It’s nice to be back! My students were full of hugs and excitement to be back at school. My first weekend back included going to a mass to celebrate the anniversary of the school where I teach, catching up with friends, going to church, etc. One of the biggest events of the weekend was a day trip to Iguana Park. Iguana Park is a temporary theme park in the capital open during December and January. It’s full of the rides you would see at a fair. The purchase of a bracelet buys you the opportunity to ride as many spinning and twirling rides as you can handle. J
Here are some pictures of my kids hard at work on recent activities.
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| Equality Activity |
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| group work |
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| Notice what is in the boy's hand...creating Tar Heel fans all over the world :) |
On the 21
st I went to Samana. Samana is the peninsula on the Northeastern coast of the island. The peninsula is beautiful, but I went specifically to see the whales. Each year the humpback whales come to the shores of the DR to mate and have babies. They are only here from mid-January until the first of March. I clearly saw 2 whales during the boat trip. One time I saw the body of the whale and the other time I saw the tail. There were other times I thought I saw a whale in the distance but these sightings were not confirmed. After the boat ride I went to a beach called Cayo Levantado.
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| boat ride in search of whales (way more seasickness than I ever want to see again) |
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| Cayo Levantado |
Here's a little video from the trip to see the ballenas(whales).
Lomas Lindas
A friend invited us to his family’s place at Lomas Lindas. Lomas Lindas is beautiful hill country about 30 minutes outside of the city. It was fun to see a new area and play in the river.
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| Lomas Lindas = Pretty Hills |
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| beautiful |
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| after "body rafting" down the river |
Earthquakes
Before the past two weeks I had never been in an earthquake. But, there have been five in the Dominican Republic in January. Thankfully, all were small and there were no injuries or damage. However, I have got to better at my earthquake detection. I have not felt any of them. I only know there has been an earthquake when the alarm sounds or someone tells me. Here’s the website I used to verify if the commotion about an earthquake is true or not. You can see the 3 small ones we had yesterday and one on Monday.
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