So I finally have some more photos to share with you :) Sometime in pretty shitty quality as many were taken from the inside of a dirty window (I now realize).
But it tells the story better than most of my words can.
I let them by the order they chose to appear (who knows why :)), so not exactly the chronological order from us leaving towards the beach, being in the beach and coming back home.
I'll walk you through them.
The first one is called 'the air of Haiti' which I thought was ironic on top of one of their amazingly coulourful buses, with the shape of a high speed train which they don't have and in the usual place of the A/C which that bus certainly doesn't have. Just take a moment to contemplate the artistic windows but also to think how hot the people inside must have been.
This is the coral beach we went last Saturday. Getting up at 7am is worth it sometimes. The different colours of the water show you where the corals are. After the Great Barrier Reef, it was great to swim among tiny fish again :)
The back of the bus and the usual references to the bible or unashamed love messages to God. In French, English, Creole or Spanish. Doesn't matter as long as it shows your faith. Incredible bus art!
I've been meaning to tell you about this. The number of houses I have seen with the 'to sell' sign and they are like this. Unfinished. Not sure if they were ravaged by the earthquake or another cyclone. Or maybe they ran out of money before finalizing it. Nevertheless, if you are into real estate, this might be a bargain.
Usually houses are scattered everywhere around the hills like this. And the sky is not necessary always blue but still it remains pretty hot. We are approaching the cyclonic season. Still dry but it should change around August.
Uncool. This is the reason for many health issues in the country. This is not a river, just a small water diversion. People bathe and wash clothes here. Kids play in this water, even drink it sometimes, or it splashes in their faces, stays in their hands. Water from an unknown source. Most likely from dirty pipes or unkept wells. Dirty water is the cause of suboptimal hygiene and a very fast way to diseases.
I'm not 100% sure but I think this is Mont Jalousie, the 'Jealousy Mountain'. It looks like it. It's a neighbourhood full of colourful houses up in the hill. They are once more poor houses (bidonvilles or slums in English), but colour is definitely a dear trait here in the Caribbean. And I like that.
Your typical landscape just a bit outside the city. So beautiful how you can have this from one side and the beach from the other. I take both please. Thank you.
Haiti is full of open air markets. In fact I think that's about 90% of the commerce and how people buy and sells goods. Of any type. Flexible hours. Can be there one day, the next not. Again, without the minimum sanitary conditions. Lots of hungry dogs trying to find food in the piles of garbage from leftovers or rotten goods. Plastic burning. Water puddles and many with bare feet, no other tap water at hand.
This is our restaurant by the beach. The dish of the place is grilled lobster.
And this was our welcoming view arriving to the beach.
Paix et amour. Peace and love. And that's about all, isn't it?
References to God everywhere. In pharmacies, night clubs, trucks, you name it.
This was at the limit of the city, in Carrefour. It's not all like this at all, but this is also part of the reality.
The tap-tap or the most common transportation means. I still hope to ride on it one day.
We even had a canoe there at our disposal :)
Our hospital in the very central, not so quiet neighbourhood of Martissant. Weapons are forbidden inside. In fact, non-guns sign is about everywhere, from our vehicles to the walls of the office or house.
But it tells the story better than most of my words can.
I let them by the order they chose to appear (who knows why :)), so not exactly the chronological order from us leaving towards the beach, being in the beach and coming back home.
I'll walk you through them.
The first one is called 'the air of Haiti' which I thought was ironic on top of one of their amazingly coulourful buses, with the shape of a high speed train which they don't have and in the usual place of the A/C which that bus certainly doesn't have. Just take a moment to contemplate the artistic windows but also to think how hot the people inside must have been.
In the spot where we left the city and where we caught some traffic on the way back there was a small group going for a funeral. Their beautiful suits in that hot day, it was about 9h30 then.
The back of the bus and the usual references to the bible or unashamed love messages to God. In French, English, Creole or Spanish. Doesn't matter as long as it shows your faith. Incredible bus art!
I've been meaning to tell you about this. The number of houses I have seen with the 'to sell' sign and they are like this. Unfinished. Not sure if they were ravaged by the earthquake or another cyclone. Or maybe they ran out of money before finalizing it. Nevertheless, if you are into real estate, this might be a bargain.
Usually houses are scattered everywhere around the hills like this. And the sky is not necessary always blue but still it remains pretty hot. We are approaching the cyclonic season. Still dry but it should change around August.
Uncool. This is the reason for many health issues in the country. This is not a river, just a small water diversion. People bathe and wash clothes here. Kids play in this water, even drink it sometimes, or it splashes in their faces, stays in their hands. Water from an unknown source. Most likely from dirty pipes or unkept wells. Dirty water is the cause of suboptimal hygiene and a very fast way to diseases.
I'm not 100% sure but I think this is Mont Jalousie, the 'Jealousy Mountain'. It looks like it. It's a neighbourhood full of colourful houses up in the hill. They are once more poor houses (bidonvilles or slums in English), but colour is definitely a dear trait here in the Caribbean. And I like that.
Your typical landscape just a bit outside the city. So beautiful how you can have this from one side and the beach from the other. I take both please. Thank you.
Haiti is full of open air markets. In fact I think that's about 90% of the commerce and how people buy and sells goods. Of any type. Flexible hours. Can be there one day, the next not. Again, without the minimum sanitary conditions. Lots of hungry dogs trying to find food in the piles of garbage from leftovers or rotten goods. Plastic burning. Water puddles and many with bare feet, no other tap water at hand.
This is our restaurant by the beach. The dish of the place is grilled lobster.
And this was our welcoming view arriving to the beach.
Paix et amour. Peace and love. And that's about all, isn't it?
References to God everywhere. In pharmacies, night clubs, trucks, you name it.
This was at the limit of the city, in Carrefour. It's not all like this at all, but this is also part of the reality.
The tap-tap or the most common transportation means. I still hope to ride on it one day.
Our beach half way through the South. There is a very nice town beyond the mountains. For a weekend though, as it takes even longer to get there.
We even had a canoe there at our disposal :)
Our hospital in the very central, not so quiet neighbourhood of Martissant. Weapons are forbidden inside. In fact, non-guns sign is about everywhere, from our vehicles to the walls of the office or house.
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