Dominican Republic
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Wednesday, 6 Sep 2006 | Photo Gallery
Fun for the whole community
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Wednesday, 6 Sep 2006 | Views [1015]
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
Wednesday, 6 Sep 2006 | Views [808]
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
Wednesday, 6 Sep 2006 | Photo Gallery
Completely mad
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Wednesday, 6 Sep 2006 | Photo Gallery
At the hospital ... boiling hot ... 100 or so patients
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Wednesday, 30 Aug 2006 | Views [3673]
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
Wednesday, 30 Aug 2006 | Views [780]
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
Tuesday, 29 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery
a day out in San Pedro de Macoris
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Tuesday, 29 Aug 2006 | Views [2232]
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
Sunday, 6 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery
A pageant Dominican Style
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Sunday, 6 Aug 2006 | Views [676]
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
Wednesday, 28 Jun 2006 | Views [541]
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
Wednesday, 24 May 2006 | Views [551]
Well a new fun fact is after rain is is quite common to receive a plague. Lisa (another visitor) was in my hosue and we were simply preparing dinner while it was raining. After the rain we noticed a few flying ants around the lights. Only about ten ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Wednesday, 24 May 2006 | Views [584]
One thing I hate more than anything is paperwork and yet running a project sometimes it feels like all ever do. Today another crack at a project proposal for a mission organisation we are hoping that they will come up with some money for equipment. I ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Tuesday, 23 May 2006 | Views [429]
I am now confidently driving all over the road using my horn, negotiating around potholes onto the worng side in front of trucks and other oncoing traffic. Making crazy dashes across intersections. I have gone through at least ten red lights one in front ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Tuesday, 23 May 2006 | Views [2103]
So I leave my hosue Saturday for a quick trip to the beach. HMMM that was such a nice theory. We were on our way when the car stalls... unusual... anyway it was overheating... so we ended up stopping as soon as possible in Los Alcarrizos ( not the best ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tuesday, 23 May 2006 | Photo Gallery
Ness, Dee and I
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Friday, 19 May 2006 | Views [1732]
The roads in the Dominican are a nightmare of pot holes or a really fun trail bike track!!!! hence not too shockingly I have managed this week to have two flat tyres... luckily this country does not believe women can or should deal with such things and ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wednesday, 10 May 2006 | Views [1950]
Well I have had a birthday since last time. It was on the fourth of May and of course was quite a long day.... as always here Birthday celbrations are by surprise.... so no one wishes you happy birthday till they jump out wth the cake. then they all ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Friday, 5 May 2006 | Views [583]
Well I went out and bought a car. It is hard to know in Australia whether a second hadn car is any good or not... here it is ahowle different level of trouble. I took a mechanic and an experienced car shopper with me ( a friends dad who is a public car ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
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