Camp David Ranch Hotel Resort Santiago

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Carretera Luperon Km 7 1/2, Santiago de los Caballeros Santiago, Dominican Republic, 809-276-6400

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First Impressions in Santiago

Upon first arriving in Santiago I thought - Whoa! This is more beautiful than I expected! Santiago is in the Cibao valley so it has a tropical climate with palm trees and lots of green but is surrounded by gorgeous mountains. We spent the night at Camp David Ranch up on one of the mountains that overlooked the city. We got to eat dinner, breakfast & lunch on the balcony & the view was amazing! The owner also had a collections of cars from the 1950s that originally belonged to dictator...

Santiago, Dominican Republic aprilrenee
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The poorest of the poor?

... imagine what it smells like, and what a health risk it is to live there.
I saw a little boy today.  He is 4 years old.  He lives with his parents and 4 siblings in a one-room "house" built out of rusted tin and tires.  Upon meeting him, I could tell that this child was gravely ill.  He contracted Dengue Fever over a week ago, was hospitalized, but released home.  I'm not sure ...

Santiago, Dominican Republic lstockwell
Haitian Batey

... only in underwear.  Sweet kids, but resorting to desperation (pinching others, manipulation, etc.) in order to get attention.  One child kept pinching the little girl I was holding!  So sad!  We will offer a health clinic to them on Thursday afternoon.  They speak mostly Creole, limited Spanish, so communication will be interesting.
We are watching Hurricane Bill, who looks like he ...

Santiago, Dominican Republic lstockwell
In The Campo

... help but think of the sign I have in our entryway "Please remove your shoes"!!!!  Yes, those of you who have removed your shoes in my entryway,are laughing.  It makes one wonder what is really important-
 Yesterday, we held a clinic.  We served about 25 people over the span of about 6 hours.  It was exhausting.  Not only was a diagnoses/treatment involved, but to try and figure out what they were saying in Spanish!!  --Aye! 
I ...

Santiago, Dominican Republic lstockwell
Tough Day

... to smile much.  He actually laughed out loud when we had some of the children "play" with a balloon.  So amazing!  At one point, I pulled a little fellow out of his crib and just held him, which was kind of tricky because his knees were contracted to the side, and almost at ninety degrees to his torso.
I am experiencing some touching moments here.  It makes me miss you all even more-
XOXOXOXX Lani

 
 

Santiago, Dominican Republic lstockwell
Adventure Tour - Week 1

... nice Bavarian-style hotel right on the beach. The next day we took a boat from Samana Bay to Los Haitises National Park, where we explored some caves then went kayaking through the mangroves. Yesterday, we left Las Terrenas and went horseback riding to a secluded waterfall in El Limon. That was probably the most terrifying experience of the trip for me. These horses were sooo tiny and frail, I thought I was going to break my horse ...

Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic racey_stacy
Jarabacoa

... over, and we would rope up, and lower ourselves down. Other areas we would have to negotiate piles of boulders, or cliffs, both of which provided us the opportunity to jump into the water by as much as twenty feet. As a counterpoint, sometimes we would have to slowly advance down the river, feet in front, half-floating, half walking as there was little no no warning as to when a submerged rock would find itself in your way. The river pushed us swiftly down the river over these rocks ...

Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic tlf
Airport Shenanigans and Santo Domingo

... hoisted backpacks on and set out to see the remains of the 500 year old city that poked out from the shanties and bars that were built around them. After checking out the walls and plaza that was Columbus' compound, they spotted a group of Dominicans playing baseball in the courtyard. George had gotten the idea a couple of months before, while planning the trip, to bring about 2 dozen baseballs with him to give out to little kids, with the eventual goal of playing baseball ...

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My first hurricane!

... those of you who called or wrote and were concerned; I appreciate it! This past week, before all the hurricane madness, we had a camp called Celebrando el Cibao, which is a diversity camp for kids in our area, and it was awesome. Topics were covered like religion, racism, sexuality, different cultures, and I think it made a lot of the kids really think and open their eyes to different topics and ideas. We had ...

Santiago, Dominican Republic kelsianne82
Thanksgiving is just around the corner......

... convinced that Dominicans and Americans were different, that I did not see the Christmas lights, the Christmas music that was playing in the super-markets, the small gifts that were being passed around, or even the huge dinner on Christmas Eve which took several days to prepare. Well, right now I am at a conference in Santiago with two of the youth from my community. There are wonderful guys. Sometimes, they have a little bit more testosterone than I would ...

Santiago (Centro de ILAC), Dominican Republic wylycm
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