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I will continue my work here in Jamao. My husband plays golf in Playa Dorado three times a week and is driving from Jamao - almost 2 hours each way! So we will probably buy a condo in Cabarete (IF I can sell the house!) so we are closer to Puerto Plata but not too far from Jamao. And I want...

Am thinking of selling my house in Jamao. It can function almost off the grid and if I can say so myself, it is lovely. I don’t think an ex-pat will be the buyer because it takes a special person to want to buy a high end house in a hobunk town. However- this type of living appeals to wealthy...

These photos are just a few of my favorites!!!

Today the Strength for the Journey kiddos are in school 100 days. And they are 100 days smarter than before!!! Today we celebrated, dressing as old people, building towers with 100 red cups, eating 100 pieces of cereal for snack, and celebrating the number 100!!!

Don’t know if this is the right thread to post this…….My Haitian gardener had some medical problems. I did not ask but the maid said high blood pressure. He asked for the day off he said because he needs to go to Moca for tests. The maid works a couple nights a week at our little public...

Thanks to those of you who donated or contributed for roller skates. We have skate nights twice a month with two sessions each night, one for the younger children and another for the order ones. Community members come to watch and a local woman comes and sells empanadas and juice. Our Strength...

Wow! Very few places that would happen! That man will go to heaven!

Josh- teaching methods have changed since years ago when we went to school. And social norms have changed, too. Education was more or less mass produced…..a lesson was taught to all. The bright kids got it. The slower kids didn’t, but the teacher moved on to the next lesson. Now teachers are...

I really cannot give an informed answer. There are not too many Haitians in Jamao. Those who are here are excelente employees in the construction business and dairy farming. Yes, the children go to school. Some even in my little school and the other preschools in Jamao. I can only speak for...

Honestly, it was a bad experience and i just wanted to move beyond it. I have a friend here who has taken many people to court over the years. She sees things as black and white and if someone has done her an injustice, she goes to her lawyer. Her cases go on and on for years. Sometimes she...

If the child was born here in a hospital, a document from the hospital can be received that can be used instead of a birth certificate. If the child wasn’t born here, I don’t know.

When I first lived here we worked in the Haitian communities. At that time Haitians needed to pay a bribe to the school director to enroll their child. Then I remember after a few years the schools were told they had to accept all Haitian children who want to enroll.

And sorry for the errors…. Wanted to edit after I hit reply but seems I could not.

I get what you all are saying g and I applaud you for crossing the cultural lines. Not everyone can do that successfully, and it is because of you and your wisdom that I take time to read this forum. Although I can socialize with Dominicans- and in fact just had a Christmas party with the 35...

……when I went down to pay the police, I took my receipt book. Told him he needed to sign a receipt. He obviously did not want to do that and several times asked me why. However he was much calmer today, almost likeable. He counted the money, took it and eventually signed the receipt. And then...

So now he says I have to pay it all. Corruption at its best. And of course the police are involved.

Well I had to brake to slow down anyway! It is a sharp curve. But ok. I accept your point of view and then you would approve of the outcome that I will pay half.

Okay. To clarify. I agreed with my maintenance man who came to help me that I would pay half. But I was still in my car when he spoke to the cop. Maybe he said I would pay half or maybe he just said that they would go to the repair man and get a quote, leaving the police to think I would pay it...

Yes. And my husband said he probably does not have insurance!

So this happened today. I was driving down the mountain to Cabarete. In Los Brazos Is a sharp curve. I slowed down, and then just on the curve a chicken ran out in front of me. I touched the brake not to hit it and a National Police in an old jalopy hit me from behind. I stopped and got out of...