical school, on-site. They are in the middle of building the technical school right now. The school was built with all-Canadian donations, and there is a dedication plaque on the front of the school to Canadians, and inside, all of the ...

... native India. The road rules consist of jungle maxims like 'might is right', 'survival of the fittest', 'every one for himself' etc.. ( you get the picture) I end my day at Boca Chica, which is a beach within spitting distance of santo domingo. The beach is dissapointing but it is the right place to be immersed into DR. I find a hotel, check in and then immidiately go out for a walk. I run into Miguel and his very pretty and intelligent ...

... saviour -- After a drink we go back to the rooms and I want to take a shower...! Not a very good idea. The bathroom is full of mildew and there's just veeery cold water. After a couple of minutes... wumm... there is no water anymore! -.- ... So i go in my towel to the room of my employee Moni, knock on the door and go there under the shower and wash the shampoo out of my hair. We go down for dinner. We're very hungry, 'cause we haven't eat any lunch. So.. we ...

... so itīs hard to leave, but we do know that there will be someone placed here, but I donīt think it will be me, so Iīll come back and visit. Oh, and if you havenīt seen them yet, Iīve posted pictures on my blog finally! If I have posted pictures, there will just be a little camera sign with the number of pictures I have posted next to my update. I hope all is well back in the States; itīs getting nice there...spring and summer...how fun. Enjoy and give me some updates on life.

... I'd surely recommend this place if you're Santo Domingo and celebrating Valentines. After supper?? Dancing the nighty away, of course! Truly, whatever your taste be, Santo Domingo has a place for all of us. We didn't want a Las Vegas style casino. Just a place to dance and enjoy togetherness was enough. So, Jet Set was a good bargain. They allow ONLY couples. No hassles ...

... encounted terantulas and rats in their house.....luckily my house has been pretty rodent free, except for the HUGE daddy long legs and cockroaches. The only terantula I encounted was on the street when I was walking home one night. Who knows, I still have 4 weeks left here, maybe I'll come home one day and see one lying on my bed! Well, that is all the news I have right now. I hope things are find in the US. Once again give me some news updates!!

... in different communities of Pimentel who will learn about AIDS and sexual health and reproduce talks and workshops to the community. So far I have a total of about 75 youth in total. At first I not having anyone come to my meetings, and now there are so many it makes somewhat of a mess. The kids here aren't disciplined the way kids are in the US, so I sometimes find myself being the "bad guy" and having to ask people to leave. But other than that ...