Blogs from Belle Anse, Haiti, Central America Caribbean


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November 18th 2008

Our time for the clinic in Belle Anse was limited so we had decided to leave directly from the airport and get to Belle Anse that first night. In theory it was possible, but I began to have second thoughts when, even my co-director Guesno Mardy, who generally thinks anything is possible, was a little hesitant. ( He had seen the road I had not). Driving through Port au Prince for the first time is always a shock. So many people, so much happening, tap taps and woman selling food and everything else right beside the road. One of my favorites to see is the walking pharmacies, usually a big bucket or board plastered with pills still in the protected foil but out of the box, to go farther, or maybe, because most people can only ... read more




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Published: November 14th 2008Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Belle Anse
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November 14th 2008

Hello, We are all back home now. The last 4 of us made it back from Haiti late last night. The travel blog was a great idea, but it turned out our hotel in Port au Prince did not have it's internet up an running! Other than a few hours every morning we were on the road and working hard everyday so had no time to look for other online options. Being -unplugged was particularly hard on one of our teens! The trip was amazing. I find it hard to find the words to describe how well it went. Awesome, fantastic, wonderful....etc all seem to small to express the experience we had. The whole trip went better than I had imagined it would. There was fewer problems and more fun, even working in the heat and ... read more









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