La Tortuga Las Terrenas

... 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 ...

Despues, fui en el autobus a el Parque Nacional los Haitses. Fui a mirar los aves y las flores y la vida de marina. Fui a acampar en el parque. Fui a comer la comida de tradicionales en el restaurante en el parque. Fui a comer champola, cual fue leche con guanábana. Me recomiendo que saca muchos fotos porque el bosque es muy bonito.<br><br>

Hello Friends! April has arrived and the world is heating up a lot! Cinderella, my 9 month old puppy, and I are doing alright although she did eat something terribly toxic this week. We gave her a round of antibiotics and I believe she is on the up and up now. Semana Santa begins tomorrow and the beaches in Samana will be very crowded. I hope to stay away from all the people. This week ...

This weekend I travelled with six other girls to the Samaná peninsula. We arrived Friday afternoon and it poured down rain for the rest of the night. We also had an hour-long debate about which hotel to stay at because our original plans turned out to be much more expensive. But we ended up at a fairly nice place right on the beach. To my surprise there are a lot of businesses run by foreigners in ...

... food cooked in a shorter period of time. Other benefits are that it will improve health of the family as it has a chimney to direct the smoke upward, requires less fuel which saves the family time and money, and reduces deforestation in the community. This stove is designed to help improve the lives of families who cook on open flame fire between three rocks. In my rural community, many use this cook method or have reverted back ...

... and staff: Our staff is incredible. They support all 160 volunteers in all the country every day. Our Country Director is an intelligent man who cares deeply for his job, Peace Corps, and believes in its mission. In fact, he himself was one of the first Peace Corps Volunteers in 1963. In his office, he has a framed personalized letter of congratulations from the desk of John F. Kennedy written to him before JFK's death, which was delivered ...

... and traveling in the developing world - primarily in Latin America - even in times of shortage, drought and so-called "famine'' I never went broke, hungry or without recourse to medical attention if needed, making my hardships insignificant compared to those I observed on a regular basis around me. So yes, I feel a veritable sympathy for and knowledge of those in need and in poverty, but I cannot claim to comprehend the extent to which it affects and ...

... back out to my site tomorrow afternoon. However the purpose of this entry is not to list my recent bodily disfunctions (although I won't lie, I think it's funny to do so) but rather to relay what's been happening over the past month. I swore in as an official Peace Corps Volunteer in later October, and then gorged on traditional American food for Thanksgiving, which was exceptionally good after three months of rice and beans twice daily. Then for an additional treat, all 150 some ...

... being here. It is not a requirement, but when you pass a house, you stop, sit, and chat for a while. Relationships here are so much more. You build confianza(trust) with the community. How much time you take to get to know people and your actions speak a lot. I feel that I do not talk as should with some families as I do with others. My little "Lula" is doing well, but a little "tigera". "Tigeres" are the bad boys of the street. She is the bad girl. When I tell her know she does the ...