Royal Haitian Port-au-Prince

... gardées par des agents de sécurité (parfois armés). Y'a évidemment des « mansions » grandioses, vertes et fleuries, avec sécurité, barbelés, caméras de surveillance...

· Il ne fait pas froid, comme au Viet Nam, entre le moment où on ferme le robinet de douche et le moment où on s'essuie. Je n'ai pas vu de chaufferette dans aucune chambre de bain encore. :-) :-) :-)

· Sécurité. On a appris que les ...

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Ma routine : levée, petit-déjeuner en terrasse, puis retour dans la chambre : Internet, nouvelles, communications, mises à jour de paperasse, lectures de médecine. Retour en terrasse et piscine pour la trempette et le lunch : un club sandwich ou un excellent cheese burger. En pm, on se hâle le teint, on complète des lectures au bord de piscine ou à la chambre, avec le café. Quand il kicke, on descend au gym, br ...

... poverty. Avis finally brings the trucks but the spare has a flat! This can't be so we wait some more for it to be fixed. The time it takes to accomplish something in Haiti could be compared to watching paint dry! Our bags are loaded up (we take three trucks) and off we go. One quick stop at the gas station for some snacks and beverages. It could be a four hour drive or it could be an eight hour drive so you need to be prepared! We ...

It rains almost every day here. I'm not a big fan of rain, but I enjoy it here for some reason. After it let up tonight I went downstairs to eat dinner where I ran into Fortune (pronounced like 4 – 2 – nay). We spoke earlier today for a while as I was waiting for my ride. He gave me some sushi to try. I think I might end up playing basketball with him on the weekends.

I started reading Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of ...

... and Cuba. It's supposed to provide constant power, but the system hasn't been inaugurated yet. What's stopping them? It could be the American government - perhaps they threatened to withold much needed aid if the Haitian government received a gift from not-so-US-friendly governments? -- Les marchés sont ouverts tous les sept jours en matinée, aprèm, soirée. Voulez-vous faire ...

... airport, crazy, no one even turns to look. Finally in Miami! Customs is a hassle as a machine breaks. Kim and I need to check one of our carryons. We are in line with a large group going to Venezula. Did I mention their plane is leaving in thirty minutes. They completely jam up the line. Sadness, of all sadness, we do not get to go and eat burgers with the rest of the group. The one thing we ...

... plug in the Ipod and have a rowdy sing-a-long. Halfway there we are stopped by an out-of-gas tap-tap. Luckily the are able to get out of the way. We do pick up a small family who is traveling to PAP. There two year old is suffering severely from malnutrition. They are headed to the Children's Hospital so they climb in with us. People gather at the side of the road and wave Bonsoir! We pass a few rivers and apparently it is bathing day. Cover your eyes ...

... I showered with a pitcher of purified water, at least I didn't have to worry about opening my mouth. Three of the guys left at 7:30, we hoped to straighten out the truck situation. Some of us went up on the roof. The immensity of the city and situation really hits you up there. It is ironic that you see the beautiful ocean, gorgeous mountains, and then the worst of possible slums in the foreground. Especially considering the ...

... tercera fecha en que me di cuenta que, al caer el sol, la ciudad se transforma y es otra. Verdaderamente el Dr. Jeykill urbano se duerme, y por las calles se pasea Mr. Hyde ¡con tanto contento! Volviendo... el reveillon de la Pre Grand Chorale estuvo buenazo: era pequeño y de pequeños, pero aún así raspe suela. En el del ENSEMBLE 7 me quedé con ganas del bailongo con la chica más guapa de la fiesta, que era nada más y nada menos que Catherine Napoleón ...

... resultados fueron disputados (mexicanos: ¿les suena familiar?). Lamentablemente el conflicto llegó a la violencia, y murieron dos personas. Invertí buen tiempo de esta semana para preparar la homilía delsegundo domingo de adviento - o como decimos en creol, DEZYEM DIMANCH LAVAN (parece una transliteración castellana de algo pronunciado en francés). Es complejo en muchos sentidos. En primer lugar, porque predicar es complejo de suyo. Empatado en primer ...