San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic

... anymore! It's weekend-time. :( ... But they say that we can come tomorrow! So we drive to the Hotel Playa Esmeralda in San Pedro de Macorìs. It's very small in the contrast to the others two. But it looks ok and nice. After check-in Juan says goodbye ...

... example, out of all of the classrooms in the 3 schools where I work, only 1 had a map, which was of the Dominican Republic.  Neither the students nor the teachers have much in terms of supplies...some chalk boards are ok, but others cannot be written ...

... it a sort of orphanage "chain," as they have founded orphanages in Mexico (where it originated), Bolivia, Haiti, Peru, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Honduras, and one other country that has escaped me!    Behind the large wall ...

... it's not because he is lazy or doesn't care about school.  He wakes up at 4 in the morning and takes the bus into San Pedro, sets himself up on a street corner somewhere, and waits for the morning crowds to come so that he can shine shoes to make ...