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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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Greetings! Things have been busy here. I´ll will try to catch up since it´s been some time since I last reported. (Sorry!) To start off, I will share how I found my new student Dasiri. My friend Kacy and I went out one morning in search of a deaf girl named Rosa. Another sister had found her and asked me to visit her. She had written down directions but since nothing here is named or numbered I had no idea where to start. I asked many people where ¨La Venecia¨was but everyone gave us a different answer pointing us in an [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 6th 2008 | 125 Views | [diary=342401]


It is a wonderful country where modern meets traditional. One minute you feel like you are stepping 50 years back in time, whilst others you are back in the present. It is a country where nature is still so untouched and unspoilt in many places, and yet so exploited by tourism in others. This is the country where woman are women, and men are men. Men spend their Saturdays drinking and catching up, and the women spend all day at the beauty salon. No matter how poor they are, they will always manage to find money to spend on themselves, even [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 1st 2008 | 220 Views | [diary=350145]


Caribbean ferries from DR-Puerto Rico I had to show up at the docks 5 hours before departure, due to customs and check in….. And I can now understand why! First I stood in line to check in for 1 hour, then in customs they pulled everything out of both my bags that I had carefully packed only hours before. Then they took all my fruit and food of me, then stuffed everything back in, so half of it did not fit. Then I wandered off to passport control…. Oh what fun. First of all I apparently have a fake passport, secondly [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 3rd 2008 | 1155 Views | [diary=351017]

Overlooking th Zona Colonial
The Malecon
The Malecon in Santo Domingo

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 | 232 Views | [diary=349842]

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

Something is happening today that doesn’t happen too often, I have a headache. On top of that, I couldn’t resist my nightly cracker-snack in like 10 seconds. Unfortunately this has happened a couple times the last week or two. I think I can put off eating another one tonight. Maybe... Once again I had thought about writing this around ten times this week. I haven’t chosen the best night to write. I started to write, then laid down and feel asleep watching my screen saver slide show and listening to “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow” from the movie [View Full Entry]

Keeeeith - Keith Pieschek | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 1st 2008 | 214 Views | [diary=340655]

HIking
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Cocoa

Bayahibe As I reached Bayahibe, I gave Cisco a call, to pick me up and help me find somewhere to stay. He picked me up on his motorbike, and off we went, trying the cheaper options first, and finally ending up staying in the only hotel in the village. It wads a beautiful room with a view overlooking the bay, and at a cheap price as the AC did not work, great for me, as I never use the Ac anyway I got settled in and agreed to meet Nana and Cisco for drinks at the local Colmado later. The Colmado [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 28th 2008 | 419 Views | [diary=348853]

Tony and Me partying
Tony and Cisco
View from Hotel Bayahibe

Hola everyone, As you all know I’ve been looking and looking for apartments like a crazy person. I have found the location of where I want tot stay. There is a street called Anna Caona and on one side of the street is this giant park. It is beautiful, and people are running thru it and there are spots in the park that are Wi-Fi hot spots. It is very safe. On the other side of the street are apartment buildings. Sammy Sosa has a place here. I saw one apartment that is within my budget, and I might get to [View Full Entry]

lauren92677 - Lauren Zeiner | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 26th 2008 | 164 Views | [diary=338697]


The boat ride took a few hours, and the boat was quite crowded, but it was great. I sat on the roof of the boat letting rays of sun darken my skin a little more, or was I just getting red perhaps. As we arrived on the other side my aim was to get to Playa Limon before night fall. As the ferry docked, I quickly realised there was only Motoconcho’s, which could be a little difficult for me with all my bags. After plenty of discussion by all the drivers and me, I was persuaded into going with one moped [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 26th 2008 | 329 Views | [diary=348457]

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Harley's Heaven
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Paradise on earth! I arrived in Las Galeras early afternoon, and the village consisted of one street, ending on the beach. The gua gua driver said he could take me to the hostel for as cheap as a taxi, so I bargained with him, agreed on a price and off we went. When the book said that the hostel was a little out of town, I did not realise it was miles out of town. They wanted to charge me 40 dollars, and that did not even include hot water! So I hopped back into the taxi and left! At least [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 25th 2008 | 331 Views | [diary=348372]

Las Galeras Beach
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Its getting late here, but I wanted to post some pictures of the new ACS CompIQ team. We are almost done with training and it has been great! I haven't posted any blogs this week, because everyday after work I go apartment hunting and I don't get back to the hotel until late. I am really close to picking one. I can't wait to move into my new apartment. then I will be able to relax more after work. Well I'll catch you up with what I've been up to this weekend. Have a great Friday tomorrow!! [View Full Entry]

lauren92677 - Lauren Zeiner | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 24th 2008 | 85 Views | [diary=337812]

ACS CIQ TEAM
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