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You know you're in a developing country when....

11/24/2012

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1. Your alarm clock is a rooster. 
2. Your walk to school usually involves chickens (and maybe a goat).
3. Taking public transportation runs the risk of having to sit on the lap of a complete stranger.  
4. Air-conditioning is a rare luxury. 
5. You're not allowed to drink the water from the faucet.
6. You can't flush toilet paper down the toilet because that would plug the sewage system.
7. Selling puppies on the corner is a common way to make a living. 
8. Milk is primarily sold in powdered form.  And anything less than whole milk is practically unheard of. 
9. Street dogs abound. Shelters and pounds do not. 
10. Your neighbors hire their own personal security guards just to sit outside and watch their houses all day/night long. 
11 Recycling doesn't exist, litter is common. 
12. Everyone has a drying machine...its called the sun. 

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We have to call the nearest "colmado" or corner store, to deliver 2 "botellones"  (giant bottles) of water about every 2 weeks so that we have something to drink. Also, I am pretty lucky in that where I live we have this fancy water dispenser that chills our water. Most of my friends don't have this and must continually fill up pitchers to put in the fridge so that they have cold water. 
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Ummm, Yummm, Milk
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Poor little guy was looking for breakfast
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Very effective drying system...until it rains
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    Hola! My name is Molly and I was recently hired through the travel abroad company CIEE as an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher for the PUCMM, a university located in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Hopefully this blog will give future travelers an insight into teaching abroad, while also helping me log my adventures and stay in touch with friends back home. 

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