Wednesday, November 26, 2008

nice view of mountains
a hummingbird!


haha, people kissing juan pablo duarte


at the peakkkk
the valley





the almost fairy tale valley!






a view of the valley that we stayed in

cacti!
walking to the valley

sunrise!

nice view of the mountains

us at the peak! me, a guy from italy, maizie another girl from the us, and up top a girl from germany, till, and a girl from iceland




helloo again! ok, so some people have asked me how many pesos in a dollar..here it´s about 34.5, but it rises and falls every day..somedays 35..some days 34.. and i dont know if they ended up finding the person who took the 2 mil. pesos..and on the trip there werent very many animals other than birds and insects and the pigs that we ate..we saw wild humming birds, which was really cool. the humming sound that they make with their wings sounds cool and some people heard it and thought it was a wild pig, so they would freak out..and then it would just be the bird.
so this last weekend i went to santo domingo with ramona, which was cool because usually afs doesnt let people travel without family, but i got permission to go with ramona and stay for one night in her sister´s house, and her mom is visiting from Santomas and we went shopping with her and her cousin. it was fun because in santo domingo they have big malls and lots of stores:) except it´s not cheaper here..i was looking for converse, and in one of the only stores that had a good variety they were like 60 dollars! agh. but in other stores they sell them cheaper..not cheap, but cheaper than 60 dollars. what else..the guitar class that i´m in is fun, and i´m learning guitar in spanish! which is a little different than learning in english, because here instead of notes like A, B, C, D, E, F, G, they use do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and si.

2 comments:

Stray Spirit said...

HAILEY,
I LOVE THAT VALLEY! YOU'RE RIGHT IT IS LIKE A DREAM - VERY BEAUTIFUL! WE WERE COMMENTING ON HOW IN SOME PICTURES YOU LOOK TAN AND OTHERS NOT SO MUCH. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOTTEN TANNER? WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING DARKER HERE IN MEXICO - WHICH I LIKE! I DIDN'T GET ANY SUN IN CHILE, SO IT'S GOOD TO TOAST HERE A BIT :)
GUESS WHAT - GOP SHAVED HIS BEARD - YOWZA WATCH OUT HOMER, HE'S A HUNK! :)
WHAT THE - ALL CAPS???
Better - yay! Thanks for the posts! I now have my Hailey fix and can update my friends on what my niece is up to in the DR~*
smooch + hug = happy heidi

Anonymous said...

hey hailey! i saw your mom the other day and she reminded me to check out your blog. it looks like your having an amazing time! we miss you!! next week is already finals week.. this week is hall decorating, our theme is coca cola christmas.. anyways.. i should go continue getting ready for school. ttyl.
caryn