FINALLY MADE IT SANTO DOMINGO….DOMINICAN REPUBLIC!
So let’s be real, probably the most awful flights I have
ever taken with everything that went at SFO yesterday and running like Home
Alone in Newark…but at the end we finally made it to Santo Domingo.
As we approached the island of Hispanola you could see out
the window the blue water and other small islands of the Caribbean…but had the
most interesting arrival…when everyone cheered and clapped as we first touched
soil, it was a completely different feel.
As we got off the plane and made our way towards custom the
colors were vibrant and the people were friendly. I did neglect to mention that on the plane I
wasn’t given all the declaration forms, because apparently the flight attends
thought I was Dominican?!?! Which I got a kick of, because that has never
happened.
After we purchased our tourist card and got our luggage and
went through customs we met our wonderful Global Glimpse in country director
and coordinator. We trekked through the
airport to the parking lot to find our guagua…which is bus by the way and fill
our water bottles packed our luggage and headed to the hostel.
Once we arrived to the hostel for our one night stay in
Santo Domingo it was all business but we were given some much deserved rest…for
most of us (myself included) weren’t able to sleep on the plane so we were dead
beat tired…luckily lunch was nice went through logistics and had some down time
until we went for our city walk tour of Santo Domingo…beautiful sites, humid
weather, and one could totally see the French/Creole influence in the city with
its infrastructures. The walking tour
although nice was long and since we were tired some of us were “zoning out”
unfortunately.
We came back to the hostel had down time, ate dinner and did
our first nightly meeting, which was long but yet so informative since our
delegation is quite large. We ended just
about 30 minutes ago…I’m running on less than 3 hours sleep…so I seriously need
to take a shower and hit the sack. It’s
currently 10:30 PM our time…but will totally need to get some rest since we
have a 2.5 hour bus ride tomorrow to our home city where we will be housed—San Juan
de La Maguana.
Hasta
luego…primer día en la república dominicana…hecho!
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