Trip: Dominican Republic year one!!!
There are [36] stories from my trip: Dominican Republic year one!!!
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 15 Nov 2006 | Views [289]
Okay well David Pither has been here for the last two weeks. He is a whirlwind. BUt on the plus side we got a lot of new equipment and supplies for the clinic. Thank goodness the team here seems to know what was happening and is a little used to his ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Saturday, 4 Nov 2006 | Views [234]
Okay well I am fine and returning to work has been fun. Well not exactly I am tired all the time and can't reach up or donw too far. Don't realise how often you do that. I am also not quite up to my usual speed. So I am taking it a little easy.
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Saturday, 4 Nov 2006 | Views [282]
Hey the president has arrived. Well the president of EARS inc anyway. He is here to help us build the new sound proof booth in the city office. I am very excited as it is a job would be useless at. I am also excited as he will be conducting more training ... Read more >
Tags: Work
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Saturday, 28 Oct 2006 | Views [370]
Hey guys, Well I thought I had better take some time today to write and let you know how I am after surgery. In case of any of you who didn’t catch the news that I was having surgery. Well hmmm. Tune out and relax I am fine. Okay well I ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Tuesday, 10 Oct 2006 | Views [258]
One of the guys I work with frequently finds his phone not working due to stolen phone wires in his area. The phone company replaces them so regularly you think they'd do something about it all but what!!! Anyway this time they didn't steal the phone ... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Tuesday, 10 Oct 2006 | Views [458]
We had a petrol shortage unlike anything we get in Aus. This affected everyting with meetings cancelled and people fearing tehy wouldn't eb able to get anywhere soon. Now the tankers came in but it is all a still a bit up in the air. I have a full tank ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Tuesday, 10 Oct 2006 | Views [282]
Well my friend Tuks from Fiji has found rugby here. We went on Saturday to watch the DR team play a team from Florida. Not a world class game really but well worth a look. At least to find a whole group of guys who know about Rugby. One even had an Aussie ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Thursday, 5 Oct 2006 | Views [242]
Well as always I am amazed here how to get anything done or for people to work hard on something you need to bring in the directors and in a way threaten their jobs. They then hurry and act out of fear. A lot of face in these meetings by which I mean ... Read more >
Tags: Work
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Thursday, 5 Oct 2006 | Views [231]
Well I was supposed to have surgery this week but then I delayed it as I couldn't reorganise all the stuff in time. Now I was all organised well as well as can be for next week. BUt I have a cold and they want me to delay another week. Meanwhile ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 27 Sep 2006 | Views [333]
Well it was another celbration this weekend with the birthday of Natia. She is a opthalmology resident who arrived the week after me here. She is from Burma and this is her first time away from family and her community. Her birthday was yet another ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Saturday, 23 Sep 2006 | Views [230]
Well I went again to Chavon barrio last night to visit the thirteen year old with undiagnosed dyslexia (well that is my laymans guess). We are doing well with the reading and at least making her more interested in the process. She is enjoying the classes.... Read more >
Tags: People
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Thursday, 21 Sep 2006 | Views [232]
Well for 3 or 4 months now I have been thinking wow this mattress is bad but apparently the pain I was having could have been a symptom of the gall stone that I have now been diagnosed with. I have a gall stone which is blocking the passageway enough ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Friday, 8 Sep 2006 | Views [2326]
Did you ever see that Brady bunch episode with the really big tarantula. Well think big and hairy spider like that then make it bigger!!!! I went out to feed the dog and in the laundry passageway was a great big black tarantula.... I was more surprised ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 6 Sep 2006 | Views [595]
Last year I was teaching a couple of local 13 year old girls who work at the hospital some English when I realised that one had reading problem. She is now motivated to work on this provided I come to her house to do it. She is embarassed about the difficulty ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 6 Sep 2006 | Views [468]
Last week we had the first two days of hearing aid projects sonsored by Isla. Isla is a petroleum company who spends a lot of money on hearing aids here every year through Starkey Foundation. In order for starkey foundation to fit 1000 kids with hearing ... Read more >
Tags: Work
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 30 Aug 2006 | Views [696]
I arrived home from work the other night and put the key in the door. A snake appeared out from under my front door. I logically jumped back about three feet. It advanced and hissed so I moved back again. My neighbour noticed what was happening and ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 30 Aug 2006 | Views [353]
My Road to work each day provides me with surprises daily. During this rainy season they have been working on it constantly laying down new rocks and clay which of course with the rain move about daily. At least one thing is constant the potholes ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Tuesday, 29 Aug 2006 | Views [675]
Went to San Pedro de Marcolis yesterday and it was great. We visited a friend's relatives house. I was expecting a small Dominican house but had been promised they had a pool. I couldn't quite imagine this as the people whose relative it was live ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Sunday, 6 Aug 2006 | Views [236]
Like every true community my community has events and in summer when all the kids are on vacation they have to have things to amuse them. Let me tell you about one of these the Miss Verano pageant. Literally translated it is Miss Summer. This was ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 28 Jun 2006 | Views [174]
Okay well last night I had just started cooking dinner. When finally after a week of no rubbish truck the rubbish truck came by. I had so much I had to tip the guys to make sure they would take it all. ( how much do you tip the guys who remove all your ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
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