Friday, March 05, 2010

The adventures I’ve had here

My goal in coming to the DR for a month was simple- I wanted a new experience. I wanted to learn about medicine abroad. I wanted to improve my Spanish. But mostly, I wanted an adventure. Below is a list of my favorite adventures this month. Don’t worry, pictures are coming later in the week.

-Driving in the DR and living to write about it

-Climbing up and jumping off 27 waterfalls with David

-Take a crowded gua-gua (local minivan that fits >20 people = bus system here) to the end of the road in Las Galeras by myself. Oh and there were chickens on the gua-gua

-Almost delivering an infant in the dark during a power outage

-Learning how to surf

-Coaching a new Haitian mom during her delivery- yep, I learned some Creole from my Spanish-speaking colleagues

-Seeing an enormous whale shark on my humpback whale-watching trip

-Sleeping in a thatched-roof cabana during a thunderstorm

-Daily runs along the ocean-front, some views better than others

-Riding a motoconcho home at 3am (sorry Mom!)

-Meeting awesome new friends in the hostel

-Becoming dedicated to blogging and finding a bunch of new blogs to follow

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