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Final day at the Dominican Republic!

After taking the final exam, I felt so free and accomplished since the class was complete and I was able to learn a lot more about public health and policies with regards to water, such as water-related diseases.

This morning was rushed to have breakfast and work on the group presentation with a short break in between to grab a hamburger from Marchena. Eventually, the time came for us to present in class; we wound up being the last group to present. I felt that we all presented really well, and I was […]

January 21 Nothing in particular happened; there was class in the afternoon by the hotel due to a holiday, this time Día de la Altagracia. We discussed what we would be doing on our final presentation. January 22 Again, nothing too particular happened on this day. What was of note was a seafood place (Marisco […]

After we had class at ALPI, a few of us went to the professor’s place to get laundry done. This day was a day of getting rest at the professor’s place and eventually planning for our group presentations on the 23rd. I also ordered take-out from Square One. Meal? A double hamburger. I’ve been really […]

We woke up early in the morning to eat breakfast at the restaurant and then to check out of the hotel at Imbert. From there, we had the option to go to 27 Charcos, or 27 Waterfalls, with the English translation being very misleading. With the option of either 7, 12, or 27 waterfalls, I […]

After an early-morning breakfast at the same restaurant, we walked to Baraguana. Once we arrived, we were assigned into groups and were told to interview the villagers to ask about what they knew about the water quality and their water source(s) for uses such as drinking, washing, and cooking. One of the members of our […]

After we had class in the morning, some of us went to go shopping at La Sirena for some playthings for the kids we were going to see in a batey (village that used to be an industry for sugar plantation fields) called Baraguana, such as stickers, a soccer ball, and coloring books. We also bought […]

While we had no class for the day so we could finish our papers, I went with two classmates to our professor’s place, with one of the classmates helping as a translator as well and my other classmate getting laundry done. We wound up clearing the language barrier with translation, though it was interesting to […]

After class, some of my classmates and I went to Mona to eat food. Afterwards, we went to the professor’s place to collect laundry that was not fully dry the day before. Instead of collecting my clothes however, I wound up serving as a Chinese translator for my professor and the person who lived right […]