Notice: Undefined index: limit in /home/www/travelblog.org/html.v3/_internal/rss-index.php on line 26 Notice: Undefined index: location in /home/www/travelblog.org/html.v3/_internal/rss-index.php on line 36 Notice: Use of undefined constant id - assumed 'id' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 311 Notice: Use of undefined constant text - assumed 'text' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 312 Notice: Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 318 Notice: Use of undefined constant id - assumed 'id' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 311 Notice: Use of undefined constant text - assumed 'text' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 312 Notice: Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 318 Notice: Use of undefined constant id - assumed 'id' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 311 Notice: Use of undefined constant text - assumed 'text' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 312 Notice: Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 318 Notice: Use of undefined constant id - assumed 'id' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 311 Notice: Use of undefined constant text - assumed 'text' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 312 Notice: Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 318 Notice: Use of undefined constant id - assumed 'id' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 311 Notice: Use of undefined constant text - assumed 'text' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 312 Notice: Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 318 Notice: Use of undefined constant id - assumed 'id' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 311 Notice: Use of undefined constant text - assumed 'text' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 312 Notice: Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /home/www/libs/travelblog.v3/rss.inc.php on line 318 Travel Blog | PCV Alexis http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/PCV-Alexis/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from PCV Alexis en-us Sun, 27 May 2012 03:10:00 +0000 Sun, 27 May 2012 03:10:00 +0000 El SeiWha Just today I was looking at a roosters feet and thinking how obscenely large and disfigured they were so obviously a chicken foot has to end up on my dinner plate. Unfortunately I was sucking its rubbery toes before I realized I was not holding a regular drumstick. I soon found out my doa had given it to me as a treat she later proceeded to bite the shit out of it. Welcome to El Seibo http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/El-Seibo/blog-141009.html "Death is all around us." A theatre history teacher in Miami begins all of her classes by saying Death is all around us. And I suppose it always is. But when we inhabit the modern world its inherent order its many rules that codify our behavior that lead a city to flow like a machine because we are programmed into it implicitly stopping at every red light and seeking the help of cops and judges instead of relat http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/Santo-Domingo/Pantoja/blog-141006.html Dirty Dajabon Not ten minutes outside of Santo Domingo and youre already catching glimpses of the infamous beauty of this country. Mountains in the distance and lush green hills dotted with palm trees in the fore ground. All of it increasing in diversity and complexity until you reach the Cibao Valley banana trees lining the road and rice fields seemingly extending to the mountains. Then as you turn towar http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/Dajabon/blog-141001.html To los Coros y El Coro Mas Grande El Carnaval Vegano You know your priorities have changed when you look into a toilet bowl that hasnt been flushed because water has yet to return to fill the cistern and think Thats a nice turd. Though my digestive situation has improved a bit Im still a bit jealous of all ye of solid fecal matter. No worries though Im not sick its just that the dirty chinos who make the best fried chick http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/Santo-Domingo/Pantoja/blog-133413.html Overview of Life in the Barrios Buenos chicos llege al Caribe. And the colors here really let you know exactly where you are. Ive found myself on just staring at a sky that carries a rich and heavy blue almost fluorescent and the color of the sea is tinged with the same radiance. However should you step out of the shade at all sentiments of aesthetic appreciation are quickly tempered by the burning light of the star that http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/Santo-Domingo/Pantoja/blog-131535.html The Beginnning Hello allWell after many months of speculation I've finally made it to my point and date of departure. Why the United Stated governement has decided to fly us from DC to the DR instead of via Miami is anybody's guess. We're told it's more costeffecient but obviously it has something to do with donkeys and chickens. Apparantly the cubancentrism of Miami freaks them out.I have just retur http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-129236.html