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Mission Improbable: 2011-12-25
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Tuesday, 27 December 2011. Navidad - Christmas in the Dominican. A very nice lady we met in the neighbourhood. Her tree has been up since the beginning of November. There an abundance of dogs in San Pedro, some are peoples pets but most are strays. Some nights the sound of barking dogs keeps us from having a decent sleep. Black bees the size of cherries, cockroaches from tiny to 3 inches long,. Little tiny ants black, brown and red. Mosquito nets are a necessity if you live or stay in the Dominican.
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Mission Improbable: 2011-11-20
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Thursday, 24 November 2011. Looking west from San Pedro towards Mexico. Last weekend Victor decided we should all go to the beach. One we chose was a beach used mostly by locals but there was hardly anyone there. Victor said the weather would be fine, no jubia (rain). A group of ladies from Ilda's church came by to pray for her because they heard she was not feeling well. One of the women, Rosa spoke english and she asked me to read psalm 86. I read it spanish to them and she then asked me to rea...
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Mission Improbable: The Last Post
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Monday, 2 April 2012. We had two good photo trips that I will share with you. One to Santo Domingo to a Jurassic Park exhibition and another to a open air market here in San Pedro. Here we are driving into Santo Domingo towards a beautiful world class Botanical Garden park. We have just left the main highway turning off the overpass towards the park. Of the Dominican people. Today Jurassic Park is the featured attraction. Where is our driver going? This beautiful young woman is celebrating her 15th birth...
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Mission Improbable: 2012-01-15
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012. Traveling from San Pedro to Santo Domingo. A small catamaran off the west coast of the Dominican Republic. They still use some horses in both San Pedro and Santo Domingo. Fuel is free and they seem to get a lot of business, It seems strange to see a someone driving a horse drawn wagon and talking on a cell phone. That's how business is done here when you use horses. On the highway to Santo Domingo. The other thing you remember are the huge traffic jams. This picture doesn't ...
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Mission Improbable: Independence Day Dominican style
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Saturday, 10 March 2012. Independence Day Dominican style. T is Independence Day in the Dominican Republic. All over the country people are celebrating the hard won Independence, an Independence that called for the sacrifice of many lives. Yesterday Gloria put up a medium size Flag on our balcony. Dominican People walking by would see it and give us the thumbs up sign. Today the celebrations start and it seems the best place to be will be downtown at the City Center Park. Ready set, wait! The parade wind...
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Mission Improbable: 2011-11-27
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Sunday, 27 November 2011. Dominicans walk to end violence against women. Waiting for the military band to lead the march. He Three Martyred Sisters. Owever, it also led to the dictators own death six months later when seven men ambushed Trujillo killing him as he was being driven to see one of his many mistresses. Of the seven men involved in the killing of the dictator, two of the conspirators were later shot and killed, four were captured and executed. Marching for Women in the Dominican. Ll traffic st...
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Mission Improbable: 2011-11-06
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Thursday, 10 November 2011. Walkin in San Pedro de Macoris. A small sketch 4"x6" pen and ink and watercolour. A small less than perfect palm tree in front of a casa. Just right for a small sketch. The original looks better I had trouble matching the original colours with camera and photo editor. Is no importante. Is still bueno. It has been raining a lot. We had planned walking to a hair salon we found on one of walking excursions, but the roads were too wet. Later that evening we went to the home of our...
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Mission Improbable: 2012-03-04
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Saturday, 10 March 2012. Independence Day Dominican style. T is Independence Day in the Dominican Republic. All over the country people are celebrating the hard won Independence, an Independence that called for the sacrifice of many lives. Yesterday Gloria put up a medium size Flag on our balcony. Dominican People walking by would see it and give us the thumbs up sign. Today the celebrations start and it seems the best place to be will be downtown at the City Center Park. Ready set, wait! The parade wind...
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Mission Improbable: 2012-02-05
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Saturday, 11 February 2012. How to build a Casa in the Dominican Republic. It seems nearly everyone wants and are working toward building and owning a Casa in the Dominican Republic. Everywhere you look at least in our neighbourhood people are either clearing small plots of land or are building a small to medium size casa on land that has been recently cleared. Here the land is usually cleared by burning which of course creates a great deal of smoke which sometimes is hard to take. Here the whole crew is...
