Country Info
- Port-au-Prince
- Capital
- Gourde (HTG)
- Currency
- 6,964,549
- Population
- HT
- Country Code
Haiti Slideshow
Haiti
Travel Blogs from Haiti
Hello from Haiti
... some of what we've seen already. Here's a link to the page where the video is hosted: http://www.backpackjournalists.com/video/haiti/ In order to preserve some of the quality of the original, this had to be a fairly large file. It is 84 ...
First Impressions
My hotel, the Montana, sits atop a hill overlooking the city and I have a fantastic view from my balcony. Unfortunately, you'll have to take my word for it because I only brought a disposable camera with me. When I get home I'll post the photos. It ...
Well i got my aspiration statement done ...
... done. Here it is for anyone masochistic enough to read it! Ha ha... ASPIRATION STATEMENT Virginia English Haiti August 19, 2002 Expectations... I expect Peace Corps service to be incredibly difficult and very rewarding. Having lived in ...
At Sea.....again
Another day at sea....slept in this morning then watched some of the filming on the promanade deck. Jenny McCarthy and the actor I used to lust after on the TV show "Men in Trees" (didn't find out his real name until the end of the trip...Scott ...
Haiti most people cringe when i tell them ...
... if I was going there to teach computers or something, I'd end up miserable. This is the real heart of the problem in Haiti: Deforestation: 98%. That's right. They only have 2% of their forest cover left. Breaks my heart. Haitians needed the wood for ...
Oh my godis time flying!! five weeks and ...
... Works great too. Other stuff: Books! As much as I can carry! So far, I have in my pack - Lonely Planet Haiti/Dominican Republic (Don't leave home without it.) One Straw Revolution - a book about organic gardening. A book on composting (title ...
Wowtime is flying! just sent off my ...
Wow...time is flying! Just sent off my paperwork for my Peace Corps passport and the Visa for Haiti. God, I hope I never look as bad as my passport photo! I have a lot of bills to pay off before I leave. Yes, unfortunately, the Peace Corps does not ...
At Sea
Today was another day at sea. My sea days are becoming lazier and lazier as the vacation goes on. We attended the Meet & Mingle for this cruise, then had lunch at Giovanni's, an italian restaurant in Central Park. We had a great ...
Flava Flave gots no party :-(
A word about my last update. The ridiculous security guards I referred to were those seen in places you'd expect to find men with shotguns; the supermarket, the swimming pool, and the internet cafe... not the embassy. Our guys do have the brown ...
So i suppose i should start by saying ...
So, I suppose I should start by saying something about myself. During my first trip abroad, I traveled through Hong Kong, Macau, China, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Nepal from 1993-1995. Since my return, my mind has been set on one thing - seeing the ...
Royal Carribbean- Mariner of the Seas
We went to a beautiful private beach for sun, sand, swimming and an awesome ...
Vie haïtienne en chiffres
Haitian Life by the Numbers Voitures de l'ONU que j'ai vues en un jour: 11 Combien d'heures d'électricité hier: 11 (?) A quelle heure on a coupé le courant: avant 6h00 Il faut rechauffer combien de pôts de l'eau chaque matin?: 3 (on n'a pas ...
We Made It!
It was a long journey, but Nora and I made it to Port au Prince a couple of hours ago. The airport here is what I would describe as being somewhat controlled chaos. In all honesty, it was very overwhelming at first, but Nora and I prevailed. After ...
On your mark, get set......
... cafe au lait and diet Coke, we took off for Miami. After only an hour layover there, we were packed onto our 1 1/2 flight to Haiti. There was not one empty seat on the plane. All of the passengers were Americans on their way to help our neighbors in ...
interesting week ahead
... today was at least 38 degrees. Last week it rained at night quite a bit. You may have heard about the windstorm that hit Haiti last week. It did some damage in some of the tent cities and 6 people died in the one a few km away from ...
Haiti???
I really did not know what to expect, everything I read said it was horrible! I have to say if you are looking for a great beach area with very little taste of local culture, this is a great stop. It is beautiful and you can do all the ...
Day 8 - Rocks and Cats
... of any of those Haitian cats much less a kitten from Mimi. She is so friggin’ tiny! All of the animals in Haiti are very skinny and I was told it was a protein deficiency which is also the reason all the Haitians are skinny too. I ...
Jakmèl (Yaquimel)
... storm "Noel" - later to become a hurricane! Fortunately for me, my flight happened to be the last one out of Haiti. Hours later the airport was closed for days. I was relieved to hear my friends who stayed back there, survived the ...
Ending thoughts
... is 12:30 at night and I'm laying awake in my apartment in New York with insomnia. This will be my final post concluding the Haiti trip. I am always amazed at how much more of a culture shock it is to come back to the States. How ...
A Closer Look at School in Haiti
Unfortunately, the school in Gramonthe village is closed this week. The government doesn't want any school to open until they can all reopen. The problem is that over 5000 schools were destroyed in the earthquake. It will be a long time until the village ...
Day 1 - First, get to Haiti
... was the makeshift customs, immigration, and baggage claim. It was my first encounter of the organized chaos which is Haiti. The baggage claim was some ropes next to big garage doors where they threw all the bags from the plane in and ...
Day 5 - Finally! To Work!
Our first full work day was pretty interesting. I was up at 6 ready to go, just excited to start working FINALLY. Sam and I went out to verify measurements of the already dug trenches. They turned out to by pretty far off our plans. It ...
Saying Goodbye
... of the tents. We met a man from South Carolina who was staying in that tent city. He was visiting his family in Haiti during the earthquake and is now unable to leave his loved ones behind in such conditions. The second tent city was an overwhelming ...
Map of Haiti
The members of our team are all from Ontario, Canada and we will be travelling to Haiti on Saturday, November 8, 2008 to begin a 2 week stay in Haiti. We will be working alongside Haitian brothers and sisters in a Medical Clinic in the town of ...
Labadee, Haiti
... by Royal Carribean but nonetheless it is interesting to visit. Haiti is part of the island of Hispaniola. Hispaniola consists of 1/3 Haiti and 2/3 Dominican Republic. The part we visited is a tropical paradise compared to the now destroyed city of ...
Tree huggers
... in the future. Even if it takes the trees five years to produce fruit, we are making a difference for the future. Haiti cannot be fixed today, tomorrow, or next year. We are working to make a better future for humanity, even if we can't ...
Pétion-Ville
... presence. Besides the handsome Croatian officer on my flight from NY, who took a suspicious bag off of our plane, in Haiti the officers, be they from Brazil, Montreal Canada, or Croatia were all very handsome...Too bad we couldn't socialize with ...
Labadee, Haiti
On the north coast of Hispaniola, surrounded by beautiful mountain slopes and exotic foliage, sits Labadee®, Royal Caribbean's private paradise. This exclusive destination offers pristine beaches, breathtaking scenery and spectacular water activities. ...
Long awaited...
... ;I cried tears that had not fallen in 5 weeks. I cried for my dad. I cried for memories lost and now recovered. I cried for Haiti. I cried for home and my mom, my family. I cried happy and I cried sad. An inevitable release. ...