Making Progress

So...we're about half way through day 3 here in the DR, and I would say that we've had a good amount of success so far. We came in Wednesday night and basically just ate some dinner, talked to some people, then crashed. Thursday we began the pursuit of a vehicle. Our director, Lowell took us around to some car places in La Vega, which is a bigger city close to Jarabacoa. A few things we learned:

1. Cars are more expensive here.
2. Because of the unpaved, mountainous roads, and just general "rough" driving, cars typically get beat up a lot quicker here.
3. An SUV with 4 wheel drive is essential.

So we looked for a while and didn't seem to find anything good within our budget. But then later that night, Lowell happened upon a green 1999 Honda CRV in good condition and within our budget. So we tested it out, had a mechanic look at it, checked out the paperwork, and today we bought it!

We've also been looking for apartments and I think we found the one we're going to get. It's the second floor of a house, but its made to be an apartment, so it would be totally our own place. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, which is more than we need, but it's hard to find one smaller and we're getting it for really cheap. We also figured that if the opportunity comes about, we could rent out the extra room. But anyways, it has an awesome balcony, a good size kitchen, dining room, and living room.

OK I think this post is getting too long. Oh, one more thing, we got cell phones and probably no one will want to make an international call, but just in case here are our numbers:

Caroline: (809) 769-6581
Ryan: (809) 769-6582

That's all for now, I promise we will post pictures soon!

Caroline