... in the Dominican Republic ...

(sorry to copy, but it's such a good idea, couldn't resist.)

1 - to see up to eight or ten people in one car. These are ‘public cars’, the most popular form of transportation around here. Mainly I think because it only costs 7 pesos (about 20p).

2 - for men to have more than one woman on the go. In fact it’s expected. Yuerch.

3 - to find yourself dancing to/singing to/enjoying outdated tunes (and I’m talking sometimes 20 years outdated) that you would scoff at at home, just because you can underdstand the words and you know the tune.

4 - to hear a torrent of expletives coming from my shower at 6:45 in the morning, every morning. Try rolling out of a nice cosy, warm bed, turning off the fan that doesn’t really keep you cool anyway, padding barefoot down an open-air corridor (yes it’s warm) and taking a horrendous shower in ICE COLD water. Then try it when you are half asleep and then you will understand.