Cormier Plage Cap-Haitien

... across the expanse of ocean (a gentle 45 minute ride) into Cap Haitien. Before I move on, I'll say this on TCI, it's a beautiful, underserved island destination. While off the beaten path a bit, several large airlines fly there, and it remains reasonably priced for a Caribbean locale. The beaches are phenomenal, and I heard it's diving and snorkeling is amazing, perhaps its best draw. So I urge others to visit. I had only one afternoon, and I used it on the beach ...

Yesterday we dropped Kevin and Sarah off at the gwo machin that goes to Borgne. When they started in Borgne the drive was 7 hours. It's now 2 since two bridges have been installed. I don't remember how many miles it is from Cap, but you can look at a map and see how a 7 or 3 our drive is ridiculous. Afterward we dropped Erika off at the airport. Lynx Air has a great sign that says "We Give You Service, Not Excuses ...

... back. That quickly changed when a muddy hole, better described as a pond in the road, looked like it would consume the truck. Marcorel refused and took a third route. That route included a drive down the airport runway. I realized it quickly since nothing else in Haiti is so wide and well paved. We were cracking up and looking around. Luckily flights in and out of the Cap Haitien airport aren't very frequent.

... time waiting for the last of the Miami students to leave. Afterward I hired an interpreter to walk around with. Erika and I searched Cap with Astel. We searched for a local archive in the old jail. ISPAN was torn down by local citizens in 1994. During the first coup of Aristide local paramilitaries used the jail as a base. At this point ISPAN, under the Minister of Culture, is rebuilding the area and preserving ...

... country was split in two, with Christophe in the North and Alexandre Petion ruling the south. Christophe killed himself with a silver bullet in his room in Sans Souci. Sans Souci was destroyed in an earthquake in the 1860's. Christophe also built the Citadelle. Actually 200,000 Haitians built it, 10% dying in the process. The fort was never completed and never used. Today it is a United Nations World Heritage Site and you can search online for additional ...

... pool money to start businesses, teach sex education (specifically targeting 12-16 year old girls to keep them from getting pregnant), and many other things. She requests all the help she can get to combat rampant poverty (I saw many distended stomachs) and high infant mortality rates. We listened to Madame Bwa for some time and met the three finalists for the Fatra Pa Existe (Garbage Does Not Exist) Contest run by SOIL/SOL. The goal was to make ...

... found a feather from a bird and went after the source for more. She wanted to create earrings. Rosemond joined in to create some ****** off little birds high in the tree. I'll tell you more about thee Rosemond Jolissaint in another post if you don't already know him. The drive back was exciting for two reasons. First we ran across a monument to the Haitian revolutionaries, which was improved by Aristide on the eve of Haiti's ...

... of Wisconsin donations, a few of which were a result of Sasha and Marcorel's visit in September and Erika and I fasting seperately. The Sun Oven hasn't come so experimenting with that should be in the near future. After we ate this afternoon we went on a guided tour (given by a boy in grade school). Benick was a street kid that Sasha met when she was gathering street kids to watch a film. He told her how his father was a fisherman until he died when ...

... post) below the mountain and the Citadelle atop. 20,000 people lost their lives in the construction and you can more information at wikipedia. The Citadelle was never finished or used and has been registered as a World Heritage site by the United Nations (some may recall I lived outside of another World Heritage site in New Zealand, always cool things). This may be the only thing I can praise the UN for in ...

... el Dr. Paul Farmer. Y recientemente terminé la lectura de "The Uses of Haiti", este último escrito por Paul Farmer (recomendación de la Dra. M. Cimperman). Ya escribí y prediqué mis primeras dos homilías en francés - una de ellas fue traducida al creol. Breves y leídas, pero ¡es el comienzo! POSTDATA: he puesto algunas fotos de Cabo Haitiano y de Puerto Príncipe en algún lugar. Puesto que aún no soy un experto ...