Occidental El Embajador European Plan - No Meals Santo Domingo

... the farms and the river. While we were swimming in the river, I felt an uncomfortable prick on my neck. I reached to feel what it was and grabbed a stinger from a bee. I had never been stung by a bee and quickly remembered the medical presentation from our PC Nurse Jo, where she told us if we had never been stung by a bee we should still carry around an Epi Pen in case our respiration system fails us by an allergic reaction. To say the least, I ...

... link to the final product: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qch3G40S K50 We made quite the scene: three very non-Dominicans playing with beach garbage in the heat of the day! Tomorrow it's more studying, more breastfeeding research and hopefully a break from the work with a trip to the historical Zona Colonial. Wish me luck in my last week of classes! I definitely need all the extra help I can get to fill the gaps of what my lessons and studying doesn't cover. Amanda

... and did a refresher prior to my arrival, I was only able to make out a few words due to his fast pace and accent. I expected most people to not speak English, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that Eddie was actually taking English classes. We have a short, but interesting conversation.. Eddie:Where are you from? Me: Texas..Tejas.. Eddie: Eh, are you originally from Dominican Republic? (No) But you look like me... After a few more ...

... had terrible scarring from acid or electrical burns. It really shocked me that simple procedures that would be corrected early on in the US are left undone for years and years here because people simply do not have the resources to get the treatment they need. It was inspiring to see the doctors and nurses, who pay their own way and take their own vacation time, provide such loving care and treat all of the patients with such dignity and ...

... up. It was a nightmare with all these people being crammed into the bus and half the bus having to get up and reshuffle because you had to fill up the seats from the back to the front. Musical chairs in a bus. The music was very loud, they like loud music everywhere and anywhere, and to make things even more interesting a couple of young guys were on the bus drinking! Yep, you can get drunk on public transport! They were giving people a hard time, not too silly though ...

... Our hotel was in the Zona Colonial, riddled with crazy one way streets and quaint buildings, but safe and central and more importantly with air conditioning and cable TV (we're shallow, ok?). We wandered down to Plaza Espana, which was pretty ugly, then through Columbus' house, which had a glorious breeze going through it. I'll say this for colonial settlers - they knew how to keep themselves comfortable. The furniture was minimal but accessible, and if most of the furnishings ...

... through my pockets and threaten me with the machete she believed they were going to kill me or at least try to. Well, being a man who practices and forwards the timeless tradition of chivalry, I didn't leave her prey to the three savages despite being at the street and sure I could easily run to any establishment across the way and escape danger. I also didn't fight back seeing as how the dirty curs held her ...

... They where very interested to hear what I was doing in here in the PC, and I was interested to hear their opinions. One pharmasist said that he was here 5 years ago and that the country has developed a lot since then, which is a nice positive thing to hear. Another women was having a hard time dealing with the heat...but I was just thinking in my mind that this is nothing compared to the heat I will have to deal with in August! I mean, I remember when I got here in september...it ...

... how to play dominos and having my host dad kick my ass every time! 13. My house having see through curtains as doors....there is no concept of privacy here. 14. Having TONS of chocolate cravings. One time all us Peace Corps trainees bought out all the chocolate from the local colmado. 15. Having it rain so hard, that the rain made sooooo much noise on the tin roof that you couldn´t maintain a conversation with anybody because you ...

... we're not going to see tomorrow. We've raided McDonalds, eaten nothing but desserts at TGI Fridays, downed our share of Mexican, gone back to McDonalds, tasted some great flavors at Baskin Robbins, indulged in pastries, shoved our faces full of pizza, and I did manage to eat a few pieces of fruit in between. I've been uncomfortably stuffed more times than I can count, and I'm fine with that because I know that tomorrow I'll be eating rice and beans. I moved into my house the ...