In all honesty, peace and quiet does not exist on a naval ship. I have been searching for the one place you can be alone for more than 5 minutes and all i have found is the bathroom and as for quiet...it really doesn't exist...white noise everywhere and some times the whole place shakes because the engine is working hard or the helicopter is taking off. I am beginning to accept and find peace in the white noise and constant company.
We made it to the Dominican Republic this morning after a successful mission in Haiti. It will be interesting to see how the clinics and the hospital flows now that we have worked out so many of the bugs. Over all the Haiti trip was great, we did about 25 surgeries a day for 8 days, we left 1 day early because Haiti was have elections. The people were great but i am excited to be in a spanish speaking country now...at least i can communicate a few words.
The Dominican Republic is way more developed from what I can see compared to Haiti. We don't get to go exploring, unfortunately. The boat stays out in the bay and we drop anchor, to get to land you have to take a smaller boat and stay with the group which means staying at the clinic site...oh well maybe some other time i will get to see the places I am visiting.
Well i hope everyone is enjoying spring...it is still really hot and humid here but I did see some dolphins on the way to breakfast.
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wow...I'm so glad you're updating! totally amazing...didn't pick up any French, eh? I never thought about how damn loud ships are but they really are...you'll get used to it. So do you get any actual time off?? I hope you get to do a little exploring!!
we do get "liberty" aka time off in columbia and everyone is scrambling to get hotel rooms and tours scheduled...it seems these military folks could really blow a lot of money in a short time!!! I am just waiting to hear what i am suppose to do which may screw me over when we get there but it is all a learning experience. I am getting really good at going with the flow!!!
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