Last in a long list of visitors

It's been nearly 7 months since my last post, so I figured it's high time I add something new. I can't imagine trying to write about everything that's happened since February, so I'll start with something a bit easier: photos. I said goodby to Sarah Farber at the airport yesterday, last in my long list of visitors, and it got me thinking about what a huge part of my DR experience hosting friends and family from home has been. It's been so much fun to share my life here with everyone, from motorcycle rides up to the coffee farms to sleeping inside a mosquito net and bathing with a bucket (when we're lucky enough to have water), and I'm honored that so many people from home were able to travel to the Caribbean to see it all. Thank you!!! Still interested in coming down but think you missed your chance? I'll be here until late November and my door's always open... as the saying goes, mi casa es su casa!

Thanks for coming!

Mel, Tim and Cat heading back from Bahia de las Aguilas, April ´07



Tim and Melanie cruising down the loma back towards Enriquillo, April '07



Shopping at the Haitian/Dominican border market with Erica in Pedernales, May'07



Erica braving the waves at San Rafael



Getting a 'bola' down the southern coast (aka hitchiking)



Schreins and Meliss, December '07



Emily and I watching the sunset in Bahoruco



Nate, Kimberly, Me, Iosefa, and Darrel spending Christmas Eve in Vicentillo, 2007



Feliz Navidad!



The Watson family atop the Ozama Fortress in Santo Domingo, January '08



Mom and Dad at Los Patos, feasting on rice and spaghetti with the women of the Love and Faith Women's Cooperative



Lisa and I making paper cards with Mirqueya and Negra



Lisa adored my new kitty, Mucina--can´t you tell?



Sarah Farber sips a cafecito with Bienvenida at their coffee farm up in the loma, August '08



We couldn't resist taking a picture of the Haitian priest with the Mariners shirt