Day One

Flying into Dominica- beautiful!


Ross Medical University


Luke left Phoenix on April 28th at 11:00 a.m. After traveling to Dallas, then San Juan, Puerto Rico, he had a 12 hour layover. Thinking this airport was like all others, he thought he could just sleep and rest in the San Juan Airport. Wrong! All of a sudden he looked up and everyone was gone. They had locked the doors and he was in the the airport alone. Suddenly, a fellow Ross medical student showed up and found herself in the same position. They kept each other company and didn't sleep a wink. The rest of the trip to Dominica in a prop plane was uneventful and he thankfully found all of his luggage safely waiting for him. People from Ross were waiting for all of the students who flew in, took them back to the campus, fed them, and deposited them and their luggage to their new homes.

Luke's apartment


Luke moved into his new apartment on the first day and quickly found how to buy electricity (very costly and purchased by the unit in advance), a bank to exchange his US funds to EC's, and met a few guys and headed to a local bar to have some fun. As he walked up a huge hill to the bar he found himself soaked, walked back down the hill to change shirts, then caught a ride to the top. The humidity with 90 degree temps was a shock for him.