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In the DR at Last
Posted: 12 Mar 2011 03:40 PM PST
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Greetings, loyal readers. It took me almost a couple of weeks, but I've
finally managed to settle in and find an internet cafe near the busy
intersection of the freeway that runs by ...
Update 1: long overdue! Work with my baseball boys
Well it has been several months since my last update…much has happened since the last installment (and hence why it has taken me so long to post). Anyway, I figured I would share the more interesting aspects of the last couple of months in a few new postings, starting with my job teaching the baseball kids.
As some of you may know, my main reason for coming back to the DR was to take this job working with boys from all over ...
Livin' La Vida Loca
... painting murals, etc. It's all part of international development I suppose, but it is hard when things don't go to plan, which frequently occurs. THE BEE: I went to my friend Dan's site along with another volunteer, Jonathon, to see his community and enjoy the fiesta that they had called Patronales, where they give thanks to their patron saint of the town (each community has one). We were able to see a lot of his agriculturally based ...
Zwischenstopp in der Dominikanischen Repubik
Nach einem ruhigen Nachtflug hat der Flugkapitän unser Flugzeug in Santo Domingo gelandet. Er hatte es wohl ziemlich eilig nach unten zu kommen. Auf jeden Fall rumpelte es beim Aufsetzen gewaltig, so dass spätestens jetzt auch der letzte Passagier wach war. Alle Passagiere mussten das Flugzeug verlassen, um dann ca. eine Stunde später mit der selben Maschine weiterzufliegen ...
Concepcion de la Vega : Columbus Forgotten City
... town remained largely in farmland until 1975, when a small portion of the original city was purchased by the Dominican government in 1976 and named as the National Park of Concepción de la Vega. Cathedral Wall The sub-surface survey of the sixteenth century city in ...