Sunday a free day and we hit the beach! Boca Chica beach to be exact.
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It was packed, but the weather was blissful and the cloud cover kept the sun from scorching us for most of the day.
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I got a $10 massage and a piña colada. Can’t get more relaxing that that.
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We capped the day off with a Meringue concert in front of colonial ruins in Santo Domingo. I danced with a 60 year old man who tried to teach me the Meringue. This attempt was wildly unsuccessful, but hilarious.
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Monday our work started. We did research in the morning (although it was on a beautiful roof terrace of our hotel, so I don’t know if that counts).
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Then we had organizing meetings with our host organization Centro Bono.
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It was so great to meet these amazing human rights lawyers, community organizers and activists! However, this planning session did not prepare me for what would happen on Tuesday. Let’s just say that I ended up interviewing 25-people simultaneously in a huge group by myself in a remote neighborhood with no plumbing or electricity. I’m going back tomorrow (ack!), so more on that in the next post!
