Somehow, Azucena and I found ourselves at the medical center of Santo Domingo’s Navy Base this afternoon. The director of immunizations at the area we were at this morning thought it may be interesting, so we went along. My philosophy when traveling abroad is that when someone asks you to do something, you go along with it (Kate, this is not directed towards you!). So there we were, presenting to about 8 military officials piled into the medical director’s office. One great thing about doing this project here in the DR is that we are understanding the culture from an entirely different perspective than if we were simply touristing through.
Speaking of touristing through, we decided to do just that, and headed to the town of Rio San Juan on the north coast. A town that was stated to be a short 2 hour bus ride (thanks, Lonely Planet) turned out to be 6 hours in our car. I was nominated to drive our stick shift Chevy Aveo, and all I have to say is that hurdling through Dominican roads at midnight is quite the adventure. We finally reached the town, and were quite pleased with our hotel, jutting out on a rocky point, surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. Ah, a weekend for some much needed rest.
-Mike
No comments:
Post a Comment