Santana Beach Resort and Casino La Romana

... the project in more detail, which I did, and then we asked for their participation and collaboration, which is going to be necessary if this project is going to be sustainable. The women seemed really keen, and also mentioned the political leader of the batey, who was not able to make the meeting. We ended by asking them to rally some more support, and to think about the location of where they would like to create the organic community garden.<br ...

... convent, where we met Sister Nati, who is a nurse at the medical clinic in Consuelo. Ian will be coming back in November to do an outreach project for a couple of weeks, and he will be working with some of the doctors and staff there, as they have a project where they travel to a different distant batey (sugar cane village) everyday to give medical aid. We thought it would be a good idea to make contact to set things up for his project while we were ...

Fui en el autobus a el Parque Nacional del Este. Fui a acampar en el parque y fui a pescar en el agua. Fui a subir en las arboles. Fue a estar fenomenal. Fui a ver los animales. Muchos iguanas en la Republica de Dominicana. La Republica de Dominicana tiene muchos animales. En el Parque Nacional del Este, fui a comer bocadillos.

Fui a ir en el autobus a la Romana. Fui a ver los edificios de viejo. Fui a comprar en la comercial de la Romana. Fui a comer en los restaurantes bien. Fui a comer chuleta al carbon. Fue muy bien. Fui a quidar en Hotel Casa del Mar. Fui a sacar muchos fotos por el ciudad.

... y esqui acuatico. Fui a visitar los monumentos y fui a sacando muchos fotos. En San Pedro de Macoris, fui a caminar en la ciudad. Fui a quidar en el Barcelo Capella Beach Resort Hotel, y fui a comer la comida de tradicionales. Fui a comer batatas y berenjenas. Fue muy delicioso. Me recomiendo que trota las batatas.

... running to them). Consuelo itself loses the power at least twice a day, for 5 or 6 hours at a time, so the reliability of the power in the bateyes is significantly less than in Consuelo. Considering that it starts to get dark at 6 in the evening, this rules out the possibility of studying or doing any work in the evenings. Secondly, the students' home life in the bateyes is very different from students who live in towns and cities. Once they are ...

... and cousins wanted to take us to the pool, which was located in sort of a mini low-scale resort. Anyone can go there and pay 100 pesos for the day to use the pool, sit around, play dominoes, etc., but you can also pay to stay the night and have a meal. Anyway, it was great that it was raining, because we were literally the only people there! Aside from the hotel staff, there was no one - which was great for me, because I was able to swim from one corner of the ...

... is for added security. (I tried to go for a run early yesterday morning and couldn't get out, because the place was locked up like a fortress!) Next to the house is the little store that the family owns and runs, and it is named after Elena. I am just a block away from the convent, next to the church, across from the bus station, and around the corner from the teachers' barrio, which is where I like to run. There is a ...

... Taino people went down to this series of caves during hurricanes or earthquakes because they were safe here. She said that because there is a big hole at the bottom of the caves that opens up into an underground river system, you can't feel earthquakes here. It was pretty surreal. After buying a photo of the caves from the same people who sold us our tickets--there isn't a museum at this site yet but they are working on it and just a month ago, had a ...

... all over the place. The Patrinales festival is a party of 9 day celebration to honor a patron-saint. It town has it´s on saint and the celebrations vary from month to month. For instance, my area will be celebrating the patron saint on the 23rd of Oct.. From the many that I have attended, I think it is just an excuse for people to get together while drinking and dancing. There were so many people in Constanza, I was not able to recognize many people and ...