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Background: The native Arawak Amerindians - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when it was discovered by Columbus in 1492 - were virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispaniola, and in 1697, Spain ceded to the French the western third of the island - Haiti. The French colony, based on forestry and sugar-related industries, became one of the wealthiest in the Caribbean, but only through the heavy importation of African slaves and considerable environmental degradation. In the late 18th century, Haiti's nearly half million slaves revolted under Toussaint L'OUVERTURE and after a prolonged struggle, became the first black republic to declare its independence in 1804. Haiti has been plagued by political violence for most of its history. It is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.




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Haiti, an adventure that warms the heart. Everything is good on our end and spring is definitely in the air here in Haiti. The mango tree branches are almost touching the ground, filled with ripening mangos. In one to two weeks time, there will be so many mangos to eat, that every child will have their face covered in mango. Rain is now becoming more frequent and the temperature at high noon is getting hotter and hotter, but the nights are still cool. Over the Easter weekend, we set sail back to Montrouis to spend this holiday. It was nice [View Full Entry]

WeBeSailing - Annie & Eric www.WeBeSailing.com | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 11th 2007 | 710 Views | [diary=147627]

Haitian boy
Cocoyer-Beach
Haitian Lady

Haiti: our adventure continues!! As we state on our web site! Surrounded by beautiful scenic landscapes… the pool is opened 24 hours a day (no chlorine, no lifeguard and at own risk). Palm trees and coconuts.. $6 bottles of rum.. Snorkeling on reefs with more colors than you can imagine.. Romantic outdoor sunset dinners, while being serenaded by the wind and waves, and later by the glow of the moon… We can truly now say this is not a statement but the truth to our daily lives!! Our time is well spent here in Haiti, as every day is driven [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 25th 2007 | 523 Views | [diary=140893]

South Coast of Haiti
Haitian Sail Boat
Boat Wash In Haiti

Tuesday March 13th 2007 Let us tell you that updating everything is something of an adventure here… The last time we made the long hike to the town of Grande Goave to update our last posting, arriving there to find out that the electrical power was out (no Surprise here!)! We were told that the power had been out for some 4 days by then, something to do with a fallen tree near by. With no idea as to when the power will be restored, we where kindly offered by the owners the internet service, that we could rent a local [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 13th 2007 | 755 Views | [diary=137910]

Fishing village alone the South Coast
Grande Goave Market
Grande Goave Market

This was RCCL's private location in Haiti, which I was sort of wondering why we were going there; but I must say, it was a lot better than the "private islands" I have been on with other cruise lines. I had got plenty of sun so I tried not to be out in it too much, but we had a good time in their "city". I think the most memoriable was walking through the markets. They were VERY VERY pushy!!!!! and that is saying it nicely. Mark had already run out of the market once because he just could not stand [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 21st 2007 | 1583 Views | [diary=131496]

Dragon's Point
Ice Skating
White Party

I arrive on the tender from the biggest ship in the world from the Royal Carribean cruize lines and ofcourse i'm late for my kayaking adventure. But that doesn't distract me from the beautiful landscape i spot from the boat. The hills of Haiti were covered with a dense lush greeness it was spectacular. I step foot on the beach and this was the first international land i've ever been on besides frequent trips to Mexico. All of us in CA belive that Mexico isn't a real International destoination its just Mexico haha. I rush over to the kayak place [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 19th 2007 | 2145 Views | [diary=130563]

chairs haiti
dragons point
el capitan w/ ship

Monday, February 12th 2006 After some ten weeks now in Haiti, Annie & I will be flying back to Montreal Canada on Wednesday Feb 14th, from Port au Prince, for a short visit to see our Family and Friends. After which we will be returning to Haiti on the 26th of the month. Our last sailing destination was Grande Goave, Haiti (18º 25’ 759N 072º 45’ 226W). Grande Goave is located on the South East coast line. This is the location we have dropped a new mooring and where we have left her…..s/v My Love III that is, for the duration [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 13th 2007 | 554 Views | [diary=128522]

Maxo! from Grande Goave
Mooring in Grande Goave
Mooring in Grande Goave

It’s already the end of January 2007… it has been eight weeks that we have now been in Haiti., and we are still going strong… As you can see from the sporadic updates, the internet connections are always proving to be a great challenge here, we even have a internet connection via Haitel (local cellular phone company) using their cellular network, but this is still not working in places we seem to be. In result we are not always able to update everything, but when we find internet service, we do our best to update all.. Other than that, Annie & [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 31st 2007 | 829 Views | [diary=124090]

Baraderes River
Baraderes Faces
Village of Baraderes

Hi everyone, We have now been in Haiti for six weeks and it has been some fourteen weeks since we set sail south from Lake Champlain New York. Annie & I are doing great and we are taking everything in stride. Our Creole is improving and our adaptation here is on going day by day. Since our last update this is what we have been up to. Still after six weeks we have not met even one other foreign cruising vessel. We are told that there are a few cruising boats at Ile la Vache, we’ll tell you more once we [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 19th 2007 | 2531 Views | [diary=118334]

Mountain top in Saint-Marc, Haiti
Northeast coast line of Haiti (Gulf Side)
Les Arcahaie, Haiti

Wednesday January 10 2007 Ile de la Gonave, Haiti It has been, believe it or not, five weeks since we arrived in Haiti. We are still adjusting to the daily life and the culture here, a true challenge in itself. Many here say that you never get used to this country… you just accept and adapt to how things are. We are starting to believe that this is true. Most times, we feel as if we are missionary’s here. There is a huge mixture of emotions for us and we are making the best of our time here in order to [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 12th 2007 | 5412 Views | [diary=118323]

Ile de la Gonave, Haiti
Local Children
Local Fisherman

December 22nd 2006 Returning to Port Au Prince After leaving the boat in Montrouis, we took route via automobile for Port au Prince, where we are at the moment at the Letendre’s home. We have a few holiday gatherings that we will be attending, and should be back onboard by later this week. Montrouis is approximately a one hour drive,, if there is no traffic in Port au Prince! Which is almost all the time in the Port au Prince, traffic that is! The route is from paved with tons of potholes to dirt road,, and you have to keep a [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 25th 2006 | 2156 Views | [diary=113571]

Haitian sharpening knifes road side, in Port au Prince
Over loaded sugarcane truck broken down
Port au Prince