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| 11th April 2007 Ed Bacon | Mailing address(es) - From: Haiti, an adventure that warms the heart Annie and Eric: Just wanted to compliment you on your cruising mode. Too many cruisers take and don't give back to the localities. Kudos to you for bringing back needed items from Canada. Why don't you expand this to your friends reading your blog? Post an address for each village and the items most in need. I'm sure that you'll get a good response from the people that have vicariously enjoyed your cruising in Haiti. Ed P.S. See you in the Big Apple. |
| 27th March 2007 Merrill | Always entertaining - From: Haiti: Our adventure continues!! Reading your blog is always very entertaining ... you have a great ability to choose just the right words to bring the adventure to life for those of us who have yet to cross over to the other side! Fair winds.... |
| 13th March 2007 Ralph | Les grands explorateurs. - From: Haiti, No Day Light Savings Time Here!. Salut, Hahahaha! Vive Haiti chérie! Ralph |
| 13th March 2007 Fay | So close and yet so far xxx - From: Haiti, No Day Light Savings Time Here!. So great you managed to rent a generator and contact us!! Sorry to know you had to walk so far for three tomatoes. Puts it all into perspective though (for me sometimes going to Loblaws is a pain in the a...e) . So .... Spring is approaching for you .... us too. Thanks to Bush's initiative (thinks this will bring him in line with Kyoto!! Not a hope in hell!) we have pushed the clock ahead earlier and are enjoying brighter evenings and .... more than that ..... the smell of Spring is in the air. We are all rejuvenated!! Can't wait to hear more about Bria ....xxx Luv to you both ..... from me xxxxooooxxxxooooxxxxoooo |
| 7th March 2007 Ed Bacon | Green with envy - From: Haiti the Route Less Traveled Eric and Annie: Cruising in Haiti - good for you. I've sailed by the northern coast and after seeing your photos and reading your log, I wish we had stopped and cruised for awhile. March 7 - snowing and 13 degrees in NYC. Enjoy the temps and trades. See you in the Big Apple on your trip back. Ed Bacon/iboatnyharbor.com |
| 6th March 2007 Capt Don Reesor.Seadragon111 | contact - From: Haiti the Route Less Traveled Hi It was good to hear from you I was beginning to wonder what had happened ,,Love your stories thanks don |
| 6th March 2007 Fay | Oooops!! - From: Haiti the Route Less Traveled Forgot to add how much I love your artwork Eric!! Particularly, the turtle (my favourites)!! I am impressed. Off to Tremblant Wed. for a few days with the kiddiewinks .... sounds great but the weather is minus 38 (or more) with the wind chill. So it seems as if you are both in the better place. Luv xxx |
| 6th March 2007 Fay | At Long Last - From: Haiti the Route Less Traveled So great to hear from you finally .... and very much worth the wait. What beautiful aerial photos!! Eat your heart out National Geographic!! What type of plane was it Eric? If turboprop, could have been a Pratt engine!! I miss you both so much already and had such fun with you here although it was way too short. So pleased that Maxo loved his flippers etc. How nice to know that a small gift goes such a long way!! Love you both lots and lots xxxxx Fay P.S. Keep sending the updates ... just love to hear from you. Also visited your exact location. I presume the blue ballon is YOU!! |
| 27th February 2007 Mary | - From: Grande Goave, Haiti Hey, we miss you already!!! Hope your journey back was good, especially with all the luggage you were taking. It was so special to see you both and hear of your adventures first hand. Wish we could be with you to see the smiles on the villagers faces when you arrive back. They are very lucky you care so much. Luv you. Looking forward to your next adventure. Mary |
| 22nd February 2007 Bill | Lifesaver - From: Grande Goave, Haiti While on a short-term mission trip in Grande Goave I reluctantly agreed to be rowed over to a small island, just off the coast, by a young, inexperienced Haitian boy. Enroute, I expessed my concern that the boat (a log carved out to resemble a boat) was taking on water and that it would be best to get back to shore. My ability to speak Creole is the same as my ability to swim.......non-existant! The boy said that there would be no problem, I think, and after just a few seconds the "boat" filled with water and there I was in deep, water, strong current and no lifejacket. Eric and Annie, in the area with their motorized raft, came over, pulled me from the water and got me safely to shore. Without their help I may have drowned. God is always with us, even though we sometimes don't take the time to "see" him or give him the thanks he deserves in so many things in our lives. God bless Eric and Annie.......and thankyou, again. |
| 16th February 2007 Viv on Varuna | Fantastic website, Great work & Pictures - From: Grande Goave, Haiti Hi guys, We love your blog, very enticeing and so professional. Your pictures really tell the story and the colors are so Vibrant. Where do you go after Haiti? I see that you are in Montreal for the BIG snowfall! Enjoy, Knowing you guys, you will probably do some extreme skiing. Hi to Leon & Yannick |
| 2nd February 2007 Carol | wow - From: Bria, Haiti Another wow, how lucky we are and sometime don't even realize it. Your adventures are surely a lesson that we take too much for granted living as we do. I will start today and gather items for the children so get the suitcases ready. Really looking forward to your visit back and hope to see you at some time when you are here. Take care of yourselves and I send you my love. Safe trip. xoxo |
| 2nd February 2007 tonya | i basically live in mole! - From: Mole Saint Nicolas, Haiti so while i was randomly googling random things i googled mole because we take four mission trips there a year. we work with pastor kenan a very well respected man in that area. it was amazing to see those photos, i was like omg i swim in that bay and thats the market, and the boat they rowed you in is one i jump off of when i swim, mole is my second home i love it. and it was just amazing to see someone else going to haiti. by the way you over paid for your lobster! we were just there in nov..i could go on all day bout how much i love haiti but ill let you go....well i hope you enjoyed visiting my home away from home since i was ten(im 16).later tonya |
| 2nd February 2007 yves and christina | great pictures nice to hear from you - From: Bria, Haiti hi you two, happy to see everything is good for you guys, we always love to see all the great pictures the dream goes on and on... for us were waiting for the spring to arrive and visiting the boat shows all around, toronto and mtl ( this weekend). were still happy with hakunamatata we havent seen another boat, but visiting them brings us closer to spring time. have lots of fun bye annie bye eric xx. |
| 1st February 2007 Fay | Bria - From: Bria, Haiti Hi Annie and Eric: great to hear you will be home on Valentine's day. Hope we get a chance to see you both. Loved your last posting and the beautiful children of Bria. Do you think you could bring that young woman home with you to join our girls' night .... she has a beautiful voice and the video of the children singing was wonderful especially "jingle bells". Love to you both .... Fay xxx |
| 26th January 2007 jay mcenroe | Thank you - From: Mole Saint Nicolas, Haiti I travel through the beautifu Grand Anse of Haiti. You have inspired me to try to create a positive Blog like yours. |
| 21st January 2007 Carol | Wow - From: Haiti, After Six Weeks!! Hi Annie and Eric: All I can say is how lucky you are to have experienced this wonderful adventure, I have just spent the last hour enjoying your journal and photos, I had not seen them beyond Lake Champlain as our computer was broken and I had tried in China but also network was down and could not bring in the blog. What a fantastic trip..Take care of each other and look forward to hearing more stories. Love to both of you. Carol |
| 21st January 2007 Terri | Good to hear from you again - From: Haiti, After Six Weeks!! It's good to heaar that you are safe, sound, and well. I love reading of your adventures in Haiti. What a life you live although we miss both of you! Take care as you journey around the other side of the island and I will look forward to your next installment. Lots of Love---Terri |
| 20th January 2007 Rene & Chantal (Rebel) | No so obvious! - From: Haiti, After Six Weeks!! Hello guys.... no so obvious, you travel and acclimate yourself very well. I was down there January 17-19 at Port au Prince at the Montana Hotel. I do not know about outside Port-au Prince, however in the city I had mixed emotions by seeing all the poverty, with the only hope of having enough food for the day. People are friendly and straggling every day to survive. Thanks for sharing a brighter version of the situation. Continu to travel deeper in emotions & have fun !!!! |
| 20th January 2007 Marcel | Salut CAPT.... - From: Haiti, After Six Weeks!! Salut Éric et Annie très beau blog et de très belle photo de Haiti que l’on n’entant pas souvent parler à causse de la sécurité peut être ( bien hâte de vous voir sortir de la vivant) on se reparle sur la radio 14.118 a 17.00 heures ou répond à mes émail 73 a toi et XXX a Annie Marcel NaMar |
| 19th January 2007 Mary & Sid | Armchair traveller. - From: Haiti, After Six Weeks!! Hi Guys: Thanks for another wonderful installment of your adventure. This is great. What an interesting time you are having. I am enjoying it from my armchair! Take care of yourselves. We miss you. Luv Mary |
| 19th January 2007 Louise Caty | - From: Haiti, After Six Weeks!! Tres interessant de vous lire. Je vous suis depuis votre depart. Votre visite a Haiti nous permet de decouvrir avec vous une ile qui se fait discrete dans les media. Je vous souhaite bon vent et de belles decouvertes. |
| 14th January 2007 Terri | Miss you both - From: Ile de la Gonave, Haiti I was delighted to read your blog! What an adventurous life you lead although I am sure you are anxious to be sailing. This interlude in Haiti has given you lots of time to actually experience the country. Please keep writing. Love to read of your adventures. Terri |
| 14th January 2007 Dany & Albert | Nous vous suivons de prés - From: Ile de la Gonave, Haiti Votre voyage est enrichissant et nous suivons, grâce à votre Blog votre avancement. le reste suit sur un email... Dany et Albert Faouet |
| 12th January 2007 serge | fantastique - From: Ile de la Gonave, Haiti merci, pour nous faire connaitre et voir ce que vous vivez..... bye |
| 12th January 2007 Robert@peacetoys.com | Smell the salt in the air - From: Ile de la Gonave, Haiti Hello from South Hero Vermont after reading this a funny thing came over me I remembered the times i was island hopping in that neck of the woods or Oceans and the smell of that southern ocean air came back. a testament to your great writing. It was what prompted this reply. so on the northern news the skiing up here is as bad as it can get. So you are not missing much in that regard. Not sure if this fits but Haiti like many places will prosper best through education- so I share this with you to share with others. MIT has made available for FREE all their courses online for download- this is over 1400 of them. also for those traveling that want to learn more- a great resource to boatschooling. see MIT http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world. |
| 12th January 2007 Sebastien | Good Times - From: Ile de la Gonave, Haiti I just wanted to say that I had a really good time with you guys and the more you stick around the better it gets, so hopefully you guys will still be around this week end!!! Thanks |
| 2nd January 2007 Carol Leblanc | Happy New Year - From: Lake Champlain Hi Eric and Annie: Hope you are both well and enjoying the sunshine. I just wanted to wish you both a happy, healthy 2007 with love and prosperity. We just got back from three days in Hong Kong plus 13 hours at Disney World. Had a great time. I have only 4 days left in China, can't believe time has passed to quickly. I am enjoying the life here with my Michelle and my granddaughters, they are growing up so fast. Anyway take care and send you my love., Carol |
| 26th December 2006 Rene & Chantal (Rebel) | Reason why ... - From: Port au Prince Haiti II Eric & Annie, I'm planning a business trip in Haiti (Port au Prince) January 18th, your pictures & comments are really appreciated. For our vacation we will be sailing in the Exumas from January 6-13 on Alea. We are experiencing our first snow storm today 10-15 cm forcasted.... :( .... this was not mandatory .... Enjoy yourself ! |
| 26th December 2006 serge | joyeux noel - From: Port au Prince Haiti II Salut annie et eric, c est toujours avec enthousiasme que j ouvre ton blog. Seulement quelques jours sans vos nouvelles et me voilà inquiet..Haiti, c est Haiti. Merci de nous faire decouvrir ce coin cache de la planete. Vos photos sont magnifiques.. Je suis en floride, actuellement, avec ma famille pour le temps des fetes, et j avoue, le confort est different d avec la vie de haiti. je vous souhaite un super temps des fetes, et un 2007 plein de belles aventures.... salut capt eric serge |
| 25th December 2006 Mom & Dad | Merry Christmas - From: Port au Prince Haiti II Christmas is always difficult to be apart, but with Internet and telephone, we can keep in touch. Remember it is only 24 hours. What a wonderful opportunity you have to see such a beautiful country.l Love you both very much. Mom & Dad |
| 25th December 2006 Rene & Chantal (Rebel) | real adventure ... - From: Montrouis to Baradaires Haiti Hey Hello!, Nice to ear from you... I believe I'm reading the National Geographic… a few weeks ago it was NY and “all the modern” activities and now the very minimum to stay alive day by day …. Great life experience… Please continue your quality comments & pictures. Most important “have FUN”… |
| 16th December 2006 Bob & Viv | Un frikkin real! - From: Port au Prince Haiti You got balls! Party on dude. |
| 13th December 2006 Fay | Port au Prince - From: Port au Prince Haiti Aren't we lucky to have Canada as our home??? We take freedom for granted but for lots of others around the world it's a luxury. The weather looks great and I love the art. You should buy some!! Luv ya lots, Fay xxx |
| 13th December 2006 NancyDennis | hasn't changed - From: Montrouis Haiti We sailed our boat along the Haitian coast back in Nov. '97. We had a nice overnight in La Badie near Cap Haitian and also anchored in the silence and protection of Acul Bay. Like you we found the scenery amazing. From there we had we sailed the entire north coast of Cuba without another cruising boat in sight. We spent a few great days in Cayo Coco before stopping in Veredero's marina for 5 days. Loved Cuba! Great photos. Just spent the summer in S. America and hanging in Mexico for the winter (travelblog: Nancy & Dennis) Nancy |
| 13th December 2006 hakuna matata (yves &christina) | la vie est belle - From: Port au Prince Haiti c super de voir et vivre quelque moment avec vous, nous aimerions etre la aussi mais, nous avons pas toute votre experiences , ca va venir donc entre temp lacher surtout pas vous le meritez bien et nous avons deja hate de vous revoir sur le lac champlain. Un jour nous partirons peut-etre... pour linstant nous revons encore pendant que vous le vivez pleinement...nous pensons a vous et merci pour les bon moment de reve. |
| 12th December 2006 Mario | Whoo armed body guard .. - From: Port au Prince Haiti You must be a VIP ... dont forget to explain to us the wherebuy's of paper work ... héhéhé tank's |
| 12th December 2006 Mario | un p'ti tour au soleil.... - From: Mole Saint Nicolas, Haiti bon, ben vous êtes rendus ... petite traversée rapide c'est ça un cata... Éric pourrait-tu nous parler des modalités (douanes, cruising permit ... procédures ect ) pour la rép d'Haiti... nous aussi on aurait envie d'y aller... Mange pas trop de langoustes c'est péché.... bebai vous 2 a + |
| 12th December 2006 Fay | Crossing to Haiti - From: Montrouis Haiti Beautiful!!!! What a great place for Club Med!!!! Shame we can't get an all inclusive there and the local people reap the benefits!!! Lotsa luv and keep sending the daily updates (I can keep dreaming over my morning coffee!!). |
| 12th December 2006 Luc, Penchant | You guys.... - From: Montrouis Haiti Annie & Eric, Always good to hear from you and to see some of us are having fun. Even tough each of your blogs hits me like a sword in the heart (wish I was there with you guys), it is a great pleasure to see the pictures, the sun, the sea and the happy sailors.... Last news you did not know Eric : We got a new boat ! Went to get it in North Carolina last August... but she is sitting at Rico's right now, out in the cold... and Penchant is still for sale... maybe I should keep one on the Lake and take the other one to go meet you guys!!! Take care and enjoy life !!! Luc. |
| 11th December 2006 Terri | GLORIOUS - From: Mole Saint Nicolas, Haiti What an absolutely beautiful, unspoiled area. Sad in a way I am sure but ever so simple. And what a greeting you had from the people there. bet they don't get too many visitors. I will check in again on your travels. Please be safe. Terri |
| 11th December 2006 Merrill | Amazing!! - From: Mole Saint Nicolas, Haiti Your photos are all so inspiring! Certainly not everyone's mental image of Haiti. Fair winds Annie and Eric |
| 11th December 2006 Fay | Mole St. Nicholas - From: Mole Saint Nicolas, Haiti Wow ..... what wonderful photos and a super description. I felt I was really there with you!! It makes me feel very humble to think these villagers have so little and I so much in comparison .... and just think I complain and grumble ..... and they so friendly and happy to see you (we've gone wrong somewhere I think!!). Love xxxxxx |
| 11th December 2006 Mary Monaghan | Mole St. Nicolas - From: Mole Saint Nicolas, Haiti Words fail me as I sit here with electricity, food in the fridge and the IGA down the road. Our life seems so easy BUT then again no one is going down my road singing and wishing me a good day. What an adventure you are having. I love reading your journal and the photographs are first class. Look forward to the next installment. Take care of each other. Luv Mary and Sid |
| 11th December 2006 serge | great - From: Mole Saint Nicolas, Haiti No mc Do and no subway..!!!!!!.So, if i understand, there are great business to do , like a new subway store???? no, forget it..... thank you pour demistifier ce pays. serge |
| 11th December 2006 Robert Forenza | Thank you - From: West Caicos Hi my northern hemisphere friends. Things busy as usual for me this time of year selling lots of peacetoys. Your travel update are a brief but refreshing escape to warm waters and Ocean travels. Winter keeps coming and going skied Sugarbush this weekend very few trails with only manmade snow now a week of more warm and rainy conditions. Will send you a sunset I took on thankgiving day you can share showing how beautiful it can be in Lake Champlain. |
| 11th December 2006 serge | haiti - From: West Caicos salut annie et eric, j ai hate de vous lire et de voir des photos de haiti. be carefull serge |
| 11th December 2006 Fay | Sights on Haiti - From: West Caicos When you receive this you will probably be in Haiti ..... hope you had a great and uneventful trip. Beautiful sunset in West Caicos. I am sure from now on it will be one one gorgeous sunset after another!! Comparatively mild here but rainy today so your sun looks great. Hope you manage to meet up with Mum and Dad sometime over the holidays. By the way, are you have turkey and all the trimmings on the beach this Christmas!!! |
| 7th December 2006 russell | - From: The Crossing That entrance is sure fun to make! Kidding of course. Even with the pilot boat it was nerve racking when I went in there, had a strong crosswind when going through that narrow through solid coral when you are near the marina entrance. Bet its nice to be back in the tropics. |
| 7th December 2006 serge | devil - From: Turks & Caicos Islands, Day 10 Hi Annie et cap't eric...... Ok, I just read your last blogue, and, with this freezing rain outside, the day will be more harder.... je ne comprend pas comment se fait-il que je sois encore au frette. mais, bonne nouvelle, après avoir vendu mes subway de trois-rivières, ( yessss, it's done), j ai maintenant un deal sur ceux de montreal. I hope they will be over on the end of january.... Same for the ultramar gaz station. j en ai ultramarre...... Thank you for pushing me to be at the other side of this earth. kiss annie for me bon vent serge |
