Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/20/2013 by Stephanie Shaw and Irene Chon
Fun Day: Beach Day: Beach El Quemadito After a couple of very intense days, we decided to relax by going to the beach (Beach El Quemadito). The wake up call was at 7 in the morning, with our day starting out with a breakfast of bread, ham, hard boiled eggs, and...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/20/2013 by Anjie Cai
At 7:00 a.m. I promptly began to wake people up from their sleep. Not all of the doors opened the first time; many people were still very tired. I went upstairs to the fourth floor to look around the neighborhood. The weather and view were great. Morning was a little...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/20/2013 by Erik
Dominican border. For breakfast, we had some toast and cereal. Then we headed off to the wah-wah (the bus) and headed east to the border. To our surprise, the border was nothing more than a couple of wooden road blocks and a couple border patrol soldiers. What also...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/20/2013 by Ashley
Today was the big day, a dollar a day. We had all anticipated the bucket showers and all the rice and beans we could ever stomach. Rules were no shopping, no snacks,no electronics or electricity,(and for me no huggies wipes)(: . It was a day where we all were on...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/20/2013 by Angie
Today was a free day for everyone. We woke up later than usual, at 8:30 am and ate breakfast. After that, students had the opportunity to go to dance class or stay at the Hotel and relax. The dance we learned was Bachata which is a traditional dance and used to be...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/20/2013 by Anjie's Mom
Anjie, Sorry to miss your call today, it is good to know your everyting is well. Please read Annabele’s email carefully and find time to finish HS2’s homework as soon as possible. Thanks.
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/20/2013 by Sanchala
The theme for today (Friday, July 26) was poverty. We woke up at 6:30 to get ready and went to breakfast which was cereal, milk, and toast with this really cool pineapple jam. After that we had a seminar on how the place, politics, past, present, and people affect...
