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One of the thoughts that kept hitting me in Haiti this year was that only a few years ago this was a tropical resort island – like jamaica or the dominican republic. The empty swimming pool drove this home. Nature hasn’t changed … instead, the whims of people, and our perception of security has changed. . . . → Read More: Haiti Pictures from Haiti are online here. Only six pages this time, for a total of 164 shots. I’m trying to organize my thoughts into a travelogue … but as usual there are just too many thoughts and not enough time. Here’s a picture of a group of charcoal burners. These folks are at the very . . . → Read More: Haiti pictures I found out from one of the young men who runs the guest house where we stayed in Port Au Prince that three members of Haiti’s most popular rap / hip-hop group, Barikad Crew, had just died in a horrible car accident. They were driving between gigs, and a high tension electrical wire touched their . . . → Read More: Haiti Vignette: Barikad Crew Posting from the Miami International Airport. I’ve been in Haiti for a week with many adventures, but no internet access whatsoever at any of the places that we stayed. All the locations usually have satellite links, but for one reason or another all of them were offline. I mention this for the benefit of those . . . → Read More: Safely back Here’s a few vignettes from Haiti: . . . → Read More: Haitian thoughts. It’s going to take me a while to process any meaningful fraction of my thoughts about this year’s trip. Going to a subsistence farming community in a third world country is a much longer journey than just the travel … and once again I’ve experienced a massive mental reset. Pending that, here are the pictures. . . . → Read More: Haiti, first of many Posting from the Hospice St. Joseph in Port Au Prince, Haiti. The trip has been a rousing success so far, and we head back to the calm, clean environs of the states tomorrow morning. Three flights, one shuttle between airports, and a drive later, we’ll be home. Since I’m communicating over a shared satellite uplink, . . . → Read More: Haiti Pictures from the trip to Haiti are online. At some point, I’m planning to commit my narrative journal of the trip to an electronic medium, but it ain’t happened yet. The cats are still very needy. They’re taking turns sitting between my arms as I type. We’re safely home, after a somewhat hectic day of travel. To summarize: Miami international airport is not optimally configured. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have 787 emails. . . . → Read More: Haiti Journal – Episode 10 |
