Rival Hotel Cap-Haitien

Yesterday was another day of sickness for Erika. A bed was set up in the living room and she made huge improvements (including walking and showering). I'm drawing a blank on what I actually did yesterday...on to today. Erika is back to 95% and Kevin seems to be afflicted with the same problems Erika had two days ago. Marcorel, Sarah, Sasha, Erika, Josapha, and I drove out to Petit Anse and rural Milot (not at the ...

... it's great that they already have a structure and system established. Tomorrow will be a quiet day. Everything shuts down on Sundays in Haiti. Erika, Kevin, Sarah, and I were planning on going to Borgne via a gwo machin (Big car), but Erika's condition makes that highly unlikely. No pictures today. Goodnight. P.S. I forgot to mention the second creepy protest a block over. The old Army was out demonstrating against MINUSTAH.

... blocks and sifting sand. Erika and Emma learned how to lay block, which Sarah said the masons usually don't allow. We got a ride to the river, took a boat across, and picked up a tap tap to return to Cap. Back at the house the electricity was out and I passed out for a while. Although I do minimal physical work, I'm still tired at the end of every day. Hopefully that will let up soon.

... the corner out of site. A minute or two later I heard her voice and realized she had stopped just around the corner. They said, "See she's tipping them," but I explained that she paid less than I paid to begin with, which was true. The rain came and poured down on us again and my guides took off realizing they'd get nothing more. It's a ****** feeling to end with, but that was it. I bought a piece of artwork and we waited for Marcorel to pick us up. Since ...

... Cap at midnight. The Jolissaints were excited to kill the goat and woke up their family. Sasha, Erika, Woody, and I watched and discussed the potential gore factor. I've never killed a goat before, but Erika was saying the cut was too low and death too slow. The guys drained the blood and began skinning as I held a light. Then the decision was made to return to the house where I promptly went to bed. As the title suggests, a picture or two may be bloody.

... the University of Miami taking a study abroad course. For those of you who don't know, Sasha Kramer (co-Founder of SOIL), she is now an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami in International Studies (with a PhD in Ecology from Stanford). That and she's generally kick ass. We arrived at the new place and met Kevin and Sarah, a couple who live at the Catholic Worker House in Rochester and co-Founded SOIL with Sasha. They've been working in ...

... Your guide will lead you through beautiful coral reefs, where you'll witness an abundance of exotic marine life. You'll also pass various fishing villages that have been unchanged for decades. Ahoy, mateys! Become a pirate for a day at LabadeeŽ Luc's Splash Bash. Get drenched by ground geysers and water archways, battle other buccaneers with water cannons aboard the pirate ship, or explore the treasure map trail. Soak up the sun while you float on the ...

The morning of the 2nd included running out of gas on the road to the airport in Port au Prince. We drove through different areas than before and saw the MINUSTAH forces (UN). They also decided to point their weapons at us while we took their pictures. In Haiti MINUSTAH is a huge destabilizing force. They have murdered countless civilians in Cite Soleil and Bel Air. They're definitely not to be trusted. We made it to the airport where we met Franci ...