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Newbie to the board come on and bring in the bashing!! jk
Middle of nowhere in Wyoming, we are tired of all the cold weather so we are moving down to enjoy the weather and to experience the cultural for our kids long term benefit. I will just travel back and forth to the states for work. Hope to meet up with you Corey maybe grab a cold presidente.
Nope sorry Der Fish but I am not the same poster as in the other thread. I have lived abroad before by myself many years ago and I loved it now I want the same for my children. I believe you are as safe as you make yourselves and what you put yourself into.
We have applied at ISS but have not heard anything back as of yet. My wife is a certified teacher and she has already looked into doing the home school option if all else fails. I think she may be leaning towards that option anyway to make coming back to the states to visit easier than the kids missing school.
Thanks for the info Corey we will be down the 31st of May and maybe we can meet up? I will be there for 2 weeks the wife and kids for 24 days that trip. I am sure since she will be there fulltime with the kids she would greatly like meeting other parents for a support group and adult conversation.
brlatm welcome!
I'm an American father of three here in Santiago. I wish you the best of luck and would recommend you look at Santiago as an option. It has less crime and more things to do and is cooler to the point that AC is not really needed. Also, there are many bilingual schools here for your wife to teach at. Ciao.
I'm an American father of three here in Santiago. I wish you the best of luck and would recommend you look at Santiago as an option. It has less crime and more things to do and is cooler to the point that AC is not really needed. Also, there are many bilingual schools here for your wife to teach at. Ciao.
Chip thanks for the warm welcome but the city is not an option for us at all. We live in the country now so throwing the kids into a huge city like Santiago would I believe be too much of a culture shock. I think just moving to the DR in general will be a huge enough shock.
Santiago has many areas where it's almost like living in the campo, like where I live for instance, but with a lot more conveniences. Santiago, while it has a relatively large population is small. I'm on the outskirts and am only 3 miles from downtown. Also, Sosua has a severe problem with crime, prostitution and drugs that is much worse than Santiago. At any rate all the best luck!
Hi brlatm,
Originally from the east coast of the U.S., we've been in the Sosua/ Cabarete area for 7 years and really enjoy it. No children, but there are many people that raise and educate their children in the area. Definitely not an environment for everyone in that if you are attached to what more developed countries provide, in many ways living here can be overwhelming. Self sufficiency in a variety of respects is very helpful if not essential. We have been asked many times what we like best and our answer is the freedom. No Big Brother deciding everything for you. With that freedom comes a huge responsibility however. With respect to safety:
I couldn't agree with you more. PM me if you have any personal questions you'd like to ask.
Originally from the east coast of the U.S., we've been in the Sosua/ Cabarete area for 7 years and really enjoy it. No children, but there are many people that raise and educate their children in the area. Definitely not an environment for everyone in that if you are attached to what more developed countries provide, in many ways living here can be overwhelming. Self sufficiency in a variety of respects is very helpful if not essential. We have been asked many times what we like best and our answer is the freedom. No Big Brother deciding everything for you. With that freedom comes a huge responsibility however. With respect to safety:
I couldn't agree with you more. PM me if you have any personal questions you'd like to ask.
Thanks Cocoboy we don't need everything just right down the street from us we are accustomed to traveling 45 mins now to get groceries so having a mercado just down the street will be nice. The kids just want to maybe take some karate lessons and the other wants to continue dance.