Village Caraibe

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Things I will miss

A travel blog entry by stephbrand

So I'm a little behind on my posts...but as most of you know, I'm coming home in 2 days!! So in honor of this, I'm going to do two posts today: Things I will miss/Things I will not miss.

THINGS I WILL MISS!

Having the housekeeper bring me juice when I am home in the afternoon
My host family and especially watching Tangled and Pocahontas in Spanish with my 3 year old mini me
Being able to take a two hour bus ride and ...

Rice, beans, nachos, fruits, and liver

A travel blog entry by stephbrand

... cabbage salad

Dinner- Some form of plantains, yuca, fried cheese, fried salami, eggs, mashed potatoes, rice pudding, or a sandwich

Food at home- Breakfast is really whatever I want it to be since I usually eat on my own whenever I wake up. Lunch is the most formal and traditional meal so it is almost always some form of rice and beans with chicken, beef, or pork. ...

Reponse: Dominican/Haitian Relations

A travel blog entry by stephbrand

... seen any tension at PUCMM. I think that among younger, educated Dominicans the tensions seem to be diminishing a little. It's hard for me to commentate as a white, blonde girl living here. Others may see a completely different side than I do. I'm hoping to gain more insight into the situation as I continue my D/H relations class and spend more time in the country.

I hope that kinda sorta answered your question!

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I'm going to miss this <3

A travel blog entry by tiffanybowman12

... will be at my wedding one day, and some of them may even be the one's throwing my bachelorette party. I have to give a special thanks to Joe, our resident director. If anyone else would have been in charge of us, this trip wouldn't have been as fun as it was. He was there for me when I was sick, but was also there to burn me when I was being dumb. I can't wait to see where all of these new friendships go, once we're back in the States. I love you ...

Bumpy ride

A travel blog entry by hejira

... s dad, Keith, has joined them for the week and they were hoping to get to sail with him, we're going to try to hop on this window as well. We'll see if we can get everything squared away to depart tomorrow!
We took in Mexican night at the marina this evening, which was delicious, and met some more ex-pat gringos, of which there are many. Everyone here is so friendly and they all have such interesting stories. We saw Bruce van Sant at ...