A slighty problamatic departure
Nothing could have prepared for the amazing and sometimes scary things I was about to experience here in the
Dominican Republic. Although my fellow blogers have covered most of the main events, I will cover my perspective. At around 5 in the afternoon Friday evening, Lisa calls me to tell me she will pick me up in about 45 minutes. My mom who was supposed to buy me some of the things I needed for the trip was nowhere to be found. At the same time I was packing like crazy trying not to forget anything. Then Lisa calls me again to tell me she won’t be able to come until 10 after 6 pm. We agree instead to meet at
Capitol
Center so I my mom has time to come home. At about 5:50 pm my mom arrives and we are on our way to meet Lisa. We arrive at
Capitol
Center, I’m ready to go, and Lisa asks me to show her my passport. So I open my bag and realize that it is not in there. After maniacally looking for it I have a movie style flashback to realize that when I was packing the passport I also packed a 700 hundred page in my bag. When I decided that the book was too large I pulled it out and as fate would have it my passport was neatly tucked inside. I then immediately called my brother to get it over to where I was and in 20 minutes we were off to the airport.
At the
Portland airport it was very straightforward. Everything went very smoothly. At the terminal I got to try out some nice looking and sounding ear buds. They were a $250 dollars a piece. On the plane we got to see a “nice” and family friendly movie by the title of “Nancy Drew Get a Clue.” After 4 and half hours we arrived at out halfway point of New York City. Contrary to popular belief I did not find the city very exiting, maybe because of the rain. By that time at around 7 am (4 am
Pac. time) I was feeling pretty tired and ready to take a nap. Heading finally towards Santo Domingo I was momentarily anxious to get there until we arrived to a very warm, humid, and rainy
Santo Domingo. I hope the weather gets better soon.
