Ruben'S Hotel Santo Domingo

Av 27 de Febrero 20 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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Waaaay over do blog

A travel blog entry by angela_smith

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... everyone knows about them from nearby communities. Rumor is 1 invites certain peopel from the community to go to a nearby cemetery and raise the dead and go for a walk. I've told everyone to tell her I don't ever want to be invited.
-May 12th: all volunteer conference (I have no idea what happens at the conference)
-May 16th-20th: I go to Batey 9 (in Barahona) because Spanish does me no good. I go to learn the language that I really need. Creole. A batey has ...

Whales, mom, independence day...

A travel blog entry by viajerisima

... things ive ever done. They can weigh up to 40 tons.... Pretty crazy.  From there, we took the boat straight to an island, where we hung out, played volleyball, ate lunch, for several hours before returning to the resort.  That night, we had a nice relaxing bonfire, and the workers put on a really cool show- like a traditional tribal music/dance, I'm so jealous of their natural rhythm!  Again, a lot of fun.  Sunday, we went to do some good for the environment ...

Living it up

A travel blog entry by viajerisima

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... then took us home.

Before that whole saga I should have probably mentioned that Monday was a holiday, Los Tres Reyes, the three kings- where kids get presents just like from Santa. It's a federal holiday, so no school or work. This was my favorite day yet. 4 of the guys from the night before took Christine, Nina, Kati and I to "an actually good beach," playa Juan dolio, because apparently playa pelenque isn't up to their standards. ...

6 day visit to 2 year site

A travel blog entry by angela_smith

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... it and talk or to say call me back a little later.

October 19th 2010 to October 24, 2010

6 DAY VISIT TO 2 YEAR SITE...We got back to the capital from Constanza on Saturday. The following Tuesday we left for 6 days. Most people packed all of their stuff and brought it to the training center Tuesday at 7 am that they were taking to their site. That involved each person calling a taxi for themself to fit all their stuff. I was ...

Up a Mountain

A travel blog entry by enjoytheride

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... down I can see the end cabin miles away. But that's what it is, miles (many kilometers) away. Towards the end of the hike my feet are killing me and even though I can see the cabin it just never gets closer. Am I an hour or 5 away? I was two. I finally arrive down to the cabin before everyone, take off my shoes, and see that I have some nasty blisters. No, it was not okay to hike in tennis shoes, especially old ones because I didn't want ...