Amor y Sabor (Love + Flavor)Déjà Vu
Photo above: an example of an immigration officer conducting a visa interview. There are so many parallels between our first visa interview and this one, evoking an eerie feeling of déjà vu. It is as if the same situation is playing out but the elements have been changed around, almost like an…
Wet Night, Sunny Morn
Last night we went out to meet the Tamil/Dominican couple we first got to know on my last visit. The power went out yesterday about noon and as of 7:00 it still had not returned. So we had to get ready in the dark, using the flashlight from Karan’s cell phone to…
The Waterbed
Photo above: motorist navigating flooding streets in Santo Domingo. It has been raining since I have arrived in Santo Domingo, from the plane’s descent with the rain thundering down, streaking the windows, drenching the runway crew, to the writing of this post, the rain has been engaged in an ongoing assault of…
Flying Above A Storm
After five hours of killing time in San Juan Airport, a feat which was harder than expected, it was finally time to board the flight to Santo Domingo. The contrast was immediate as soon as I stepped on to the plane — whereas the flight from Jacksonville to San Juan was basically…
Migraine Inducing
It has been a month and a half since we got notice that we would be granted another visa interview. This petition we filed directly with the U.S. Consulate in Santo Domingo (DCF) which was supposed have taken only 4-6 weeks from start to finish. Instead we are nearing 3 months. The whole…
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