Country Info
- Port-au-Prince
- Capital
- Gourde (HTG)
- Currency
- 6,964,549
- Population
- HT
- Country Code
Haiti Slideshow
Haiti
Travel Blogs from Haiti
Labadee, Haiti
Labadee is Royal Caribbean's private island on a peninsula on the Island of Haiti. We were on the first tender off the ship so we hit the beach early. We set up in the shade of a coconut tree, aldi back on our deck chairs, ordered a rum cocktail, ...
Returned Port-au-Prince
Finally, after a day-long journey over bumps, through flooding riverbeds, past voodoo witch doctors, over shanty towns, past salt flats, and into every environment of Haiti, we returned to the Hotel Montana for a long-nights ...
A New Perspective
... ever been to. It literally looked like a beach off of a post card. It is so hard to believe that so many people in Haiti live in poverty because of such a corrupt government, but that the beaches and mountains are so beautiful. I guess that this is just ...
The bus crash
Just as we were finishing up the days schedule we got news of a bus crash in the mountains around PAP - 30 people injured 17 of them american church group members. Apparently they were riding in what is essentially a dump truck with an open back ...
More Airports :o
The brother is waiting for the computer, so this entry will be in English: 22 December 2008 At the crack of dawn, we received our wake up call from the friendly people at SpringHill Suites/FLL. By 5 am, we were on our way to the ...
Roadtrip
These are photos taken from the mountain-sides on Sunday October 28th, along the route back to Port-au-prince airport from Jacmel (approx. 3 hour drive). Deforestation explains the browned landscape at higher elevations, a likely contributing ...
Patience Redefined
... this week, I thought, “I live here?!”) The gist is change takes time anywhere, but in a country like Haiti, even simple tasks become complicated by a lack of infrastructure and governmental organization. Its not the people who are ...
Haiti and the Caribbean
First place out of the US - I was 9 - and saw things which forever colored my ...
From Port-au-Prince to Jacmel
... were KC – the Director of Education for the St. Joseph Family (SJF), Geoffrey, the new Executive Director of Hearts with Haiti (HWH) and Stephen, whose father founded Hearts with Haiti – a major SJF funder. The trip up, over the ...
Pink Scrubs
... and the effect on their lives. As any of us would be, the Hatians are very worried about having an amputation. In Haiti, though, there seems to be some additional cultural influence that makes having an amputation even worse than the obvious functional ...
I miss you mom
... it. I showed it to everyone! Fedner gives me the best gifts! Before breakfast we found out that it was Mother's Day in Haiti and we were taking the kids to church. I knew as soon as I found out that it was going to be a rough ...
Sunday night in the Upper Room
We had a very nice day starting with being guests at the Methodist Church of Hinche. The new white tile looked spectacular , as well it should, the workers worked on it 12 hours a day for three days.The choirs sang songs for us , including the childrens ...
Impressions
Salut groupe! Je pense qu'un fait, il serait trop tôt pour donner des impressions, car cela requiert un jugement et il est certainement prématuré d'aller sur ces terrains. Je préfèrerai vous transmettre ce que mes yeux ont vu, mes oreilles ...
Saint Marc Voodoo
While passing through Saint-Marc, Jonathon informed me that there were a lot of which doctors. Sure enough, just outside the city a taptap (truck-converted-to-a-taxi) had pulled over, and the people were dancing in a circle around a sick person. A witch ...
tremblement de terre
On est ok!!! Juste au cas ou, il vient de se produire un très fort tremblement de terre, on a eu très peur, je peux vous le dire. Mais on est ok, la maison aussi, quelques dégats matériels mais bon, c,est rien à côté du cuachemard qu'on voit à ...
recounting the journey
Its incredible the immense ability of humanity to adapt. To adapt in times of suffering and pain and in times of excess and luxury. Thousands of people continuing to live in tents. eating nothing but dirt, washing dirty cloth with dirty ...
A country looking for hope and finding little
Please check out my coverage of Haiti on The Columbus Dispatch's website. You’ll find a daily blog, newspaper articles, photos and videos by me. You also may be interested in my stories looking back one year after the earthquake. As one volunteer ...
Final thoughts
... the last week, I have contniued to struggle with the conflict of my growing hopelessness for major recovery in Haiti and a sense of accomplishment for what little we were able to do. I am frustrated about how little ...
Our Day in Haiti
We arrived in Haiti early Tuesday morning. This is NOT the Haiti we all saw when the earthquake hit earlier this year. Royal Caribbean has taken over this part of the island and did a "Disney –like" make over on it. It has a little town ...
TABARNAK! FUCK AND FUCK!!!
L'image de Thomas vaut mille mots (ou maux, c'est selon). Cliquez dessus. See the picture below, am speechless. Click on it. (No worry anyone, for us, we'll be fine on our big strong house.) (Que personne ne s'inquiète de notre sécurité; vraiment pas ...
A diplomat after all
... . You know, to REALLY figure out what I wanted to do with my life. Ten years later, I am living in Haiti practicing diplomacy after all. Had a somewhat tense meeting with CEL this week as I suggested they consider the young teachers I have ...
Answers to Kindergarteners' Questions
A big hello to Mrs. Cabal's class- Thank you for two great questions, Jacob and Eric. Wasn't that funny watching us all bounce around the back of a truck on that bumpy mountain road. I was so afraid that I would fall out but I never did. ...
Waiting at the Miami Airport
Well, we went through our fourth security today! We are so secure I know they can now up my security clearance. Getting to the Port au Prince airport was an adventure, we saw every back road and alley with all the WONDERFUL smells and dust made the ...
Day 7 - Commander?
... of Americans after this. Maybe not, but I am doing the best I can to represent the hard workers of America here in Haiti! Haha that sounds a bit self-righteous! Geeze. When the work day was almost done three of the older girls came out ...
Lovely Labadee - a Caribean idyll at last!
At last, lovely weather, turquoise seas, and Dilly starts returning to her usual ...