Bay Resort Sosua

... and wandered down to visit the pigs...now, I know that pigs are large, but I have NEVER seen a pig as enormous as the one they have - 900 some odd pounds! She is lovely though, but quite rotund, shall we say. There is a brook at the back of the property that is quite nice, and there is a spot deep enough for swimming. On the way back towards the house, we saw the beautiful horses, and very friendly and persistent donkey. Unfortunately, my allergies were ...

... three weeks she had organized her first spay/neuter clinic, and now she works with all the local vets. She had been living in SF, but she moved to the DR to decrease costs and allow her to work for Animal Balance full-time - a brilliant move. She's really a force. So we enjoyed a cold glass of water while catching up in her peaceful, tropical garden.<br><br>Emma also had some great recommendations for places to go, so after we left her house we ...

... define that, because the whole north coast is stunning. The beach is indeed gorgeous, with trees buffering the road from the soft sandy beach and a long peninsula of palm trees shielding one side of the bay. Shen was hoping to surf, but the guy with the surfboards wasn't there, and also there wasn't there any surf. Supposedly it gets very good in the winter, but this time of year it's hard to predict. He ...

... has<br>changed me, and has offered me a new perspective on what is really important in<br>life.  Sometimes I wonder if the past two years of struggling through this<br>doctoral program has been worth it.  So many sacrifices on the part of my<br>family.  Time away from Ellie--<br>I know that when she gets older, I will tell her about the kind, selfless people<br>who live in a different part of the world.  I hope that, if anything, this<br ...

Hi everyone,<br>Just when I thought I had seen what living in destitution represented, I walked into a neighborhood this morning that redefined the word "poor" for me.  It seems that this redefinition is a consistent happening here.<br>This community lives in squalor, not only in ramshackle "buildings" but in filth.  In fact, their homes are literally built upon a dump. So, you ...

We pray for children<br>Who sneak popsicles before supper,<br>Who erase holes in math workbooks,<br>Who can never find their shoes.<br>And we pray for those<br>Who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire,<br>Who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers,<br>Who are born in places we wouldn't be caught dead.<br>We pray for those who never go to the circus,<br>Who live in an X-rated world,<br ...

... you never know... the next rat you see might be a talented individual, just like Remy. And even if he's not, he still has a place in the world and must be appreciated as such. I encourage children and adults alike to watch this film, if even for the entertainment value alone, but hopefully also to open their eyes to a world less known to us humans so that we may place a respect and value for all creatures, great and small. The flight back home was very ...

... quickly - it was fun. A wave completely knocked over my dad once, but I successfully managed to not topple over like that, though the waves were really strong and forceful. My dad left after he had had enough, but I stayed in - couldn't get enough of it! And then I decided to have another photo shoot with Leanna - she got some really good candid pictures of me jaunting about in the waves. The sun was really coming out by this point too ...

... hand out to me and said "Pay me!" I was like "what?? I'm not paying you!" At the same time, while she was braiding my hair, another woman had come to me and whipped out a piece of black (human-looking) hair (which my sister called "anonymous voodoo hair") and braided it onto my camera bag strap, and then she said to me curtly and strongly, "$5!" and I said "I'm not giving you $5 for that!!" (she hadn't even asked me if I wanted it and she did so fast so I ...

... of a sister, which was loaded with easter candy, cocoa butter lotion, and hand sanitizer. I can't explain the feeling that a package from home brings. The best way I can sum it up is like a feeling of Christmas, a birthday, and getting a care package at summer camp all rolled into one. So far the rats and mice have not managed to infiltrate it. Again, luck seems to be smiling down on me. The rodents, do, however, like to scamper across my headboard while I am sleeping and the other ...