finally started blogging

1/20/08

 

after hours of traveling we finally arrive at Punta Cana airport.  the second I get off the plane I can feel the tropical weather. no more snow!  The airport is picturesque: thatched roof and open aired.  As soon as we walk in we get a group picture with Dominican ladies dressed up in traditional Dominican outfits.  It is actually cloudy which is unusual for the dry season.  We have an orientation meeting and meet Heyddy, the coordinator for the Punta Cana ecological foundation.  We get our room assignments, and see our rooms for the first time.  My roommate is Kristin and she is really awesome.  We share a suite with Brittany and Kathrine.  We went to check out the resort and the beach for the first time.  We have to cross the road and take the employees entrance. The beach is less than a mile away down the employee road.  It was cloudy and looked like a storm was coming in.  We walk around the resort and stopped in La Yola, a restaurant right on the water.  We order our first beer, el presidente, a beer brewed in right in Santo Domingo.  We go back to the rooms and get ready for our first dinner. So hungry.  On our way it starts raining, downpour.  We walk down the employees road to the managers buffet.  After dinner we all hang out at the employees club and relax with some of the employees.  They teach some of us how to play dominos while other people play pool. It was still raining a little but the temperature was perfect.  The employees club is right across the street from our building.  I see fireworks coming from near the water. Bedtime.