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Las Mariposas

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:21:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / LR in the DR)
Regina and I just led a three day camp for young Dominican girls ages 12-17. The camp called Campamento Mariposas is the start of a year-long all girls Peace Corps initiative. I have participated i ...
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Un Buen Dia!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:57:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Bri's Peace Corps Adventure)
3/11/10 - 9:42pmI'm glad to say that today was a good day. I finally feel "at home" because I got to run around my neighborhood. Yes! You have no idea how happy I was to finally be doing something tha ...
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Downtown Santo Domingo History and Smelly Sabrina

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:56:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Bri's Peace Corps Adventure)
3/10/10 - 7:30pmToday was pretty eventful because I got to travel into the city of Santo Domingo and see some of the historical sites. We went to the Parque Independencia to el Parque Colon and I got ...
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Otra dia productiva...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:55:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Bri's Peace Corps Adventure)
3/9/10 - 10:12pmEveryday seems like a productive day here. Today I learned more about Dominican food sexual harassment learned how to dance merengue and bachata and got to finally eat sancocho! Pret ...
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Our Fabulous Visit

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:43:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Jas en el Cuerpo de Paz)
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The Grita

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:38:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Fireworks and Hurricanes)
Here in Peace Corps DR we are fortunate to have ourselves a wonderful little Volunteer-run publication called the Gringo Grita. The Grita is made by volunteers for volunteers and is an outlet for we ...
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Progress

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:46:24 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Brittany's Blog)
It’s been a month since the medical mission left and the progress continues. The doctors continue to practice and use the ultrasound and have already used to identify a potentially dangerous pregna ...
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Project 365: 07/03/10

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:35:50 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Paz Exige la Práctica)
So I’m 1 of 4 people (out of 37) that are older than 25 in this group which is totally fine except I can’t have conversations about the toys TV shows or pop culture from my youth (as if I could with people my own age anyway) because I am usually 2-4 years removed from [...]
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Dominican Jokes Dancing and Sexual Harassment

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:49:00 +0800

cute kid story

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:43:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Paz Dispenser)
It seems like I spend too much time on this blog talking about "development" and "poverty" on this blog. Whatever that stuff is boringgg.So here's a story from this class this morning. I was co-teach ...
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Other Blog

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:03:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Hola Hispaniola)
Amigos y Amigas The Noam Chomsky interview that was first printed in our publication is getting a lot of attention around the internet so we're in the process of trying to get that positive momentum ...
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This and that from 2/19- 3/7

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:25:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Adventures de la Americana)
3/8 Monday: The Carnaval ParadeToday was a good day. It was finally sunny but still cold (a high of 70 with a cold breeze is cold here people). I wanted to leave the house but I had a bunch of stuf ...
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Most intense moment (that nobody got hurt)

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:29:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / The Dominican Republic and the Cuerpo de Paz)
Today I experienced the most intense moment of my Peace Corps service. I had closed myself in my house after a few niños where pestering me for the plastic bag that came with the cornflakes I had ju ...
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Project 365: 06/03/10

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:06:07 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Paz Exige la Práctica)
The fiesta (which is Dominican for “LOUD”) was a blast even though it was cold and wet. And by cold and wet I mean it was maybe 65 degrees and sprinkling for part of it. Apparently a lot ...
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GRUPO DE JOVENES Y EL DISENO DE WEB – ...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:45:48 +0800

(Dominican Republic / dominican mully)
Last night I slept in a sweater. This morning I woke up at 6 to put socks on. I still live on a tropical island right? I know that I am going to regret this post later this summer when I am bathing and sweating simultaneously but for now I just want to be able to sleep without [...]
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Carros Publicos and Guaguas dios mío!

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Bri's Peace Corps Adventure)
3/8/10 - 10:00pmSo today was the first day using the transportation. After an entire morning warning us of all the possibilities of rape theft and assaults I would say I was pretty much terrified to ...
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two fer one deal

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:52:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Odisea Dominicana)
Due to my limited internet access (which I have actually found incredibly relaxin) I am posting two days worth of info in one entry. Also I haven’t learned to backdate yet. These things will ...
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Not enough time to really write

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:37:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / La Vivencia)
Hey All!Not enough time to really update at the moment but here are some pics I stole from Ben. Here is an actual whale we saw. Just to clarify I didn´t take that previous picture....but I did see th ...
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Day 3: First Day off

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:59:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Bri's Peace Corps Adventure)
3/7/10 - 11:04pmToday there was a supposed festival called "Carnaval" going on about an hour away from here. I was pretty bummed that I did not go but I guess that isn't something my family is used to ...
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DAY 1: I finally arrive in the DR!

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:58:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Bri's Peace Corps Adventure)
3/4/10 5:34Finally! I arrive in the DR after a long day at the airport. We had a layover in Miami and arrived in the afternoon just in time to feel the hot humid air die down. Literally when I left th ...
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Day 2: My Doña and entrance to the new family!

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:58:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Bri's Peace Corps Adventure)
3/7/10 - 12:20amCrazy! You wouldn't believe how inviting my new family was when I went to meet them for the first time. My Doña pretty much pointed to herself and said "mama" then pointed to her husb ...
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Week 0

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:53:19 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Odisea Dominicana)
Sorry about the late post everybody. Blogging has definitely fallen by the wayside in the excitement of the past week. Also I don’t know what Lydia is writing so there may be some redundancy bet ...
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las galeras

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:26:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Mi vida en la Republica Dominicana)
So here are some pictures of when my mom and aunt came to visit me here in the dominican republic. We visited Las Galeras in Samana and did some whale watching and lots of hanging out on the beach. ...
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Carnaval Campo Style

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:32:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Woodley's World)
On February 24 we had a Carnaval celebration in my campo that was organized by some of teachers at the biggest school in the community. The kids from many of the community schools dressed up and parad ...
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Fotos

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:58:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / El extraño en la proporción)
Here are some shots from the week in Jimani. First a view of the mountains surrounding the hospital facilities. There were approximately 60 patients when my cohort got the hospital but there were ...
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Happy 1 Year and Jimani

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:32:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / El extraño en la proporción)
I had planned to sit down for several hours on this rainy Sunday to share about my recent experience in Jimani (He-man-ee...not Jumanji although it's almost as intense) a small Dominican border-town ...
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Buen Samaritano

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:30:21 +0800

(Dominican Republic / No name)
My first night in Jimani a woman died. I kept thinking there’s a dead woman in OR #3. I knew this because for a week I was in charge of patient data. Everyday I would update a patient census based ...
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Project 354: 05/03/2010

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:04:44 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Paz Exige la Práctica)
My host family owns the colmado we live above – basically a DR version of 7-11 – which means that I am at the epicenter of a Dominican sitcom full of extended relatives (sassy grandmothe ...
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Project 365: 04/03/2010

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:39:07 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Paz Exige la Práctica)
View of the Caribbean from the airplane. Amazing eh?
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A bad 24 hours

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:14:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / The Dominican Republic and the Cuerpo de Paz)
It started in the afternoon when I was labeling the countries on the map mural. I discovered that I had left out Denmark and made both Myanmar and Thailand part of China. I also painted a couple coun ...
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Vale la Pena

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:51:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Justin´s Excellent Adventure: Cuerpo de Paz, DR)
The real problem with this country is the lack of education and good parenting. The other day my host brother name Yonatan (it’s spelled with a “Y” here) was arguing with his ...
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