Hotel Conde de Penalba Santo Domingo

... to form a picture, they traced parts of their bodies then colored them in, we had a paper airplane design contest, made a construction paper chain, and painted with water colors. It was pretty controlled actually, that being said, I was really happy that I had two Dominican friends helping me with the camp.<br><br>CELEBRANDO EL SUR: is the youth diversity camp that I was soliciting money for. It was tons of fun and the kids ...

... basis. My final week of classes has gone well and I definitely feel like I've made more progress. I only had Spanish lessons for four hours per day this week, leaving me time in the afternoon to work on my "charlas," or workshops, that I'll be giving in Neyba. Today's class included a trip to market to help me learn the names of local fruits and vegetables. These are the same foods that I'll be showing the women in Neyba how to prepare in a ...

... is in Spanish and English (which is great for me practicing to read more sophisticated writings), and there are illustrations and newspaper clippings from the different time periods throughout the evolution of acquiring independence. He wrote inside the front cover, but I cannot make out what it says other than, "for Heather." No one else that I showed it to can make it out either! I was really touched by his gift, and I thanked him ...

... friend) and many of the other not so friendly states. We have about 25 hours of language training a week. There are 36 of us in our program. About half of them will be in my program of Community Environmental Education (CEDE). This week, I'll be taking my first field trip on my own to visit a CEDE volunteer-sort of a shadow experience with an actual PCV ...

... to be had. Be careful negotiating, and never ever let on how much money you have. They will try to screw you out of whatever they can, and no matter what anyone tells you they don't like you: they like your money. Despite the aggressiveness of the merchants and the terror of the total chaos of the marketplace, it was an interesting experience and one which I did sort of enjoy. We also got to go to a beach ...

... that I can't go to the schools anymore, but I am hoping to do a summer camp of some sort, probably something with literacy, because that is the biggest problem here, in my opinion. The kids also really want me to have an English class, and even though that's not what I'm here to do, I am a sucker and will probably do it. Joel, one of the boys that brings me mangoes really wants to learn English because he wants to go to the US to be a professional baseball player ...

... of declaring people in my community but the process is a big pain in the butt. Out of 4 people I was only able to sucessfully turn in one persons papers. The other people have to look for more documents. None the less the process is painful because nothing is properly filled and they don´t use the internet or computer for anything. So I just turned in one document and they have to send the document to the capital first for approval....probably via caribe tours....so ...

... has happened in the campo. My cousins has a christmas party at the school and invited me there. I went to the party, which consisted of kids running around everywhere and dancing hoochie to regatone music. Then at the end of the day, a local company came in and handed out candy, while another worker of the same company was taking picture of the lady handing out candy. I was just thinking, that this company only gave the kids candy, so that they could get the ...

... to my favorite songs...on the radio. Little did I know, I had stumbled onto the holy grail of music - an all American radio station. That night I heard everything from Snoop Dog to U2 to Marvin Gaye. Needless to say, I didn't leave my house and stayed up later than my 9 o'clock bedtime. Life is good. Put up some new pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcinthed r/ Or for group pis: http://www.flickr.com/groups/pcdr