Port au Prince Haiti Hotel

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 ...

... everyone is doing well. My address which you can write me letters at is Nicole Littleton PCT Corps de la Paix B.P. 920 Port-au-Prince Haiti (Sorry for the mistake guys, I left out the city!) So please send letters ASAP. Shawn and Ben there ...

... 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 ...

... . We spent our first three days at a place called Xaragua. It was a hotel on the beach north of Port au prince. It was a luxury hotel for Haiti. We had running water and there were water coolers on each floor. They cooked us buffet meals (that were ...

... . 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... signals but will play DVDs.)  The electricity has been on the whole time so far and the same at the airport in Port au Prince.  The airport is now air conditioned.  These improvements may not seem like much but they represent a huge leap in ...

... have been in Haiti since Wednesday and I am absolutely LOVING it. We got off the plane in Port (that's what cool people call Port-au-Prince and its better than the alternative: PAP) and were met by the US Embassy and given true VIP treatment. Then we all ...

... the trek up north again on Friday and will return on Monday, the 8th. Then, on the 11th, a group of us are going to Port-Au-Prince to stay at the Ollofoson for my birthday. Fred was going to attend the event, too, but he went back to good ol' Kansas! ...