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Dominican is an interesting country. I understand poverty as I come from a country that has been poor for long. The common thing that poor countries have is bad roads, have problems with electricity and running water, they make strangers feel un-secure while if you live there it's all fine, there is always a guy responsible for messing things up and bring the country in the status it is. Simple people are friendly, middle class wants to rip you off in a nice way, rich people ... they are the same everywhere! I have the feeling I was not in the best resort Dominican has. They kept things clean but not much facilities for children and not much variety in the buffet menu. Was nice not to cook for 1 week but not nice to have choices like banana pie (some kind of Shepard's pie where mashed potatoes is replaced with mashed bananas), pre-sweetened french toast, skimmed milk... They also had an area where for half an hour a day was a competition on target shooting and arrow sling. I tried both. Arrow was the first time and kind of hurt myself trying to get to the target, failed "crapy-crapy" as the guy there kept saying. But on the gun... I had to bring back the memories of military training from high school and I did much better than some big men there. One of them actually asked me "Are you a police officer?" :))) Anyway, if I go again to Dominican, I will try to pay some more and go to a better place.
San Francisco in the other hand was NICE! Because work payed for my trip, I stayed in a very nice hotel, with a king size fluffy bed just for me! A little chilly when I was there but much warmer than the place I spend the rest of the year. Getting this picture of Golden Gate was almost like taking it from an airplane. The wind was so strong, I could have felt down the hill. But it was all worthy! The downtown is very cute. Loved the streets that start at the ocean and like a ribbon stretch to the top of the hill. The houses are all well kept, with personality and I'm sure I can't afford one! Spent most of the free time I had by Pier 39, main tourist area. You could see Alcatraz from there and there were a lot of store selling jail clothes, even baby jail clothes!! One thing I will not forget from that trip is the size of sandwiches. They are HUGE! I order a turkey sandwich and I get half a loaf of bread, a whole turkey breast, 2 tomatoes... I ate it in 2 portions in a 3 hours time difference. Same with a veggie sandwich next day...My work matte started having fun with me "You and your big sandwiches"!
I don't want to live in America, but Cali can change my mind... ok there are also a handful of other cities that I can live in States but they are colder than California so they fall lower in the list. I am ready to have a lower salary but live in a warm and sunny place. I feel smarter, stronger, sexier when the weather is nice. It's not fair the way Canada and States share the continent. The border shouldn't divide North with South but East with West. In that way, each country can have a share of the sun and snow. I guess these are things we have to blame our predecessors for the wrong decisions they made.
Au dessus des vieux volcans,
Glisse des ailes sous les tapis du vent,
Voyage, voyage,
Eternellement.
De nuages en marécages,
De vent d'Espagne en pluie d'équateur,
Voyage, voyage,
Vole dans les hauteurs
Au dessus des capitales,
Des idées fatales,
Regarde l'océan...
Voyage, voyage
Plus loin que la nuit et le jour, (voyage voyage)
Voyage (voyage)
Dans l'espace inouï de l'amour.
Voyage, voyage
Sur l'eau sacrée d'un fleuve indien, (voyage voyage)
Voyage (voyage)
Et jamais ne revient.
Sur le Gange ou l'Amazone,
Chez les blacks, chez les sikhs, chez les jaunes,
Voyage, voyage
Dans tout le royaume.
Sur les dunes du Sahara,
Des iles Fidji au Fujiyama,
Voyage, voyage,
Ne t'arrêtes pas.
Au dessus des barbelés,
Des coeurs bombardés,
Regarde l'océan.
Voyage, voyage
Plus loin que la nuit et le jour, (voyage voyage)
Voyage (voyage)
Dans l'espace inouï de l'amour.
Voyage, voyage
Sur l'eau sacrée d'un fleuve indien, (voyage voyage)
Voyage (voyage)
Et jamais ne revient.
Au dessus des capitales,
Des idées fatales,
Regarde l'océan.
Voyage, voyage
Plus loin que la nuit et le jour, (voyage voyage)
Voyage (voyage)
Dans l'espace inouï de l'amour.
Voyage, voyage
Sur l'eau sacrée d'un fleuve indien, (voyage voyage)
Voyage (voyage)
Et jamais ne revient
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