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Capital
of the
Dominican Republic
located on the
island
of
Hispanola
in the
Carribean
. The full name of the city is
Santo Domingo de Guzmán
and it is the oldest
city
in the
New World
with a
history
of over 500 years. During part of the
reign of terror
by the
dictator
Rafael Molino Trujillo
, who ruled the country from 1930 to 1961, the city was called Ciudad Trujillo.
Evidence of the city's long history can be seen at every street corner and even in the
language
of the people. Rather than list the
tourist
centers of attraction, I would rather give here a personal
memoir
of my impressions while living there. First, of course, is the impression of extreme
poverty
on every side.
If you blindfolded me and set me down in the center of the city, I could guess it was Santo Domingo only from the sound of
motores
or motor
scooters
, the most common mode of transportation other than walking. For a few
centavos
you could hitch a ride on the back of the scooter, clinging to the back of the driver. A step up in price is the
público
where you could squeeze in the back of a private
car
along with six or seven other people. Usually you could count on a trip from point A to point B, but if the car was not full, the driver could decide to push everyone out and begin his return trip.
The next impression I have is the recurring
blackouts
. Most private homes and the stores downtown had
plantas
or
generators
.We had no
generator
and had to rely on
oil lamps
most of the time. Even as a school teacher, I could afford to hire one person whose only job was to be certain that there was
oil
in lamps and that the
wicks
were trimmed. It was almost a law in the area where I lived that when there was
electricity
there would be no
water
in the pipes for the pump to move to the
cistern
on the roof. Of course, when there was water in the pipes, there was no
electricity
to operate the pump.
It follows that a
shower
could be very tricky. It was customary to
wash
only one part the
body
and then
rise
before moving to the next part. The first morning on the
job
, I had to go to
work
with dry soap suds in my
hair
. Speaking of work, gainful
employment
is necessarily scarce.
Employers
pay little and demand much. I was expected to be at school around 6:30am and it was not unusual for me to stay until 7:00pm in the evening. To be continued (I hope)!
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