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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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December 19th 2006 Internet service is scarce in the Providences so we can only update our blog when we are in Port au Prince. As for us, we are safe and well, life has been on the adaptation side, with learning to ingest all that takes place here with the poor, United Nations presence, decrypting the Creole language, the shear amount of people everywhere and every day life. Haiti is a unique place, very different from what we have already visited in the Caribbean. I would say it is more like Africa with a Caribbean flair. The country side is quite [View Full Entry]

WeBeSailing - Annie & Eric www.WeBeSailing.com | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 25th 2006 | 589 Views | [diary=113103]

River towards Baradaires
Our local guide, during our visit
River towards Baradaires

Sunday December 10th 2006 We spent a great day in Montrouis, during which we had a great day sail with our friends aboard followed by an incredible Creole feast that was prepared for us. Afterward we were driven to Port au Prince which is about 75 kilometers away. We needed to go to Port au Prince to do our Immigration and customs declarations, since we were not able to do them in Saint Nicolas. Not to our surprise, as the officials are not use too seeing pleasure boat cruisers here, which resulted in the paperwork needing to be processed could not [View Full Entry]

WeBeSailing - Annie & Eric www.WeBeSailing.com | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 12th 2006 | 904 Views | [diary=110127]

Port au Prince
UN in Port au Prince
Armed Bodyguard

Saturday December 9th 2006 We lifted anchor during early morning at 6:15am, with a last wave from the friendly villagers along the shore line as we set sail for our next destination Montrouis. As we sailed out of the harbor we meet up with many of the local fishermen, who also kindly waved too us in farewell. One thing for sure is we will be returning to this amazingly undiscovered place. Montrouis is some 90 nautical miles south east from Le Mole Saint Nicolas making the trip about a ten hour crossing. The weather was on the very calm side, making [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 12th 2006 | 2074 Views | [diary=110124]

Old Club Med, Montrouis
Haiti Coast line
Haiti Coast line

Mole St-Nicolas: We sailed into this very picturesque village just after 2:30 pm Friday, to a gracious welcome by the villagers along the shore line. It felt as if we where Christopher Columbus ourselves!! What a feeling to arrive in a small, very secluded place were very few come visit. Some of the local fishermen came to us offering their catches of fish, lobster and conch. We exchanged a handful of Gourdes (local Haitian currency) for 10 lobsters, which calculated too around 15 dollars US. After which we went to shore, by way of their local wooden fishing boat, oared by [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 11th 2006 | 3443 Views | [diary=110092]

Mole Saint Nicolas
Villagers
Beach

Arrived in Port Au Prince Haiti after a long and often delayed trip from the UK. It all started really well; we were upgraded into business class on our trip over from the UK to Washington. Unfortunately from then on there were countless delays due to fuel leaks on the plane and passengers being taken ill.... The trip was tiring, but once we reached Haiti, any difficulties were quickly put to the back of our minds. It was my third visit and my dads first visit to the country that is the poorest in the western world. Haiti is however a [View Full Entry]

Mok - Moksha Evans | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 11th 2006 | 1600 Views | [diary=51855]

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The past month I have been at Villanova University during the day, but on the island of Haiti after hours. I am in a musical called Once on This Island which is based in Haiti. I play the role of a story teller, where I switch from being a native Haitian peasant sometimes, to a wealthy upperclass "Beauxhomme"- a family that stayed after the revolution and built a hotel on the island. The musical is primarily about a young peasant girl who falls in love with a rich Grand Homme, but they can not be together because of their differences in [View Full Entry]

Jubelle - Julia Villanova | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 17th 2006 | 236 Views | [diary=41769]


After almost getting to dizzy of being in the cruise ship our first stop Labadee in Haiti a complete first calss tourist facility in one of the most poor country around the globe it was quite a difference, but this contrast can only be noticed if you have certain backgorund around Haiti, and some general facts in their historical development surrounded of corruption, dictators, several invasion and a subhuman way of life in general (my intention in this blog in not making any political or historical judgements my only intention is to picture a frame solely based in my personal references) [View Full Entry]

tanathos - Sergio Ortega Cruz | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 15th 2005 | 2665 Views | [diary=8240]



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