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I have now been down in Santiago, Dominican Republic for three and a half weeks and I am having a great time.  The culture is completely different than back in the United States, everything is a bit more relaxed and easy going.  I have been getting used to power outages, hurricane season (we are pretty protected by the mountains so all we really get is rain), bugs and roosters crowing at all hours of the day.  I have been volunteering at an elementary school in a poor neighborhood helping teach kids English.  It is amazing how lacking their education system is, classrooms don't have the suplies they need but they are making the best of what they have.  The kids are so much fun and are full of questions and although I'm still just learning Spanish they are v ... Read More »