Abaka Bay Resort Ile-a-Vache

... while also pointing at the needs for ILO to be here. You'll see me go through the screen just like Hitchcock used to do! Enjoy!

Lien/Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vJps-5u gBY&feature=email

Ciao!
< br>Richard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vJps-5u gBY

... marchés en plein air, les bâtiments du gouvernement. Depuis les 20 dernières années, après la chute du fils Duvalier, la face du pays et de PAP a changé. Le pays s'est appauvri, les gens ont quitté les campagnes pour essayer de trouver emploi-fortune-chance en ville. Le surpeuplement de la ville a fait que les gens ont grimpé sur les collines et, avec l'aide du gouvernement, qui pendant un temps, a permis à n'importe qui de s'établir n’ importe où, de larges étendues de ...

... I’m not really under the covers.

Electricity. We take it for granted in the U.S., and we panic when it’s taken away. I remember nights under the stars in Benin being thankful for the lack of “fake” light.

I could see the Milky Way.

As a practical matter, though, electricity is grand. The other night when the battery must have been on its last legs, I sat on my ...

Salut groupe!

Quelques images de promenades en montagne, à 30 minutes de la maison. Avant de venir ici, dans les images que je me projettais de Haiti, non, je ne voyais pas de montagnes. Mais c'est très beau, farci de sentiers, on peut marcher partout, c'est fabuleux! Et en marchant, on traverse champs d'oignons, de mais ...

... after two years in Benin landed. I noticed that his hands shook a little bit as he took his pen to fill out the customs and immigration card. He took out his passport and showed it to me, saying, "I’m an American citizen now."

As our plane flew over the island, I was amazed at the jagged mountains and hills below and skinny white trails between patches of green. After we landed, the Haitian man said, “Before, people used to clap. They were so happy to ...

We flew out of Fort Lauderdale and over the beautiful blue Carribean waters and islands. We approached Haiti from the North side of the island and then south to Port Au Prince. I have to admit that I have never flown so close the mountains before in a big jetliner but it was exciting. The island from the air was beautiful but the deforestation was unbelievable. The Haitians use the wood from trees for charcoal to cook ...

... These writings are based solely on my impressions and perceptions. Where to begin? So far, and somewhat unexpectedly, Haiti is primarily a place, like many others, where people live their daily lives, where there is a lay of the land, and where the surroundings and weather are notable and play a significant part. Details follow from there, and many things differ, sometimes wildly, from the places and ...

On Friday we got up slowly and sat around the Church grounds. We watched as people would walk by the open gate, look as they walked by, then take a few steps backward to stare in at us. We met Jonas, our translator, for the first time and entered the school where the Association members were gathering. The day was planned for an introduction/assessment all morning and then a walking tour ...

... as a paradise that it seems to be. There is a library there, though not all can read. Several of the children asked for money for school. Since I didn't have much with me, I could not offer them any help in this matter. While in Chantal, I found several women in my neighborhood with new babies. At least three or four women had given birth since I had left last year. Only one was married. The children are adorable, but I have no idea how these women ...

... they were supposed to fly down to Les Cayes, but they missed their flight, so now have to drive down. It is a good character building exercise. I do not like it, but it is a good way to see the country, up close, and rocky. Certain parts of the road are good, the other parts, well, where the river washed it away or left debris behind, they are not too good. At least there hasn't been any rain (which is not good) so the roads were passable this time ...