Hotel Delta Santo Domingo
Av. Sarasota #53, Bella Vista Santo Domingo, 1818, Dominican Republic
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I found a roommate!
... back on at 8 pm (or 9 or 10 pm), it could be on until 12 pm and come back on at 5 pm. Since the schedule is a 50/50 there have been riots. I got back from the capital 1 day and everyone had to get off at the gas station right before my stop. I had a friend that was on his motor and called my name and told me to get on. I had no idea why I couldn't walk to my stop and find a motor so I just got on. On the ride back he told me the street had been blocked ...
All Volunteer Conference Part 2
... the Marine Interest group, a volunteer
publication called the Gringo Grita, and medical missions to name a few.
With this time, I concentrated on getting plugged in with the PCDR website
and the committee in charge of an upcoming conference for RPCVs (Returned
Peace Corps Volunteers) to mark the Peace Corps 50th year. After a closing
session on health and safety we were allowed to go our merry way.
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I climbed a mountain and I turned around....
... was actually quite large- 5 of us girls, 2 random spaniards, 2 guides, 14 mules (ridiculous and unnecessary) and like 4 men with the mules. We did the entire hike (about 27 miles round trip) starting Saturday morning at 8am- going all day until we reached a little "campsite" (a building we set our tent up in, and a few fire pits) at around 6pm. It was a long trek, but I didn't realize just how difficult it was until going down ...
Mobile Update
... for the guagua out front. We then drove to Cento Leon! Centro Leon is an art museum with the Jimenez cigar factory behind it. These cigars are the most famous of the DR and are made with Cuban tobacco leaves (the seeds were stolen out of Cuba). The museum is huge and is vey modern like museums back home! I hadn't been to a museum in a long time, so it was great going to one! We were late for our tour, so we waited in the gift shop while Leah arranged for another tour. ...
You know it's winter time in Guazumita when...
...everyone's painting a house, church, or a colmado.
November 25th, 2010-December 29, 2010
HOLDING MY BREATH: After Thanksgiving I headed back and was exhausted from all the Thanksgiving activities. I changed into pajamas and was ready to sleep. However, 5 minutes later my baseball team of 15 teenage boys were at my house. They wanted to change our baseball game with El Cano to the next day (Saturday), instead of Sunday. So I called Zach ...



