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Hookers and switchblades…

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

My second trip to the Dominican Republic was quite pleasant: hot sunny days (a far cry from the chill that has descended on NYC), relaxing on the beach, cultivating the best tan of my life, catching up on some good books, letting the sudden, crazy rainstorms wash over me, practicing Spanish, dancing under the stars, sipping rum, and meeting great people.
But the last night offered something very different. Please reference the title of this post…
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DR Part 1 -A Little Slice of Paradise

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

I’ve now posted stories and pictures from my fabulous trip to the Dominican Republic.
For once, I wrote my entires before hand…which may lead to a little confusion. Usually my site reads from the bottom up…but this time I’ve posted the entries in chronological order, part 1-5, this being part 1…the last being part 5.
Go ahead and read from here down and follow my little trip. Hey…keep reading if you haven’t seen the site lately.
I hope you enjoy reading this even one hundreth as much as I enjoyed this trip…at least a little anyway.
Cheers,
*Liz

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DR Part 2 -The vacation of a thousand showers�

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
At breakfast, on my Santo Domingo hotel�s lovely fourth floor terrace, the butter melted. By melted I don�t mean softened and was easy to spread, I mean melted into a slick yellow puddle. It was 9:30am. Needless to ... [Continue reading this entry]

DR Part 3 -On insects, shoe-shine boys, “hooker chic” and Spanish…

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
I’ve learned two new Spanish words (at least). 1) Hormiga, which means ant. 2) Picadura, which means bite. Now, put the two together. Oh, how the insects love me! I’m just sweet, what can I say? ... [Continue reading this entry]

DR Part 4 -Resort Gigolos

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
My first night at The Coconut Palms resort I was already meeting lots of people. One woman named L, a very young looking grandmother visiting with her grandson and his friend, told me she came to the resort often. ... [Continue reading this entry]

DR Part 5 -La Dulce Vida (Dolce Vita)

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
I took to life in the resort with aplomb. As my skin browned I fell into an easy rhythm of relaxation. My days contained nothing more stressful then remembering to apply sunscreen. Aaaaahhhhhhh�I could get used to ... [Continue reading this entry]