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Lindsay de Feliz
- Visitors From AfarAs an expat, one of the highlights of life is having visitors from overseas. Friends and family from your home country, or, in my case, visits from new friends you…Read more
- Winter Comes To The Dominican RepublicWhen you think of a Caribbean island the whole idea of winter does not enter your mind. This year, for the first time in my 12 years here, I am…Read more
- It’s The Mosquito Season In The Dominican RepublicI have absolutely no idea why God invented mosquitoes. I cannot see they do anything useful at all apart from being a tasty snack for lizards and tarantulas. However, living…Read more
- Education In The Dominican RepublicThe new school year begins this week so I thought I would explain a little about the education system in the Dominican Republic.The vast majority of children go to public…Read more
- It’s Mango Season In The Dominican Republic!One of the good and bad things about living in the Dominican Republic is that there is very little imported fruit and vegetables – at least not where I live,…Read more
- Missing The Mushrooms In The Dominican RepublicI think that one of the things that all expats probably have in common is missing something from ‘back home’. Most often people – I miss my mum, the daily…Read more
- Moving House In The Dominican RepublicMoving house in the Dominican Republic is not exactly like moving house in the UK. There are no packing cases, no wrapping things in bubble wrap, no newspaper, no labelling…Read more
- Interesting Surprises – The Gay Scene In The Dominican RepublicThis country constantly amazes me as you expect things to be a certain way – and they are not.The Dominican Republic is a staunchly Catholic country, catholicism is the national…Read more
- When The Dream FadesI was chatting to a friend of mine the other day, a fellow Brit, who also lives here in the Dominican Republic, and he was telling me that sometimes the…Read more
- Wartime Spirit In The Dominican RepublicI sometimes wonder what I used to do with all the spare time I had in England, as everything must have been so much easier when I was there. I…Read more