Break Time

I've been overwhelmed. My school life, home life, social life (what little bit of one that I have) have been overwhelming. For Semana Santa (Easter Break), I'm going to climb Pico Duarte with my friend Chris. It's the highest peak in the Carribean. I'm looking forward to seeing something like this:

We're leaving at FOUR-THIRTY in the MORNING(!!!!!!!!) on Thursday and will be back on Sunday.

Y'all have a good Easter and a good spring break for all my Wofford folks. :)

What I Haven't Been Telling You

A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile...

Oh wait, this isn't American Pie. A long, long time ago, I went to Carnaval. It's been over a month now, but I haven't got around to posting the pictures. We went to Carnaval in La Vega. On the way we stopped at Santo Cerro, or "Holy Hill", a historic site of Christopher Columbus. The views of Santiago from the top were amazing. We also went to the Church of Las Mercedes Santo Cerro.

I was also intrigued by this:
Literally, shaved ice. From a block of ice. But more than anything, I was impressed by the arm muscles the dude had on (just) his right arm from shaving the ice off. He said that he was extremely strong, only on one side.

We then continued on to Carnaval in La Vega:

A few weekends ago, Stephanie and I went to Carnaval in Santiago. It was a completely different atmosphere from Carnaval in La Vega, but I enjoyed it just as much.

I also want to point out that Rugrats plague little children everywhere:
















Even Michael Jackson managed to make an appearance:

Me with my host mom:

And on a completely random side note...when we first got to Las Carreras where Carnaval was, it was PACKED. Like, you could not find room to breathe packed. It started to rain, and literally 30 seconds after it started raining, the streets looked like this:

EMPTY.