Arriving
Santo Domingo, Wednesday, 29 August, 2001 -- The group arrived 10 minutes early at the Aeropuerto de Las Americas in Santo Domingo with all their luggage. They looked a bit weary from their travels but were soon re-juvenated by a 30 minute air-conditioned bus ride into the capitol. They stayed overnight at Bettye's Guest House in the center of the historical colonial zone.
Thursday
morning, there were orientation lectures by representatives from UNPHU
and ENTRENA. Here, Miguel talks as Lauresta, Jennifer, Andrew and Garrett
listen in. Lunch was at Bettye's
restaurant.
At
4:00, the UNPHU bus picked us up and took us to UNPHU to meet the families.
There was a bit of anxiety when half the group was already picked up
and the other half were wondering who was going to be the last one?
Ultimately, some very happy mothers and fathers and sisters met their
new family member for the next 6 weeks. Some snapshots of family members
meeting their students follow...
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All
students made it to ENTRENA Friday
morning telling each other about their families, house, neighborhood
and public transportation ride to get there. All seem to have had a
good first night with their families. Here Lauresta arrives at ENTRENA
with Christopher and his brother. Hands-on training with public transportation
followed.
