They are still working on the street in front of my apartment for the Renovada Ciudad Colonial project. They are tearing up the bricks on the first part of the street they started working on over a year ago. The bricks were inferior so they are taking them away and adding new and improved bricks. […]
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Political Campaign Noise
The Presidential Elections are in one more week here in Dominican Republic. All will return to their home town, where they are registered, and get their black inked finger. Place your vote and get inked. Then all know that you voted. All the different political parties are out in full force this week. They play […]
Political Campaigning – Twas The Night Before Christmas Eve
It has been going on for a while. All the excitement, noise and craziness of the Presidential campaign. Roads blocked, lots of paid crazies and the political campaigners, helicopters in the sky, people arguing about who is the best and presents being distributed. All this is part of the political campaigning here in Dominican Republic. […]
Caribbean Air Show 2011 Preview
The Air show is Saturday and Sunday and the planes are practicing.Today on my apartment the planes were flying overhead and they were so loud that I couldn’t even hear the tv. The car alarms in the street were going off as the planes roared overhead. I tried taking a picture but by the time […]
Dominican Republic Pastimes, Baseball, Beisbol
Dominican Republic Pastimes, Baseball, Beisbol Looks as if the Tigres de Licey won the baseball playoffs again this year. The first year I was in Dominican Republic for this event I was living in a more residential area and didn’t really get to experience the full effect of a team winning. The second year when […]