My view from my porch

Manabao Post #2

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April 21st 2012
Sometimes I think back throughout this past year and contemplate how I arrived in this country.<span><span><span>Actually, scratch out that first part. Sometimes I think back from the last 5 or 6 years of my life and I juxtapose those years to my current situation and well, I wonder (ponder is fine here right? cause I have a dictionary with me, but only a Spanish to Engli ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Dominican Republic

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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 islan... ... read more