so things here have been just moving right along and its crazy that i only have about a month left in this crazy/cool place. definitely there are mixed emotions about that. but recently i have been feeling good about being here for this last time but also i cant waitttt to see all of you and just hang out. so yeah. okay well this weekend was a great one and involved lots of swimming which is always good. friday i went with some friends to a beach that is about an hour and a half away. it was soooo pretty. here are some pics from that. i got an intense sunburn. i took a pic to show it but it was just gross looking so i decided against it...
so that was fun. the waves were seriously insane. like the biggest ones i have ever seen. fortunately i was only slammed into the sand once. not the most pleasant experience. but i will say there were entirely too many speedos slash people thinking it was okay to swim in boxer briefs. not okay. ever.
then came saturday. in the morning i didnt really do anything which was really nice just to rest. then in the afternoon daniel came from santo domingo and we wandered around the downtown area figuring out where he was staying and then getting some food for dinner. so that was fun and an adventure as always. then we met up really early on sunday and headed to the 27 waterfalls which we had heard lots of good things about, mainly via our travel books. it was soooo sweet. the whole time i wished everyone i knew could be there. sadly, i couldn't take pics of them because we had life jackets/helmets and were like swimming/jumping/sliding/climbing from waterfall to waterfall. it was soooo cool and beautiful. and fortunately, there were only a few times when i thought i might die. mainly when scaling a seemingly flat/slippery rock by a waterfall. and then to finish the great waterfall time. we took a motorcycle taxi thing back to the place to get a bus. this was our driver...look closely and you will see he has a wfu jersey on. what are the chances...
so yeah, that was quite an experience. and great. fortunately daniel didn't fall off the back of the motorcycle. that would have been a bummer.
now back to classes and santiago life. woo. friday i have a field trip to see the haitian/dominican border. i am real excited to see what it is like. it should be very interesting. k well i love you all and miss you and am really really really excited to see your face in person.
peace,
sal
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