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THANKSGIVING DIA de BEISBOL

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Thanksgiving Morning: head to the local el play.....one game on the main field, another small game on the side...the game on the main field were down to their last baseball....it ripped and then they were down to the strings....just keep playing.... This is a player ran practice today.....after the first game ended, players line up at short and one kid starts hitting pretty hard grounders from the pitchers mound....if you make an error you lose a piece of clothing.... Marten on his third grounder here is about to lose his shoes....he already lost his hat and shirt on the first two attempts.... Just need a bat and a ball, the game is universal.... Ruby finding a little beach time in the morning.

Hustle & Bustle on the Border

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Here is some low-quality footage I took at the border town in Jumanji.....one of the most dislocated and confusing border crossings I've ever seen, probably tied with the Kazakhstan - Russia border near Omsk....joined a great group of people from the state of Georgia and the Dominican through SCORE International to rebuild a roof ripped off by Hurricane Matthew.  Driving through Haiti isn't that difficult when traveling with two doctors, two interpreters that speak Spanish, English and Haitian Creole and an unmarked police escort car.  If estimated travel time to your destination is 3 to 4 hours, just make sure you add 3 to 4 hours....mas o menos another 1 or 2 hours on top of that... The town we were in Simon Caye on the southern peninsula of Haiti was told they should have their power back in 3 to 4.......years.  Rain delay at Barrio Mexico in San Pedro de Macoris.....  Nice haul of platanos.....when translated platanos means "without flavor." The libr...