Happy 6th Month Anniversary!

Today marks our sixth month anniversary in country. We arrived in Santo Domingo, tired, nervous and full of anticipation... Six months later I celebrated by heading to the beach with a group of fellow volunteers!

We went to Playa Grande on the north coast. Amazing! I've never swam in water this clear and crystal blue. (Coming from California I am a bit of a snob about beaches.) Nothing short of amazing... In the afternoon we talked about a place called Dudu Lagoon. Other than an entertaining name the lagoon is a freshwater oasis in between the towns of Cabrera and Nagua. We decided to make a stop on our way back from the beach. We discovered an absolutely beautiful lagoon with cliffs to dive from, ropes to swing from and the place was all ours. After I had jumped from the highest cliff Letizia told me that I actually screamed twice- once when I jumped, then again when I hadn't hit the water yet! After having our fill of the fresh water we hiked back out to the highway and hitched a ride back to Nagua in the back of a pickup truck. The road to Nagua is right along the coast; it definitely makes me thankful that my country of service is a) an island and b) IN THE CARIBBEAN!