Saturday, July 25, 2009

So a few things have happened since my last post. i organized a softball game in the dominican republic against some dominicans, which turned out to be a legitimate game with umpires, floodlights, and a scoreboard. I basically kicked a bunch of dominican ass, I ball out pretty hard, what can I say. We left Honduras on Sunday, but our flight was delayed so we missed our connecting flight, so me stayed in a hotel in miami where they decided they would wait longer to send us to honduras. so now we are relaxing in miami waiting for the green light to head to honduras. never did i expect that my peace corps experience would consist of me relaxing at a pool in miami but i have come to terms with it and have been enjoying this little vacation. yet i cannot wait to get to honduras. other than that everything is great.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

hi,
still in the DR. Everything is great we have really been having a lot of fun. We have been going to spanish and cultral classes then coming home and relaxing with fellow pc volunteers and our hcn(host country nationals). we are hoping to honduras in a frew days, buit who knows what will happen. my host family here is amazing they are the nicest people ever, and everyone comes over to my house to drink eat and play dominos. We also have been visiting voluteers here and all the prohjest look great and i cant wait to get out into the field and start working. Last night was one of my friends birthdays so we made a big fuss got pinatas and decorations and dressed him up in a tiarra and then went to the bars, it was a fun night. I am having a great time but cant wait to leave the city and go to a more rural place. Missing you all greatly!!!!!! I tried to upload pictures onto facebook so hope you can find them.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Dominican Republic

So I am in the Dominican Rep because of the political coup in Honduras. I love it here and am having an amazing time. But, we hope t go back to Honduras on the 22nd assuming all is safe and everything subsides. They are optimistic but they have no idea what is going to happen.
So for now we are learning spanish and about both the honduran and dominican culture. We go to school for most of the day but it is rather fun as we play games and it is mostly interactive. All the Peac Corps volunteers are great and I have been having a great time with them. We are mostly hippies but everyone is very down to earth. We are all very similar yet extremely different at the same time, so there is a great dynamic. We have been going out to the ¨car wash¨which is a bar next to car wash with really loud music (the first time we went we sat in front of a regulr car wash which was really funny). It is a lot of fun and i have been dancing merengue, bochata, and reggaeton. We also play a lot of hacky sack and frisbee, the two hippiest sports.
My host family is also great!!! There is my host mom, two sisters, a brother, and a grandson in my house, but there are always neighbors popping by for a drink or a conversation. My spanish has been pretty good as i can get around and have conversations with everyone. they say I am a ¨tiguere¨which means i am kinda like a hustler/quick person, which is really funny. We sit on the porch all night talking drinking and playing dominos. Dominos is a great game and i am getting better and better each day. The food is also great, we eat rice beans, plantians, chicken, steak, cassava, etc. and every single juice imagibnable. I also have been walking around meeting neighbors and finding fellow peace corps volunteers in the streets. everything is very relaxed and the people are extremely friendly.
Everything is great here and i am having the time of my life, sorry for the lenght of this and the spelling as i cant type on this computer


these are me opinions and not of the pece corps