Port au Prince Guest House

... miles.                 We slowly headed out of Port-Au-Prince towards Les Cayes, 4 hours away.  It was rush hour so the streets were packed and made for some unpleasant stop ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... wiped out and the rest realise and appreciate the importance of tourists to go out of their way to help and make you feel safe. Port au prince is so absorbing with so much going on, along with the sun it really takes the energy out of you for a good ...

It was a long journey, but Nora and I made it to Port au Prince a couple of hours ago. The airport here is what I would describe as being somewhat controlled chaos. In all honesty, it was very overwhelming at first, but Nora and I prevailed. After ...

... dark with a few lights in the distance but the rumble of a city of 2 million that lives outside wafting up over the hills. Port-Au-prince is built around a bay, so is long and limited by the high hills on all sides. There is a lovely breeze out here and ...

At first glance, Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital city, is very like many other big cities in very poor countries.  The traffic is chaos, the pollution atrocious, and pedestrians risk their lives walking on every curb.  There are a few nice ...

... between modern technology and a simpler way of life; cell phones and open cook fires.   We have no issues getting into Port au Prince.  All our luggage has made it with us.  We make our way out to our transport bus.  Lots of ...

Written on January 5th, 2011: Each night at the guest house after dinner we have a little time set aside to reflect as a group on the day's events. Tonight Randy asked all of us "Why did you come here? What drew you to this place? Why Haiti?" For me, ...

... Au Prince and my  neck was suffering from the constant jolting and trying to face forward.    The MTI guest house in Port Au Prince is on the north side of the city, definitely a more salubrious area, where we saw the American Embassy and ...

... , and then was on his way to hit up the next unsuspecting tourists that walked out of the airport. The drive through Port-au-Prince was sad, but inspiring.  Obviously sad because of the destruction and the tents that lined the streets, but seeing all ...

... is nothing for them to do!  We think Detroit’s unemployment is bad!  For years people had been migrating to Port-au-Prince for work from all over Haiti and that’s when unemployment was at 54%.  I can’t imagine what it is ...

... deserted Government building leaning precariously on one side- which seemed to represent Haiti 's last government. As we left Port Au Prince the scenery changed a little with more lush and tropical vegetation.It was more green where as PAP seemed a ...

... .  You do not have a set reservation time with Tortug Air, which is why it is important to get as early a flight into Port au Prince as possible.  Otherwise, you might not get a flight until the next day and a night in Port au Prince is not very ...

... be careful though, and don’t worry, we will. We live in Pétionville, the “chic” and hilly suburb of Port-au-Prince, quite green, flowery and quiet. We’ll be living in a (very) large house on a hill, with a huge terrace ...

... devout Christians)  and Joe wanted to build up his family business in IT. They all said they would hate to move to Port Au Prince, (which we understood better when we went there)  as they liked being near their family. In Les Cayes, they are on ...

... Chicago we'll head to Fort Lauderdale where we'll spend the night. On the 4th we'll be catching an early flight to Port-au-Prince and meeting up with some of the World Wide Village staff that live and work full-time in Haiti. I'm really thankful that ...