http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Haiti en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:06:28 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:06:28 BST Well I guess I should have written this last week but what can I say... I didn't. So here is last weeks blog written this week. The theme is I suppose PortauPrince which of course I have not seen much of. Regardless though I will give it my best effort.First i'm not sure where I left off on the last one. I think I was still living in Villa Manrese which was the religious house wi http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-292646.html Well I'm sitting around at work waiting for the ride home so I figure it's time for update no. 2...First something about the temperature here. Last weekend it got up to about 30 degrees which is warm but actually colder than it was in Toronto It's currently 30 degrees so the temperature hasn't been too bad at all. Considering my housing doesn't have aircon or a fan i'm happy about that http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-285958.html Well I decided to write a travel blog because that's what I said I would do... so here is my first one.As you know I arrived in Haiti last Monday. My flight landed at around 4 pm PortauPrince PAP time which is an hour earlier than Toronto time. Altogether I was travelling for about 14 hours which isn't as much fun as it sounds even though I got free drinks in the Miami lounge. The P http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-284531.html April 11th Labadee 602amI decided not to go to the party last night I just had this feeling that I should call it a night and go to bed. I just figured with three days I should try and stay out of trouble and get some rest. The only problem is that I am now wide awake at 602am with nothing to do well I guess I could finish packing.The weather looks good for today in Labadee which is good b http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Labadee/blog-265541.html April 4th Labadee 636pmEverything seemed normal when I got to the office this morning but when Sorin called us and said we were going to be an hour late we all knew we had a tough day in front of us. An hour late means high winds which means the flight line and parasailing will probably be cancelled which means a lot of upset guests.The tendering procedure got a little screwed up as always http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Labadee/blog-263184.html March 28th Labadee 751pmHow am I going to make it through the summer without Labadee Friday Today defined what a Friday should be.I was up early and in the office by 730am and was encouraged when I saw land at 8am meaning we were on time. The girls however were not on time and did not show up until 830am 15 minutes late.We got all of the tours on the first tender with little problem an http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Labadee/blog-260942.html March 21st Labadee 419pmSo I guess some of you are wondering if we were able to make it into Labadee todayhelliphellipYES We were however an hour late and the weather was terrible as far as the wind goes so that meant no snorkeling because there was no visibility in the water. We also had to cancel the Malfini beach excursion because of the rough seas.We all met in the office at 8am b http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Labadee/blog-258588.html March 14th Labadee 357pmI was up early today for some reason probably because I was so excited to get to the beach I headed to the office to get a couple of things done and Brad was online and wanted to chat for a few minutes about the future and who is going where. We chatted for a few minutes and let me in on some inside information as far as who is going to which ship I canrsquot tell http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Labadee/blog-256394.html March 13th Casa De Campo 631pmMy day started with a call to the safety officer at 800am yes I woke him up to see if Ed could skip out of boat drill. It was a very short conversation but in the end Ed could come with me The group was ready to go by 855am and we were early for once so off we went. The bus was right outside we got everybody loaded collected tickets made sure the bus dri http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Labadee/blog-256067.html Hi so i guess ill write about this past weekend. which was one of my favorite experiences here in Haiti. A couple of us whent with the brothers orphanage on a rice feed about an hour out of portauprince. Peeople were told to sit in a line as we did prayer and leanrt a bible verse and sang a song after that We handed each person a bag of rice. it was an experience i'll never forget. each person http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Petionville/blog-253516.html heyy alright so plans for the weekend didnt exaclty go as planned but was def still a pretty good weekend. Myself and alison had hoped on doing the rice feed wiht another orphanage on sat but it ended up being cancelled at the last minute. so we didnt want to waste the day seenig as time here is runnig out we came back up the house and decided a bunch fo would tap tap up to the baptise missio http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Petionville/blog-250081.html well its been a while since i wrote last so i apolagize for that. ive been kind of lazy and now we only have a few hours wiht one computer for now 11 girls so computer time is less. we have 9 beds in our house and as of tomorw 11 girls....two are sleeping on the balconyThis last weekend was pretty mellow i whent down to the main house on saterday to work with one of my girls she is almost walk http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Petionville/blog-248126.html heyyso another week here at GLA is coming to an end time seems to be flying by.nothing over exciting has happend this week so far. We have learnt the walk between both buildings and have been walking down and up every day for some excersise and let me tell you climing a mountain every day def is a work out..hehe. were getting to our kids alot better so its funner as they know us more and can be http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Petionville/blog-243996.html Bonswaalrighty so fri alison was feeling a bit ill still so i only took a couple kids in the toddler house. and man was that interesting they were kinda hyped up and one of my girls denise was pciking on her brother . after that i whent down to the main house and hung out with some of my babies. my twin boys are hilarious i think they jsut figured out they look alike cause they will stare at eac http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Petionville/blog-242247.html alrighty soo i guess nothing over exciting has happend the past two days...lets see weds morning like every monring we hang out with the kids at the toddler house till about noon. its kind of frustrating with them because there at the age where they cna talk but since we dont speak or understand to much of their lanugauge its hard to commincate there has been a few tempertantrums however since w http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Petionville/blog-241606.html Bonjouso the day began rather interesting kids singing no power no water....and a pig being slaughtered we had hot dogs with lunch i hope it wasnt that piggy..lol power and water came back on after a little while. after breakfast Me and Ali got to hang out with 12 kids till lunch..just 4 of them at time there between 2 and 5 yers old and then we whent down to the main house for lunch the foo http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Petionville/blog-240878.html Hey everyone so we made it after 2 days of flying and surprisingly 9 hours in the airport wasnt bad at all..lol now the port au prince airport was..interesting..lol a lil runway and a building..with no walls we got are bags and through customs and imegration quickly however once outside it got a little hectic loud people were talking in a diff lanuage and aksing us if we need a ride..ect then http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-240451.html heyyso the day has arrived...finally..lol we will be flying out of edmonton tomorw afternoon and after a couple stops in seatle and miami we will arrive in pot au prince haiti monday morning. bags are packed and ready now i jsut have to try and get some sleep tonight lol i will update hopefully within a day or two of arriving at the orphanage. lots of love http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-239865.html Has anyone visited this destination recently We have and had a great time in Haiti. We spent one week in the Port au Prince area and two weeks in Jacmel. Haiti can be a tourist destination once again. Does anyone else have any experiences or opinions on this http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Petionville/blog-190013.html We have traveled to Haiti for about three weeks this past year. We spent two weeks in the pretty town of Jacmel and oneweek in Petionville which is a suberb of the capital Port au Prince. Haiti is quite an interesting country to visit and the Haitians are very warm and welcoming people. Unfortunately the tourist trade there is not very good at this time. Haiti has not had regular tou http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-178775.html We have traveled to Haiti for about three weeks this past year. We spent two weeks in the pretty town of Jacmel and oneweek in Petionville which is a suberb of the capital Port au Prince. Haiti is quite an interesting country to visit and the Haitians are very warm and welcoming people. Unfortunately the tourist trade there is not very good at this time. Haiti has not had regular tou http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-178774.html I'm at a cyber cafe right now in PortauPrince. I am adjusting to my new environment. On the weekends I stay at my unclersquos house in the mountains. The weather there is amazing very cool zero humidity so much better than Boston or DC. However during the week is a different story. We stay at his second home ldquoen villerdquo downtown in sweltering heat and there is hardly ever elec http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-177376.html June 14th 2007 Hello to everyone We know we have been a little negligent in updating our blog and for that we apologize. Itrsquos been a busy month and things are still brewing for us here. We are in final preparations for our return home and are at this time in the process of booking return flights to arrive between the 22nd and 25th of this month. We are filled with mixed emotions an http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-168878.html Today we toured the slums of Haiti where The Salvation Army operates schools for some of the poorest children in the country. Students are not only given a good education for a fraction of the cost of other schools they are also fed a nutritious hot lunch the best and possibly only meal many of them will have each day. The Salvation Army school in one of the suburbs Fort National was the http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-166556.html We filmed again at The Salvation Armyrsquos clinic in PortauPrince today. More suspected cases of malaria TB and malnutrition. Moving to the back of the clinic we got to see the Nutrition Clinic in full swing with mothers given a cup of milk mixture to feed their babies. The mixture is made up of sterilised water milk powder oil and sugar. The mothers are also given enough of the mix to http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-165571.html Today we spent all morning filming at The Salvation Armyrsquos Health and Nutrition Clinic inside the compound at PortauPrince. The clinic opens at 8am but when we walked around the corner to the entrance at 730 there was already a crowd of more than 50 people lining the ldquowaiting roomrdquo benches under a shelter outside the facility The clinic is mainly for mothers babies and youn http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-165565.html Sunday today and we were off to the local corps bright and early. We visited the many Sunday School classes that were running the kids are so cute with their white outfits and the girls with their hair done in bowsIt was Motherrsquos Day in Haiti and they had a visiting pastor in who was very lively The singing was spirited and we had a great time even though we didnrsquot understand a wor http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-163708.html Today Major Lucien took us on a tour of PortauPrince Haitirsquos capital city. We drove for a long time up into the hills passing through the slum areas and watching out of our windows as the tiny blockbrick shanties changed into massive mansions some of which were painted candypink Major Lucien explained that there is a very very rich upperclass here called the lsquobourgoisrsqu http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-163707.html Haiti what a place We arrived midafternoon and received warm greetings from the Divisional Commander Major Lucien Lamartiniere. Straight away we found the country fascinating there are UN troops everywhere driving around in their utes with mounted submachine guns There hasnrsquot been a coup here for two years but if you ask anyone around here theyrsquoll tell you that itrsquos http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-163703.html Good morning too everyone from Haiti With now over five months under our belt here in Haiti.. we are doing great and all is well with us. Our living experiences keep growing and we are learning so much during our time here. We have had so many touching moments here from being invited to soccer matches and watching the game sitting on the ground surrounded by so many young children that it wo http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-156096.html