Jarabacoa Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Our next stop, Jarabacoa, is a town in the mountains in the interior of the DR. Although we both love the beach with every cell, we wanted to see the diversity of the country as well. This required taking two local buses (guaguas) to arrive in SD by 4:30 for the last Express bus to Jarabacoa. Given our respective experiences in Latin America, we...

Well, it has been about five days now living and breathing the warm Dominican air. My arrival here via Spirit Airlines was a pleasant experience...I met a wealthy Dominican named Stephanie who attends university in Santo Domingo. Upon leaving the plane, she handed me a shell bracelet to have as a gift. This just doesn't happen in the United Sta...

Today I sat in Debs's hospital room and watched cable tv. You know you've been there too long when the same shows start coming around again. We did get a terribly awkward visit from Cheery (who possibly wanted to know that he hadn't killed her). I took advantage of her napping to email the parents - 'Hi Mum and Dad! Guess what? She's in hospital...

Here it is, the long awaited blog entry... A note to future Peace Corps Volunteers. Don't pack 4 pairs of pants and 4 shirts that are all different shades of green. This will make up half of your wardrobe, or more, for two years. I made this horrible mistake. I'm in the last few weeks of training and I'm ready for it to end. The days are long an...

This is going to be ridiculously short because i want to get some pictures up if possible. I have been working my rearend off this week with planting yuca, battatas, bannanas, sweet potatoes and other viveres that are really fun to work with and eat. Hopefully you will be able to see some pictures of all this but the internet place sux and it is...