Med School: First Week.

Saturday, August 27th
en route to Dominica

Harrisburg, PA → Washington D.C. → San Juan, PR →Antigua →Dominica
So after being delayed in Antigua for a while and arriving late I am comforted to find in my welcome to Ross bag an orientation schedule, tupperware, an LED light and a RAPE WHISTLE! wonderful.

Sunday, August 28th
Boring wireless computer configuration and campus exploration

Monday, August 28th

Start of orientation. Got my white coat and then stood in line for three hours to get a phone... gah carribean time!
Attended a lecture on the history of Dominica
What did I learn

It's named Dominica because Columbus discovered it on a Sunday (Sunday in Latin)
It has the most volcanoes per square mile of any place in the world
Is home to the only native Caribbean population territory (similar to reservations in the US) in the world. Silly colonialists basically white out the entire native Caribbean population with disease
It's the second poorest country in the Caribbean
The capital was originally in Portsmouth (by me) but the British had to abandon the city due to malaria brought over during the slave trade. They moved it to the south to a town called Roseau

Lowlight of the day. ANTS! They infiltrated my cereal.
Note prices are really weird here: shredded wheat costs 22EC around $8. When I went back to the store to get replacement food I got a pineapple fruit bowl, a cadbury fruit and nut bar, chicken nuggets, frozen brocoli and 4 bananas for 21.27EC. I guess I won't be eating cereal anymore.

Tuesday, August 30th
More orientation followed by my own beach exploration

The Beach

Cabins

Zoomed In

So I turn around from my spot on the beach and start to look at the cabins. Apparently they filmed a good chunk of the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean in Dominica and a lot of the Cast and Crew stayed in the cabins right by the school

This is Jerry Bruckheimer's cabin. Gore Verbinski's is right next door


Sunset

Wednesday, August 31st
Orientation followed by a trip down the Indian River

This is where they filmed all the witch doctor/ swamp scenes for the pirates movies This is where they filmed all the witch doctor/ swamp scenes for the pirates moviesThis is where they filmed This is where they filmed all the witch doctor/ swamp scenes for the pirates movies

Later I went to the gym and lost my house key :( Shockingly someone found it and I got it back the next day... wooo!

Thursday, September 1st
More orientation. Lectures included disaster planning by the school's Hurricane Watch Officer.
Also went to Mexican night at the local bar. Yay for dollar tacos! and I caught another sunset from their balcony.