I didn?t expect it to look like paradise and I knew about the poverty. What I did NOT expect was for it to be so crowded and so polluted, and so dusty. And the smells? But the worst thing and the most unexpected one was the fact that everybody lives like in a prison. It?s one thing to see the iron bars on the windows and a different one to actually open the window and have the bars there. Getting home and having to open three padlocks to get inside. Going out to the yard and having a wall surrounding you. That is the part that will be hardest for me to get used to. That and knowing people are almost always trying to get something from you. I guess I should have been expecting the culture shock but I thought I was prepared for it.
I have no other choice because I?m moving in with a friend and he lives there already but I?m pretty sure that for next semester (September) I will be able to convince him to move to a better place even if it?s farther from the UCE. So my question is: Where do I move? How much would it be for a decent 2-bedroom in Juan Dolio? I love the beach but are there any other areas I should explore?
That?s three questions, I know
I have no other choice because I?m moving in with a friend and he lives there already but I?m pretty sure that for next semester (September) I will be able to convince him to move to a better place even if it?s farther from the UCE. So my question is: Where do I move? How much would it be for a decent 2-bedroom in Juan Dolio? I love the beach but are there any other areas I should explore?
That?s three questions, I know