The rough and the smooth

Friday was a "hell hole" of a camp and Saturday is relaxing, at least according to Angie.

Apparently Friday was the worst day and the level of poverty, filth and disease dropped to new lows. For those reading this with a medical background and want to know the diseases Angie commented that "they are seeing allot of malnutrition, parasites, impetigo, asthma and vitamin A deficiency, just to name a few. Angie said it was the worst camp yet and she had a little cry.

Back at camp, at least the water was back on and electricity (periodically).

So what do they do to relieve the stress? Apparently go the bar, have a drink and learn to dance the Merangue (the native Latin dance of the DR). That was Thursday night. Friday was going to the bar for drinks and Saturday........a day off! They went to Santa Domingo in the morning (the capital city of the DR). In the afternoon they went to the beach and watched an amazing sunset. Angie sent me a text stating she was ordering her Gin & Tonic watching the sun go down. Later on she had chance to call me from the restaurant where they were planning to have a really good meal and relax (possibly something to do with the G&T!!).

As for the rest of us, the weekend has been fairly busy. I managed to go flying with a friend this morning up to the Pocono's - the colors are wonderful. Elliot was doing homework all day and then went to work in the evening at the tavern busing tables. Katie and I ventured out this afternoon and bought her a car. We spent most of Friday evening researching and then Sat looking and found a 10 year Plymouth Neon that had not been advertised with only 29,000 miles on it - it drives well and is a great purchase.

The one negative is that Angie's phone does not appear to be recharging. We are therefore not certain how much longer the messages are going to keep coming.....we have said goodbye until next Sat in case we now get radio-silence.............BUT fear not intrepid readers, I will press on and keep her blog going ...........