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No. In this country it is all about politics! Then grab what money from the politicians that you can.

I have my own school. We are full with a waiting list. If a school is run correctly with fist world materials and supplies and competent teachers it is extremely hard to break even. Thank God I have donors and the non profit helps support the school. Also I have people paying scholarships for...

We have been over and over this. My opinion is it should be merit pay…..a teacher improves test results by a certain percent and receives the increase. But that will never happen. If this goes through, I am finished. As a full time volunteer who puts in 60 hours a week, how can I work within...

Forgive me, but if all you are looking for is something of the highest quality that you would experience in other parts of the world and only that, perhaps you are searching in the wrong country. But I may be wrong. I have no experience with Casa de Campo and maybe that is what you are looking...

Life is what you make it. For me, living in Jamao is first class, even though we have intermittent electricity and water, no restaurants and mostly uneducated Dominicans who can neither read nor write. However, we have fresh air, great vistas, rivers and waterfalls, kind people who are ready...

Exactly. And I quickly learned in graduate school that we can prove anything we want just by using the right information. Just look at the various news media. How can “facts” be so different?

And who are we “experts” on dr1 to laugh at or put down anyone’s dream. Shame on us for all the discouraging posts over the years. If we never try, we never know. Thanks JD for posting. I will support them.

Rains stopped here for now. The silence is something I have never experienced. No motos. No roosters. No music. No laughing and talking. Incredible. But now, thunder in the distance. My employees say their houses have water and fallen walls. Another had to evacuate because the river rose and...

Not sure if down the mountain they are experiencing rains. But here in Jamao we have rain loads equivalent to some of the worst tropical storms I have experienced. At 2:30 p.m. today roads were flooded with about a foot of rain. Our learning center had water. Strong rains have not stopped and I...

Great addition to Sosua!

I don’t eat at these places regularly, either. I go to SD 2-3 times a year and I treat it like a vacation. I like to eat at fine restaurants, shop, and do things I normally cannot do in Jamao. And because there are NO real restaurants in Jamao, this is almost the only time all year that I go to...

Thanks for posting this. I took a screen shot of your response so I remember to visit the restaurants you mentioned that I have not yet visited. Sadly, In my opinion, outside the capital good restaurants are few and few between. By the way Nacan is excellent!

Sorry. Just wanted too point out that he was not a mass murderer or drug dealer. If it came off wrong, I apologize.

By the way, my cousin was a cross country bank robber.

…..And other Dominican drug lords sentenced to Federal prison. I have a 85 year old cousin in the system who has been there for 45 years. I visit him regularly and he tells me about the social climate. The White supremists are the most dangerous prisoners, according to him. The American Indians...

Don’t count on it. He may connect with other Dominicans in prison and run the drug trade on the outside.

Next time, write to me. I have contacts that will travel with you on roads you never knew existed and you will see life as it was 100 years ago. When you have done that, you will have seen the Dominican Republic. Thank you for being adventuresome and enjoying all the DR has to offer. We need...

Actually it was exhausting, but extremely gratifying to see the children and families enjoying the activity and heartwarming to know it was made possible due to the support from so many.

Oh, what a night it was! Our second skate night. We had 22 pairs of skates and planned two sessions, but crowds of people arrived, and of course, they could not make a nice line to register. As you know, Dominicans are pros at making havoc with the best organization. We ended up with three...

I don’t know and someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I would assume the airports have backup electricity systems. How else would they check people in if there were no luz? How would traffic control function? How would arrivals and departures be announced, in addition to the things...