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Old 09-21-2002, 12:33 PM
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Hey....sounds like you really had a blast!!
Hopefully you'll be able to come back while I'm there this winter and we'll get to meet. I don't hang out a lot at the beach in Juan Dolio (which one to you go to?? the one behind Playa Esmeraldo-los vicini??) but the main public beach is about 300 feet from our condo!!
Hope to see you there!!
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Old 09-21-2002, 01:03 PM
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It's the public beach (Guan... i forget how to spell it, but it's beside a blocked off resort area and the entrance is off the main road and their are always kids playing basketball on the road. I will hopefully be returning in December or April depending on my funds, so hopefully you will still be around!!!!
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Old 09-21-2002, 01:56 PM
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keep working and saving Meredith, the trip could be just around the corner.
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Old 09-21-2002, 03:33 PM
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I know the beach you mean on the road to Guayacanes......
Won't know when we're going until we get back from Europe. How long we stay depends on hubby's work load.....the business lets him know when he has to come back!!
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Old 09-21-2002, 05:56 PM
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You did well Meredith. Can't wait to see the pictures. Have you found a place to have them scanned?
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Old 09-21-2002, 07:39 PM
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Hey, guys...
I'm going to dr in a few days I'm planning on staying at Playa dorada in Puerto plata. It cost's approximately $50USD a day per person. Do you any of you think I can do better somewhere else?
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Old 09-22-2002, 03:15 AM
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Is that with meals or without? Actually you should start a new thread. You'll get more responds
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Old 09-23-2002, 09:15 AM
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Talking Pictures...
are scanned, on c.d. and will be posted in the next couple of days!!!
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Old 10-18-2002, 11:58 AM
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Default Pics are up!!
Check them out here, or on the other thread.....

http://www.worldisround.com/articles/12677/index.html

Hope you enjoy!!
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Old 10-18-2002, 01:18 PM
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Excellent reports Meredith. I am so very sorry you did not call. we (the hillbilly clan ) could have fed you for a while and avoided a lot of pain... You did have my number, didn't you???
Another thing. About the shoe factory. Now that was in a Zona Franca, right? And you thought that that was sweat shop conditions? It is apparent you have not experience reall factory work in your young life. Do you know that those factories have to comply with OSHA regs and ISO 9000 and ISO 9001 qualifications? Unless, of course they were Korean owned. Then it is possible that the Koreans were demanding and getting Korean style, lock step production. However if the parent company is Western, either Canadian or US they have to conform to OSHA regulations. Levi's does not even allow the kids younger than 18 to bring food into their plants for their moms and dads, just in case anyone should see them and say that there was child labor being used... Please be careful of these generalizations. Factory work is tough enough and if you want to see more of it, I can take you to see the Timberland factory here in Santiago the next time you come down...

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