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Background: Explored and claimed by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492, the island of Hispaniola became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the island, which in 1804 became Haiti. The remainder of the island, by then known as Santo Domingo, sought to gain its own independence in 1821, but was conquered and ruled by the Haitians for 22 years; it finally attained independence as the Dominican Republic in 1844. In 1861, the Dominicans voluntarily returned to the Spanish Empire, but two years later they launched a war that restored independence in 1865. A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative, rule for much of its subsequent history was brought to an end in 1966 when Joaquin BALAGUER became president. He maintained a tight grip on power for most of the next 30 years when international reaction to flawed elections forced him to curtail his term in 1996. Since then, regular competitive elections have been held in which opposition candidates have won the presidency. The Dominican economy has had one of the fastest growth rates in the hemisphere over the past decade.




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Sat., August 8, 2009 - Departure from Miami to Santo Domingo Everyone who travels with me knows that I like to sit in an aisle seat on an airplane. Contrarily, this time I was happy to get a window seat because I anticipated seeing islands surrounded by breath taking water. I sat next to a Dominican boy approximately eleven years old named Sodocrenise (he advised that it was ok to call him Sam), who was fearful of flying. He kept talking to me, which I believe was a way for him to calm his nerves. I took various inflight videos on [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 8th 2009 | 268 Views | [diary=430500]

Hotel Atarazana - the pink building on the left side
My sister getting ready to have her first taste of Mama Juana
Makumba Discotec

Well, here I am. The lone traveler has landed in her homeland. Excited? Yes. Distressed? Absolutely. Confused? Without a doubt. These feelings are something I knew would be inevitable upon my arrival to my home state. The things I saw and experienced will never be forgotten or disregarded; I intend to use what I have learned to expand my horizon through a refreshed state of mind. I know my life will be forever changed whether I chose to acknowledge these changes or not. Now, going through my daily tasks sometimes seem simple and meaningless. For example, when I go to the [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 2nd 2009 | 65 Views | [diary=424476]

beautiful
Carnavaaal
I LOVE THE DR

DR ROUND 2!!!!!!!! Well here I am again, attempting to continue this not so successful blog but I thought I should let you all know how round two is going! First and foremost, the city of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. I love it! So much more fast and bustling and so much more too see and experience. Also the people are much easier to understand for some reason, it is probably a combination of the fact that I have already been here for four months but I know the Southern part is much easier to grasp [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 18th 2009 | 113 Views | [diary=374881]


On the bus ride to Santo Domingo, Keith and I exchanged many messages, as we both seemed to be running later than late. And I was soooooooooo cold. The AC was on full blast as usual, and I was sitting there in my wet bikini and tiny beach dress. Amazingly enough I did not become ill! Two hours later than expected I turned up at the Condominium Parque Hotel near Zona Colonial (same hotel as I stayed my first nights in the country). Keith and I were sharing a room, so I went and unpacked and waited for him, who was [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 30th 2008 | 231 Views | [diary=349842]

Keith and I in china town :)
Keith and Thomas
Fruit seller

After a long flight and only 1 hours sleep i got up and made my way to the bathroom for a well deserved shower. The 1 hour of sleep was hot, humid and buzzing with exitement. I sorted my room and made my way to the reception in the hostal, and to get familiar with my new surroundings. Downstairs a lovely patio, bar and common area awaited me. The staff was friendly and chatty. I got pointed in the direction of the town centre of the colonial zone EL CONDE! I felt a little out of place, and felt like i [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 30th 2008 | 232 Views | [diary=329497]

Me in the park...
Entrance to the park
Lizzard

I have always been so unlucky whenever travelling before, but this trip so far has been one lucky break after another :=) I got to Oslo Airport Gardemoen with flat battery on both my Pc and mobile, a backpack that weighed toooooooooooooo much for comfort. I checked in, and the women at the check in desk weighed my bag, looked at me for a moment, and i assumed she was trying to find a nice way of telling me how much the extra kilo's were going to damage my future economy, but instead she winked at me and said it was [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 24th 2008 | 160 Views | [diary=326917]


Buenas noches a tod@s, Remember me? I used to have a blog. Wait, no--that's not quite right. I still have a blog. What I used to have was time to write in it. What do I have now, instead of time? A family, four classes, and an internship where I work 20 hours a week. A free hour is harder to come by lately. A lot has happened since I last wrote, 79 days ago. Here are some quick updates: School My semester will end on April 30, two and a half weeks from now. I'm taking the following classes: Social [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 14th 2008 | 827 Views | [diary=266152]

Rio Chavon
La playa de La Romana 2
The family portrait

Sometimes it’s hard to believe I’ve been here for three whole weeks. Other times it’s hard to believe I haven’t been here longer. The last twenty-two days have been full of the excitement, frustration, discovery, and homesickness that I’ve decided are typical of the initial stages of most grand adventures. School is almost in full swing, I’m about to begin an exciting internship, and I’m starting to develop a routine that should soon help me feel more permanent than temporary here. The three-week mark is difficult, though. The initial exhilaratio [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 25th 2008 | 310 Views | [diary=239147]

The view from the roof
more from the roof

Great news! I made it though my first week! The last eight days have gone by quickly. There's too much to do, and listening to and producing Spanish all the time is so mentally tiring that I come home each day physically exhausted. We finished orientation on Monday, and on Tuesday classes started at Bonó, a university where I’ll be taking two of my four classes this semester. Bonó is a seminary. With the exception of the North American students in the CIEE program, Bonó’s students are all males training to be priests. In the three classes I have visited so [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 11th 2008 | 314 Views | [diary=235003]

Poppy!
Nicole and Emily
My room

Well, I made it! After three short weeks in the US, I am now in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. I arrived on Wednesday afternoon and spent the night in a hotel, and on Thursday evening I moved in with my host family. It's now Friday night, and I'm too exhausted to do anything but write this. I am in Santo Domingo with CIEE, the Council on International Educational Exchange. There are about forty other American students in the CIEE Santo Domingo program this year, and seven of them are from Lewis & Clark. I didn't know any of them until I [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 5th 2008 | 784 Views | [diary=232959]



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