Hotel Orchidee Sosua

... three weeks she had organized her first spay/neuter clinic, and now she works with all the local vets. She had been living in SF, but she moved to the DR to decrease costs and allow her to work for Animal Balance full-time - a brilliant move. She's really a force. So we enjoyed a cold glass of water while catching up in her peaceful, tropical garden.<br><br>Emma also had some great recommendations for places to go, so after we left her house we ...

... define that, because the whole north coast is stunning. The beach is indeed gorgeous, with trees buffering the road from the soft sandy beach and a long peninsula of palm trees shielding one side of the bay. Shen was hoping to surf, but the guy with the surfboards wasn't there, and also there wasn't there any surf. Supposedly it gets very good in the winter, but this time of year it's hard to predict. He ...

<!--StartFragment--><br><br>Greetings,< br><br>Sitting<br>in the sun in Sosua, it's a little seaside town about 2 hours from Santiago.<br> It's beautiful here.  We have had access to a private beach, which<br>has been so relaxing.  We've been sunning for a few days now, and are<br>headed back to Santiago this afternoon.  One more night in the Dominican<br>Republic, and back on a airplane tomorrow, headed home to my family!  It's<br>been a long trip and ...

Hi everyone,<br>Just when I thought I had seen what living in destitution represented, I walked into a neighborhood this morning that redefined the word "poor" for me.  It seems that this redefinition is a consistent happening here.<br>This community lives in squalor, not only in ramshackle "buildings" but in filth.  In fact, their homes are literally built upon a dump. So, you ...

... to Sosua for about 20 pesos. We also verified this info with the hotel, so I felt fairly comfortable in getting to school. The guidebook said when getting on the guaguas, don't ask how much the fare is, just hand the money over, and if they try to ask for more, get out of the car and wait for the next one. So I was ready to do this just in case... I walked over to the main road in the morning and saw one of the guagua vans ...

... then go and meet them, but I didn't want to swim yet since I had just had a shower and didn't want to get dirty again right away and then need another shower. I wanted to see more of the resort though (the 'beach' side of our 2 part resort - we're on the 'reef' side - but they are practically one and the same since it's all in the same general area). We passed by a guy near the pool on the 'beach' side selling the water sports at the hotel and I asked him about ...

... who seem very nice (except I can barely understand a word they say). We had dinner then at the buffet. I had rice, stewed beans and a few roast potatoes. We were going to see the dancing show again at 9:45pm, but first I wanted to go back to the room for awhile. Leanna and I left to go but I wanted to take a look first at the vendors that had set up tables between the dinner area and the theatre, since it seemed like they weren't trying to ...

Well greetings once again! I'm currently in a most excellent air-conditioned internet cafe place that makes you want to stay super long, just to stay cool. It's the group's last adventure to Sosua Beach... we leave Friday morning for the next leg of our time here. Monday, we went to work at Nazaret. My job was pick-axing and shoveling... hard work. And then in the afternoon, we went over to Ascension and shopped at their FairTrade Co ...

... at me like a I was weird and keep moving along. The only form of reading they do is studying. So since I was "studying" all the time, the assumed something was wrong. I did miss being in the states for those moments and little things that make the holidays special to each and everyone of us. Maybe it is putting up the Christmas tree or Christmas light around the house. It could be making pies, cakes, or cookies in the kitchen. I think it is a warm ...

... you can at all possibly help them. I want you to understand that I cannot help everyone that I will encounter in my journey, but that I am doing what I can and can hope that the education will continue in the minds of those receiving it. So the house that I live in has a guy that maintains and watches the house. He has a room in the house in which he sleeps. In other words because he and I sleep in the same house we are considered married. However, nobody will tell ...