Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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Oh How The Good Times Roll
April 14, 2008 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Day 41 – Cock Fighting, Drug Addicts, and Brigada Verde –Arenoso, DR 4/6/08                 Nowthat is one hell of a combination. Funny how when you write but a few words to sum up your week itsometimes comes out like the title of this entry.  It has been a hell of week, with yet some more of thosesweet ups and downs that I...
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In the Capital for a Day
April 8, 2008 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Hello all, I finally made it to a computer to give an update.  I am in the capital today because I needed to come to the medical office for a day.  Nothing serious, don't worry!  But it was my first experience traveling alone.  I got on a bus in Santiago, and rode about 2 and a half hours to the capital, Santo Domingo.  Then I had to take...
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CBT
March 26, 2008 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Hola, Not much time, but here are some things. My new family in El Seibo is great.  I live with one lady and her two nephews but there is another boy and several men always coming in and out.  I played dominoes with three of the men last night for hours.  I´m getting better, but the way they play there is a quite a lot of strategy involved...
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On to Community based training
March 21, 2008 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Hola, We finished our inital training this week. The Monday after Easter we are all heading to smaller communities based on our assignment. ICT and special education groups are heading northeast to El Seibo and the Environment group is heading northwest to Santiago. We´re going to practice creating community diagnostics and analyzing them in...
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Post Visit
March 18, 2008 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Hola chicos, The trip to Los Quemados was a lot of fun.  I took the bus from Santo Domingo to Bonao and met Tri there.  After some lunch, we visited a friend of his in the hospital there.  One of the teachers he works with was sick.  The hospital was really nice compared to others I've seen though.  We got a ride back with Tri's host...
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