I wanted to live in “The Zone”. Without a car and not liking being stuck in the apartment at night. I didn’t like paying a taxi when I could walk someplace. I always thought that a taxi ride was the same price as a few beers. So if I walked I could stop and drink […]
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Electricity
Colonial Zone Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Churches, Hospitals and Clinics and Public Works I wrote before about living without electricity/sin luz but trying to GET electricity is more difficult sometimes than learning to live without it. So here’s my story.Thank goodness that my first apartment had everything included in the rent. This at least gave […]
Meeting my first Dominican Family
OK…Where was I? While online, I had ICQ, and some guy wanted to talk. He lived in DR so since I was always friend finding I talked to the guy. Ended up, after we conversed awhile, that we had crossed each others paths before from a message board we both had frequented. And, too funny, […]
Felix Navidad
Christmas again. I’m not really into Christmas anymore. About 2 years before my move to DR I decided not to celebrate Christmas. I told people it was my way to rebel against the commercialism of the holidays. I sort of liked it. I didn’t feel the pressure of having to buy gifts for people. I […]
