Extreme Hotel

Kite beach, km 10.5, Cabarete, Dominican Republic | 1 star hotel

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Things I will miss

A travel blog entry by stephbrand

So I'm a little behind on my posts...but as most of you know, I'm coming home in 2 days!! So in honor of this, I'm going to do two posts today: Things I will miss/Things I will not miss.

THINGS I WILL MISS!

Having the housekeeper bring me juice when I am home in the afternoon
My host family and especially watching Tangled and Pocahontas in Spanish with my 3 year old mini me
Being able to take a two hour bus ride and ...

In the Time of the Butterflies

A travel blog entry by stephbrand

... were jailed as well. The made tremendous sacrifices: leaving their children, risking their lives, and creating a target on the whole family.

Eventually, the sisters were well-known and beloved by many around the island. The sisters did not cease their persistence in fighting the dictatorship after several imprisonments and three of the sisters were eventually assassinated by two of Trujillo's men. The ...

Rice, beans, nachos, fruits, and liver

A travel blog entry by stephbrand

... cabbage salad

Dinner- Some form of plantains, yuca, fried cheese, fried salami, eggs, mashed potatoes, rice pudding, or a sandwich

Food at home- Breakfast is really whatever I want it to be since I usually eat on my own whenever I wake up. Lunch is the most formal and traditional meal so it is almost always some form of rice and beans with chicken, beef, or pork. ...

Scout Camp Part 3

A travel blog entry by thompcha

... where Flavia gave everyone a lesson in lifeguarding and water safety. That
evening, we had "Patrulla con Ritmo" (Troop with Rhythm) where each troop
got up and gave musical performances they had planned and practiced. Right
as it was beginning, I took a call from Sabine that wound up lasting about
an hour and a half. Luckily, there was a four-way tie and I arrived just in
time to watch all four finalists give encore performances so the ...

Finding One's Way in College and the Peace Corps

A travel blog entry by thompcha

... Adrift" by
Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, which offers research that supports the
thesis that completion of college is proving ever less sufficient as a
measure of having progressed intellectually. While he does not hasten to
agree, Menand does engage in a more fine-grained analysis of Arum and
Roksa's findings, and he points out some interesting distinctions. Of
particular interest to me was the comparison between students who major ...