""Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time." - Steven Wright
Helping Haiti
by Ilona Kauremszky
The Globe and Mail
January 23, 2010
CABRERA, Dominican Republic - Life is slow on the country roads in the Dominican Republic. “There is an assistant for every assistant,” goes the running joke, but little gets done anyway.
Last Tuesday life changed, literally overnight.
I was in the Dominican Republic with my other half for what was supposed to be a week of fun in the sun when the earthquake struck. That day we walked the coastline, oblivious to the destruction unfolding in Haiti, a 10-hour drive away. That evening, though, all eyes were fixed on the television above the bar at Hotel La Catalina as CNN announced the 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, and broadcast a tsunami alert for the Dominican Republic and other islands. more...
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