David in the Dominican

Thanks, Hilda

dave — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:45:10 +0000

I haven’t been posting lately about what I’ve eaten, but don’t worry! Still getting my three squares a day. On Monday afternoon my host mom told me she wasn’t cooking lunch and I’d have to fend for myself. Being a day...

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A short list of things with one ear

dave — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:12:33 +0000

I took this picture of a one-eared horse and its family way back in March of last year and came across it going through some old photos. I remember how proud the dad was to show off his horse; he had me take pictures from different angles and with...

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DRichie — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:59:44 PST

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Production shot from filming

dave — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:34:21 +0000

We filmed all day Sunday in a really nice house in Janico that let a 20+ person team take over their house setting up lights, reflectors, microphones, make up and prop stations, & craft services. Here’s a shot of the team getting a shot...

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Here’s to looking at you

dave — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:05:29 +0000

This past weekend we spent four long days shooting the next two episodes of Me Toca A Mi (which the Peace Corps highlighted here and the US Mission in the Dominican Republic highlighted in spanish here). After all the work organizing the...

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Way back in 2011

dave — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:02:10 +0000

I’ve neglected the blog lately, but now I’m back! A lot has happened in the past two months – Thanksgiving, friends came to visit, I wrapped up my first English class, went home to America for almost three weeks, and came back to the DR. I’m...

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Visiting Banica

dave — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:30:41 +0000

This past week I visited my friend Keeton at her site in Banica, located on the Dominican / Haitian border. She has a great site, except it takes over five hours to get there. I went to her childhood literacy classes and the following day we left at...

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Dominican Music

dave — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:08:44 +0000

My apartment sits above a barbershop and at 8:30 every morning, without fail, the bachata starts blaring. They don’t care if you were having a nice dream or were really tired. This is one of the most popular songs here right now that they play...

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Me Toca A Mi featured by Peace Corps for World Aids Day

dave — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:28:58 +0000

World Aids Day is celebrated on December 1st around the world and here in the Dominican Republic a lot of Volunteers held events in their towns and with their groups to raise awareness and educate their communities on HIV/AIDS and what they can do...

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Bugs!

dave — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:22:44 +0000

One thing you have to get used to about living on a tropical island is the bugs. There are cockroaches, huge moths, small spiders with giant legs, beetles, tiny ants with big bites, big ants with tiny bites, of course mosquitoes in a variety of...

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Peace Corps Postcards

dave — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:15:44 +0000

Links to this site have been making their way around the internet for a while, but it’s not too often I get a connection that is fast enough to stream videos so I just recently got to watch some of these videos. Aaron Williams, the current...

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