Now I have to write a “favorites list” about the Dominican Republic that does not include La Sirena (the Dominican version of a Wal Mart Super Center). Here are the top 5 things I loved about the Dominican Republic while working there as a summer student adventure / community service trip guide last summer for […]
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Scenes from a Dominican carnival in San Pedro de Macorís
Back in June I wrote about my onsite staff training for Rustic Pathways this summer in San Pedro de Macorís about 40 minutes from Santo Domingo on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic. I spent the weekend with Jasmine and Piña down in San Pedro getting to know the bateyes– the communities on sugar […]
Faro Colón: an urban monolith
Here I am on an afternoon visit inside Faro Colón in Santo Domingo with my first Rustic Pathways group ever! I mentioned the lighthouse dedicated to Columbus (Faro Colón) in Santo Domingo earlier, but it really is worth showing you some photos of the unusual structure. Here Piña poses in front of the super-cool building. […]
La Zona Colonial: Santo Domingo’s colonial zone
The nerd in me enjoyed learning about the history of Santo Domingo. At the beginning and end of each two-week program taking high schoolers around the Dominican Republic with Rustic Pathways, we would be responsible for teaching the students the history of the city. The typical tour would go something like this: We would start […]
“Soaring to new heights” in the DR
As part of our Rustic Pathways trip leader training and team building last week at Rancho Baiguate in Jarabacoa, we got to do the high ropes course. This high ropes course is accredited by international organizations, but despite that I was wary in the beginning. I wouldn’t call myself acrophobic– merely suspicious. High ropes courses […]
In the bateyes
Wikipedia defines bateyes as “[a company town within a plantation where sugar cane workers live that can be found in Cuba and the Dominican Republic]“. A few days ago I visited Batey Margarita in San Pedro de Macorís on the southern coast of the DR, about an hour from Santo Domingo. (I will also be […]
2 more great things about DR so far:
1. The food: The food has been out of this world– plaintains, corn fritters, fried chicken, rice and beans, flan! And the best part is that the Coke is sweeter and all around better! Basically, Coke is better in any country outside of the US where they are not using processed sugar. Here in DR […]
I feel like I’m at summer camp in paradise!
Being a trip leader for Rustic Pathways student international travel group certainly has its perks. Monday night I arrived in Santo Domingo, met my other co-leaders, and our country director Harry took us out to dinner in the colonial zone. We stayed at a cool hostel, and then Tuesday morning we drove 3 hours northwest […]
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I. LOVE. THIS. PICTURE.
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Going back a second time: Is it ever the same?
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Top 5 stops on my Mexican holiday road trip
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Costa Rican critters! (and the presents they give us)
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Salvador Dalí reloaded
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Adam’s Grub Truck at Treasure Island flea market
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Wanderlust Yoga in the City SF!
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Best SF Bay Area flea market: Treasure Island flea market
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Awesome SF Bay Area flea market: Alameda Antiques Fair
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Better SF flea market: Alemany Flea in Bernal Heights
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