Dominican Republic

Hurricane Season
September 8, 2008 - Santiago, Dominican Republic
First, I want to say that everything is ok down here.  We haven't had much damage from the latest spurt of class 3 and 4 hurricanes that have blasted most of the carribbean.  All Peace Corps volunteers from the northern regions got consolidated this last weekend due to hurricane Ike.  But fortunately, we didn't get anything.  Hardly even any...
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What's in store for the next few weeks...
August 17, 2008 - Santiago, Dominican Republic
So here's the skinny on my life right now.  Things are running pretty smoothly.  We had our inservice training last week in Jarabacoa.  This training is 3 months after we ( new volunteers) have been placed in our sites.  We prepare a community diagnostic and present with our project partners.  I brought a woman from my community who is a...
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Half of the new post; other part coming soon
August 4, 2008 - Paraíso, Dominican Republic
Day 148 – Dead Dudes, 4th of July, and Startingto Work – Paraiso, DR – 7/22/08   Part I – San Rafael and Dead Guys             Hereit is, the highly anticipated blog update.  It is difficult to get to this thing for some reason.  I mean I really want to keep a recordof the crazy shit that constantly is going on here, but in...
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HOLY S*@T
June 1, 2008 - Paraíso, Dominican Republic
Day 65 – HOLY S**T!! - 4/30/08 – Paraiso, DR               Yes,the title of this is Holy Stuff. The reason for this will be evident by the end of the entry, but as Ihave been a huge slacker, I need to start from the top.  It has been 26 days since I have lastwritten anything here, so I have some serious work to do.  Luckily, I...
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La Lamota, Altamira, Puerto Plata, D.R.
May 20, 2008 - Altamira, Dominican Republic
 So I am in my site now. And this first week has certainly been an experience; high ups and low downs. They say that this first week is the hardest part of the Peace Corps. After some days of staying close to my host family's house, I have started to venture around and talk to the neighbors. That is really what I'll be doing for the first 3...
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