Hotel Port au Prince

Finally, after a day-long journey over bumps, through flooding riverbeds, past voodoo witch doctors, over shanty towns, past salt flats, and into every environment of Haiti, we returned to the Hotel Montana for a long-nights ...

... . With fewer trees, the rain doesn't get absorbed and this results in severe flooding and erosion. As we started to approach Port Au Prince, the poverty was visible. It was weird to fly into a beautiful island and not see one high rise building or hotel. ...

... . Almost late, but arrive to find out flight canceled. Bumped to later flight, so wait in airport for 4 hours. Nap. Fly to Port-au-Prince for 1 hr 30 min. Picked up by Moses and Claude at the airport. Make our way to the hotel, Hotel Montana. Check ...

... The roads are in a terrible state and an off-road vehicle is the only durable solution. As yet there are no traffic signals in Port Au Prince, and so far I've only seen one stop sign. Japanese half-ton "tap-taps" with names like "Dieu sur tous" and "Ma ...

... some sports that weekend as well. Jessica lives in Dufally, one hour out of Mirebalais so we take the same public bus from Port Au Prince. It is a three hour journey over the infamous Mon Cabrit, a horribly kept road that reminds me of the ride up Pikes ...

... toilets, the citadelle, great people i've met and sunsets i've watched, also it had a few pics that i'd taken of around port-au-prince, anyway i was pretty gutted that i'd wiped them all untill i connected my card reader to the g/houses pc and all is ...

... . Un spectacle éprouvant vient de débuter devant nous, à nos pieds. Notre maison, à Morne Calvaire, à flanc de montagne surplombe Port-au-Prince. De la baie de PAP à gauche, jusqu'au lac frontière d'avec la République Dominicaine à droite, il y a ...

... 'e, d'autres pas, mais comme je suis mémère, je vous présente aujourd'hui notre lieu de vie: ze house we live in.   Port-au-Prince (PAP) est encadré par 2 chaînes des montagnes, au sud et au nord, par la mer à l'ouest, et un plateau à l'est ...

... is Matt and Coleen's first entry from Haiti (via Mom R).We arrived safely on Tuesday, August 19 in the capital city of Port au Prince. We were transported with the other 34 Peace Corps volunteers to a town about 2 hours north, to a hotel located on the ...

... have been here we've been to the Rescue Center in Cazale and two orphanages that are actually pretty close to each other in Port au Prince. The first orphanage that we spent time at was… okay. The kids slept in tents, there was rubble, debris, and ...

... million dollars worth of UN food aid rolled through the systemically poor town of Cabaret. We were only 20 miles north of Port-au-Prince and still somehow there is a lack of food in a church turned relief shelter. Marc and I stood amongst the pews ...

... in the air like they just didn't care. In every village on the way back we came across these crowds, and then again in Port Au Prince. When I got back to my room I settled down in front of Ayiti TV to watch the show live. The following evening, the ...

... The thing is, we still have a strong desire to continue to live abroad, our adventure is not over. For now, we'll continue devastated Port-au-Prince, have to see the effect it has on us, and have to courage to leave once we feel it will be over. Only God ...