Bon soir!

To be perfectly honest, we´re a bit brain-dead at this hour of the night, as we were out reveling all evening at Casa de Campo, the super-spiffy resort in town. Thus, this posting might be a bit rushed. As I´m sure Emily mentioned, we visited our third batey today. It was the longest busride yet, and Salvador (our trusty busdriver) guided us through miles and miles of swaying green sugarcane on small, unmarked roads that wound through the fields beneath the azure sky. I was slotted to work the pharmacy today, though I ended up scribing with Marty, which I very much enjoyed. I got a chance--finally--to put my French to good use! Many of the residents of this particular batey spoke only Creole and/or French, so Johnny (one of the translators) and I were able to combine our talents and help the patients who didn´t speak Spanish, too. I´ve been talking a lot about my inability to talk a lot with this language barrier in the DR, so it was a relief to be able to speak coherently with someone in the bateys! Anyways, we spent the rest of the day lounging on the beach, soaking in the rays and noting some striking contrasts there.

That´s all for now,
Lizi
:o)