Day #10 Good Bye DR and Day #11 We Survived Another Night in the Tampa Airport
We got to spend one last day at the beach, well a half day anyone. Again it was beautiful. Today there were hardly any clouds at all which meant it was hot! We drank our last pina coladas, took one more swim in the ocean, and soaked up some last rays. Then it was off to the airport. We decided to be cheap and make it an adventure to get to the airport. We hopped in a gua-gua (like a little van-bus) and headed to Bayahibe. We picked up people on the way, then transferred to a different gua-gua. They packed so many people in! It was hilarious. We finally made it to the airport to start another 20 hour journey. Luckily we still had the office to entertain us :). We made it to Puerto Rico and then to Tampa and geared up for another long night in the airport. This time we hid from the security so that we wouldn't have to go to the main terminal. It was a little quieter in our terminal and halfway through the night we even found some padded benches! Still not the best night of sleep, but better than the first time around. We made it back to cold Salt Lake and back to reality. I am so grateful for the chance I had to work in the DR. I met some amazing people and had an incredible time.
We got to spend one last day at the beach, well a half day anyone. Again it was beautiful. Today there were hardly any clouds at all which meant it was hot! We drank our last pina coladas, took one more swim in the ocean, and soaked up some last rays. Then it was off to the airport. We decided to be cheap and make it an adventure to get to the airport. We hopped in a gua-gua (like a little van-bus) and headed to Bayahibe. We picked up people on the way, then transferred to a different gua-gua. They packed so many people in! It was hilarious. We finally made it to the airport to start another 20 hour journey. Luckily we still had the office to entertain us :). We made it to Puerto Rico and then to Tampa and geared up for another long night in the airport. This time we hid from the security so that we wouldn't have to go to the main terminal. It was a little quieter in our terminal and halfway through the night we even found some padded benches! Still not the best night of sleep, but better than the first time around. We made it back to cold Salt Lake and back to reality. I am so grateful for the chance I had to work in the DR. I met some amazing people and had an incredible time.
1 comment:
Kristi,
I don't even know if you remember me. I was Shane's roommate at teh Don Carlos, the PA I am gearing up for another trip in November and was getting some research done and stumbled across your blog, it brought back some great memories. Don't know if you are going but just wanted to thank you for your dedication, and compassion. You are a great worker hope all is well in your world.
Jeff Abram
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