I'm Hey hey here's another long text. So I'm officially half way done! 
Woo hoo and today is pi day so that's always cool. All tell you all the cool things we have done this past month on the weekends!
Feb 6th- We went to the Christ statue and it was SO cool. There was like all these gardens and cool walk ways throughout the whole place! Oh my gosh it was amazing. And it's where I had my only burger in the DR! And French fries. It wasn't even that good but tasted so good. 
Feb 14th- We went to carnaval. It's the biggest celebration in the Dominican Republic. Apparently it's a celebration of life but they come around and hit your butt with hardened pig intestines. And you think it would be soft but no. It feels like straight up bricks. Girls had their whole butts covered in bruises. I feel like that sums up the Dominicans perfectly though.
Feb 17th- Day off from teaching!!! They have all these random holidays where we don't have to teach and it's honestly the best thing ever. We went to Sosua (prettiest beach). On the way there we have to take guaguas. It's basically a van where they stuff as many people as they can in. Like on this trip there was four in the front not including the drive. And TWENTY TWO of us in the back. I'm not kidding. I thought I was going to pass out and die. And people just hang outside of the car door like its so crazy what they can do with a guagua. Anyway so we went there and it's sooo pretty. We went snorkeling and saw some cool coral reefs and I saw a school of fish. It was so cool. 
Feb 19th- this was a Friday night and we went to this disco casino! Just a couple of us went but it was so fun! It's so funny how much they love Americans like they were offering us so many free drinks! But we danced the night away and it was so fun.
Feb 20th- TWENTY SEVEN WATERFALLS!!!! Seriously the coolest thing! It was raining when we hiked it and I thought it was so cool but also a little freezing so it'll be better when we do it in May! Everyone we talked to was saying how hard it is to hike all 27 but I didn't even think it was that hard at all! So you hike up to the top and then cliff jump and slide down all 27 waterfalls and it is so cool! We just chilled the rest of that day bc it was a little tiring.
Feb 21st- Me and a couple of my friends went around and explored the city after church! We went to this Amber museum and the Ladamar museum. I guess there is a museum that had the actual Amber thing that was in Jurassic park but I have yet to find it. We got the BEST ice cream ever. It's called biscocho. You guys will love it. I think I'm gonna name my future dog Biscocho. 
Feb26th- happy birthday mama! We went to Jarabacoa! I love this place. It was so weird because it wasn't humid and everything was so relaxed and pretty. We went white water river rafting and it was SOOOO much fun oh my gosh. And we had the coolest tour guide so that was fun too. And then after we had the yummiest liner buffet.
March 4th- made our way to Cabarete! This place reminds me of like Newport. It was so much cleaner and more put together than where I live. We had such a cute hotel there that was right on the beach and split between 6people we only had to pay 15 dollars a night. That's so crazy. This night we went out dancing at the clubs and it was so fun. We saw so many hot Norwegians. After dancing we went skinny dipping in the Caribbean Sea! How dang cool is that?? I love skinny dipping.
March 5th- Beach day! It was a little rainy and overcast but it was fun to chill on the beach like that. we went around to all the little shops and it was so fun and made me miss California. We went to this SO good restaurant for dinner called Gorditos Fresh Mex. it was like chipotle. And so I was in love. We spent the night in Cabarete again and then just woke up the next day and went home!
March 8th- international women's day aka best day ever bc school was canceled! I love being a woman. We went to the fort of San Felipe. It's like a little museum but mostly the view is the coolest thing ever! I totally rode an ass lol donkey. And then we went to Sosua beach for a nice beach day. I love beach days
March 11th- we only had to teach for an hour! Who knows why but it was legit. So we went to Sosua right after school and stayed there for like 6 hours. I tried the best coconut candy things on the beach. Ugh everything here is so yummy.
March 12- Laguna Dudu. I love saying that so much. It was a two hour drive there and it was the prettiest thing in the whole world! It was just a fresh water little thing and I was so in love. They had a little canoe you could canoe around in. And then they had this dope zipline where you go off the side and then drop in the water! It was soooooo freaking cool. One of the girls in my group slipped when she was going and fell too early it was so funny. But I guess she hurt her tailbone. Hahah
Well that's all the fun things I do! Teaching is getting way way better. I have a groupie squad of girls who think that I'm cool and love to hang out with my so I love it! I'm gonna make them friendship bracelets so our friendship will be legit. I told them you guys were coming and they are SO excited!!! I can't wait for you to meet all of them. Well I love you guys even though you're at my favorite place having the time of your lives without me.
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