Port Morgan Ile-a-Vache

... Et tel Hitchcock vous me verrez traverser l'écran! C'est en anglais...no French version available so far! A video recently done next to the 1st Better Work Haiti international buyers and major stakeholders' forum on Sept 30th, Oct 1st and 2nd. It will give a glimpse of what the situation is in ...

... nes des montagnes, au sud et au nord, par la mer à l'ouest, et un plateau à l'est qui se prolonge jusqu'en République Dominicaine. Il fait souvent très chaud "en bas" comme on dit, alors qu'il fait toujours un peu plus frais dans les montagnes. Initialement, la ville s’est développé dans la vallée, près de la mer, avec le port, qui fut, il y a fort longtemps, un des plus actifs des colonies: cane à sucre, épices, bois... Le centre-ville florissait, avec avenues marchandes ...

... past few nights, when the generator has stopped at the usual hour of 10, I have headed to bed. Tonight, I feel like a child who’s being shooed off to hit the sack right when she’s at the end of a really good mystery, with only a few pages left before she’ll find out whodunit. And so here I am, hiding under the covers with a big computer screen of a flashlight, being rebellious!

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... fleurs, villages, hameau, ... Et le silence, je vous dis pas, il en est assourdissant, tellement qu'il est présent parfois. Inspirant.

It is hard to put into pictures great outdoor landscapes. The greatness of the air, the silence, the infinity of a blue sky... Just go out there, and walk your favorite mountain!

Marc

I arrived in Haiti on September 8.

On the plane from Miami, I had sat next to a Haitian man who, I believe, was more nervous with anticipation than I was. He was an engineer from Florida and had been living in the States for something like 20 years but hadn't returned home in more than 10 years. He tried to find the words to describe his feelings about return. His heart was full yet constricted. I remembered how I had felt just before the plane bringing me back to the ...

Salut groupe!

On a fait un week-end en campagne, à 2-3 heures de route de Port-au-prince, du côté sud de l'île, qui donne sur la mer des Caraibes. La traversée des montagnes fut superbe, mais on est vraiment tombé sous le charme de Jacmel, notre destination. Petite ville tranquille sur la mer, plaquée sous un soleil anormalement chaud de ce septembre. Il ne s'y ...

Ok guys, this is English time!

Richard has been here in Haïti for 2 months, and me now for 1 month, and we love the place! The one year contract (renewable) that Richard has here will pass very fast, we're quite positive about it.

We’re starting to make friends, getting to know the place. As many Haitians will speak French, it is easier to get into the local culture. And you know what, we’ve started 2 weeks ago Creole classes, and it is a pure ...

So, I've been in Haiti for about a week. I definitely parachuted in, in the sense that I didn't quite know what I was getting into, but I'm not sure anyone can until they are actually here. This is my first time in an area with a reputation like Haiti's, and I am not experienced in this kind of venture. Also, I am not an authority on how Haiti has arrived at its current state, or even what that state ...

Down south I spent some time with missionaries down here and we went to Ile a Vache, a beautiful island with crescent sand beaches, for a time of relaxing. The Haitians walked around with us, joked with us, and found coconuts to eat. The wind was strong every day we were there which didn't help the dryness of no rain. There are not many sources of water, and without the rain, the wells were even fewer. Many mosquitoes also makes this island not as ...

Here I am back "home" again. After living in the area for nearly two years, I am coming back to visit for a week. The time is too short and since I have absent from here for about a year, there is much to see and do. Lots of people are awaiting my arrival and that is a nice feeling. I found a "woulib" or free ride down from Port au Prince to Les Cayes. It is only a 5 hour drive down then, if we stop for food. A couple from Texas arrived in Port au Prince ...