It has been four or six weeks or so, that I've lived in the DR. Missed Thanksgiving altogether. Maybe we did not have water, or the electricity was off, or the neighbor's donkey kicked the dog or something.
Or maybe it was the 'gift' that I had to quickly prepare for the wife of the manager of the free zone - before I could get real confirmation of space that we were sure to get for the business.
Or maybe it was the time that I needed to go to 'our' local customs agent to figure out why he was charging me US$400 on a US$100 shipment of product samples.
Or maybe it was the time that we had to get all the neighbors together to decide what to offer the electricity fellow who refused to fix the electricity feed to 6 or so houses - unless a payment was made for his trouble.
Or it could have been the rental car that I had to take back for the sixth time - I figured out that a horn is really necessary, and our rental car did not/does not yet have one.
Or maybe it was the hours that we spent on the roof to get the broadband satellite dish working (we do this for a living!) but with no power, the commissioning process changes quite considerably.
Or maybe it was the day that we found a great french crepe/pancake house and stayed there for most of the rest of the day. Or maybe the day that I really discovered Brugal!
So, now it is close to Christmas and I'm wondering if I'm going to miss Christmas as well - and I really don't care.
Tonight is a good night. The power is on and repaired, the waterpump pumps, the gas is ready for the generator if the power goes out, the geysers work and I have hot water for a shower, the broadband satelite internet feed possibly ate a good amount of TNT and is really fast, the local fruit and veg vendor is now charging me local instead of tourist prices - everyone that I have contact with helps with learning the local lingo, and I have no idea what is happening in the rest of the world.
Anybody on the Cabarete, Sosua, POP stretch that would like to exchange paperbacks? Cheap novels?
Or maybe it was the 'gift' that I had to quickly prepare for the wife of the manager of the free zone - before I could get real confirmation of space that we were sure to get for the business.
Or maybe it was the time that I needed to go to 'our' local customs agent to figure out why he was charging me US$400 on a US$100 shipment of product samples.
Or maybe it was the time that we had to get all the neighbors together to decide what to offer the electricity fellow who refused to fix the electricity feed to 6 or so houses - unless a payment was made for his trouble.
Or it could have been the rental car that I had to take back for the sixth time - I figured out that a horn is really necessary, and our rental car did not/does not yet have one.
Or maybe it was the hours that we spent on the roof to get the broadband satellite dish working (we do this for a living!) but with no power, the commissioning process changes quite considerably.
Or maybe it was the day that we found a great french crepe/pancake house and stayed there for most of the rest of the day. Or maybe the day that I really discovered Brugal!
So, now it is close to Christmas and I'm wondering if I'm going to miss Christmas as well - and I really don't care.
Tonight is a good night. The power is on and repaired, the waterpump pumps, the gas is ready for the generator if the power goes out, the geysers work and I have hot water for a shower, the broadband satelite internet feed possibly ate a good amount of TNT and is really fast, the local fruit and veg vendor is now charging me local instead of tourist prices - everyone that I have contact with helps with learning the local lingo, and I have no idea what is happening in the rest of the world.
Anybody on the Cabarete, Sosua, POP stretch that would like to exchange paperbacks? Cheap novels?