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<title>Dominican Republic</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2009/10/05/dominicanrepublic</biblioid>
<volumenum>12</volumenum>
<issuenum>32</issuenum>
<pubdate>2009-10-05T18:51:30-04:00</pubdate>
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<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
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<copyright>
      <year>2009</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
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<para>A long weekend in the Dominican Republic brings me to country number
15.</para>
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<para xml:id="p1">The Dominican Republic is
<link xlink:href="/2008/09/14/antigua">country number fifteen</link>
for me. Deb had to work, and I did
<link xlink:href="/2008/projects/calabash">a little work</link> too,
but mostly I was free to enjoy the sun and the sea and the sand.</para>

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<para xml:id="p2">We don't live in the Caribbean, remind me why.</para>

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<para xml:id="p3">The Moon Palace resort was lovely (in a big “cruise ship on
land” sort of way), and this is not a criticism, just an observation,
but clearly there are no
<wikipedia page="Occupational_Safety_and_Health_Administration">OSHA</wikipedia>
inspectors in the Dominican Republic.</para>

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<para xml:id="p4">Or maybe there are no personal injury lawyers, I don't know. The
tripping hazard in our room was not the only structural feature that made
me do a double take.</para>

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