A Peace Corps friend of mine here is getting married next week, so to celebrate, sixteen of us went to the southern part of the country to hang out on the beaches and relax. We rested on a beautiful beach, used the pool at a nice hotel (of course, we couldn’t afford to stay there!) and did fun bachelorette party activities. Sounds pretty similar to a bachelorette weekend in the states, right? Well, some of it was very similar, but there were a couple things that reminded us that we were Peace Corps volunteers in the Dominican Republic, instead of people with jobs in the Unites States. Here are some examples:
--On the bus ride up to the hotel, we argued with a bus driver who was trying to charge us 75 cents more than normal for a bus ride. This included calling him a thief, him calling us thieves, and us paying him what we believed he deserved and then hurrying away. We consulted several locals later, who told us that the driver was indeed trying to scam us.
--One of the girls that was supposed to come to the party couldn’t because a snake had entered her house and eaten her kittens. She had to sleep in another house and missed the bus that she needed to take to get to us.
--Our plans to go out on the town the first night were foiled because the mayor’s daughter was having a “Quincenera” and all the local bars and discos had closed down for the event.
--when we went out dancing, we were dancing almost exclusively to bachata, merengue and reggaeton, not the typical disco music in the States!
Overall I had a great time, Dominicanness included! I was able to see a part of the country I had never seen before, and enjoy the company of my friends, many of whom I see very little!
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