Hodelpa Garden Court Santiago

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Rice, beans, nachos, fruits, and liver

A travel blog entry by stephbrand

This post is dedicated to food! Midday lunch is the largest meal of the day here with a smaller breakfast and dinner served as well. Here's a typical day of food:

Breakfast- Any combination of freshly made juice, toast with jam or ham and cheese, cornflakes (a general term for all kinds of cereal), saltine crackers, and fruit

Lunch- Rice, beans, meat and ...

No, I am not here on vacation

A travel blog entry by stephbrand

Yes, I have some beautiful beach pictures and am having a fabulous time, no, I am not here on vacation. Classes started last Thursday (don't ask me why on a Thursday...I don't get it either) and have officially taken over. My earliest class here is at 1:00 in the afternoon. Sounds wonderful, but I hate it. This means, that Wednesdays I have class from 1-9PM. I would tell you more about my schedule, but it barely makes sense ...

27 Waterfalls!!!

A travel blog entry by ashleythornton

... foot waterfall is scary, but I actually did it! Our tour guide told me if I didnt jump in, he would push me. LOL After all that was the only way down the mountain!
Unfortunately, I was unable to take pictures because the camera would have probably gotten destroyed, but if you go onto youtube and look up 27 waterfalls-Dominican Republic you will be able to see what I ...

Construction day

A travel blog entry by mpc963dr

... hand, mixing concrete and applying stucco to the outside of the water reservoir was the primary job of the afternoon. For outlying communities, a water truck delivers a weekly (I believe) supply to each home, and the supply is stored in a large container near to or on top of the house (or in the case of Montilla's house, a custom built concrete reservoir).
As evening rolled around we wrapped up ...

The village and the orphanage

A travel blog entry by mpc963dr

... a Bible, and the group members took turns sharing the reason why we have come—to bring physical food, yes, but more importantly to bring news of the Bread of Life, food for the spiritual body. Unfortunately, not long after we began the distribution, Jill (Hooley) suffered a fairly severe sprain to her ankle when she slipped and fell on the steep path. However, while she ...

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