Archive for the 'Clara' Category

My future has been decided…

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

So today we went to the Melia and attended a couple of Workshops. First we attended an HP workshop on their printers. Who knew that printers could be so interesting? There are such varieties and colors that can be used…Later we went to a workshop on whats new in ArcGIS 9.2 by Ismael Chivite. This [...]

Our Presentation / Nuestra Presentation

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Is finally OVER! It went great. Everyone seemed to be very interested in what we were saying and was very focused. I am relieved it is over and happy. It was a great experience and I will always remember it. This has been the largest amount of people I have  ever presented. Hopefully this will [...]

Mission Impossible: The 13th Floor.

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

  As Noel moved overhead of us…pounding rain, and blowing gusts of wind we were stuck inside all day. So as a group we dedcided to go on a mission. We grabbed a camera and left on our mission. Not knowing what to do we decided to go up to the balcony and film the [...]

The “storm”

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

We just lost all POWER! The lights have gone off and the whole hotel is without light. This is probably because of the wind…we can hear the rain pounding our window outside. Its supposed to be to the west of us but what if it had gone over us? That wouldnt have been good..
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Rain, rain, rain…rain

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Today we woke up to more rain and heavy swells. It is still warm and humid…that I am told will never end.  Also, we thought that we were in the midst of a tropical storm – Noel [pronounced Knoll] but according to the news and the internet the storm is well to the west of [...]

Llegada a Santo Domingo

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Portland, Oregon … una comparación verdadera a Santo Domingo. OKEY, deja empezar del principio. Abandonamos el aeropuerto a las 11h20. Esto fue un vuelo fácil de Portland a Nueva York. Nueva York fue una experiencia interesante. La primera cosa que sentí tan pronto como nos quitamos del avión fue la humedad. ¡Puf! Esto fue … [...]

Arrival to the Dominican Republic.

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Portland, Oregon…quite a comparison to Santo Domingo. OK, lets start from the beginning. We left the airport at 11:20 pm. It was an easy flight from Portland to New York. New York was an interesting experience. The first thing I felt as soon as we got off the plane was the humidity. Ugh! It was [...]

Clara, Luis and Sarah arrive in Santo Domingo!!! October 27th

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Clara, Luis, and Sarah arrived in the Dominican Republic after nearly 18 hours on planes and in airports!
JFK was a wonderful experience with weather delays (rain) and air traffic issues. We left New York exactly two hours late! Luis like the NY to Santo Domingo leg of the journey!
Descending through the clouds into the Santo [...]