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Travel Blogs from Santo Domingo
All Volunteer Conference Part 1
... of the volunteers already in the country
when we arrived, we were each asked to take the stage and tell our names,
where we're from, and where our assigned community is located. When I said
I was from Portland, I heard several cheers from the crowd.
Team-building dinámica: group rock-paper-scissors
What followed was a number of break-away sessions. The first divided us
into those who were newer and those who had already been ...
Learning the Facts of Life
... by some guys on the street that didn’t like him.
We pulled up to the cemetery and were waiting for someone to bring the keys to unlock the gate. I was standing with a group and just listening to them talk. I didn’t want to say anything. I didn’t know what to say. One of them said, "la mayoria de mi familia esta ahi," as they pointed to the cemetery. THE MAJORITY OF MY FAMILY IS THERE. It wasn’t the 1st time ...
Waterfalls!
... and Mardi Gras, with an added touch of girls being whipped in the butt with a balloon on a rope. People come from all over the country as well as puerto Rico, Cuba, Venezuela, etc dressed up in specific, very elaborte costumes. It was an interesting experience, but it was cut short by a rain shower (according to my sister, people sometimes stay out all night). Later I heard the fireworks but couldn't see ...
Home Sweet...What?!
When I First Arrived in the Santo Domingo Airport, The first thing I noticed was how bright it was compared to my Departure site in Florida, where I just experienced a Record low temperature for the month of December. Imagine my surprise as exited the plane to be met with not only the bright sunny sky but its often companion, the humid warm air. Unlucky I was to choose a day to travel when wind was absent from the weather, at least not much of one to have noticed. ...
16 hours of Thanksgiving!
... been spelled differently. If you go by the welcome sign it's GUASUMITA, but no one in Guasumita can even spell it.
-Christmas: Romeo Massey is having a Christmas party for volunteers December 18th at his house in the capital (Santo Domingo). That's probably the next time I'll be on the computer. his has it early because for the 58 of us who will still be living with host families he knows they want to spend it with us. The night of Christmas Eve ...
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