In addition to the comments provided by our fellow adventurers, we are also happy to have arrived safely. We wanted to share our thoughts on our initial observations of Haitians in their daily lives in PAP. Although surrounded by extreme poverty, rubble from the earthquake, standing water polluted with copious amounts of trash from the Hurricane, the Haitians are extraoridinarily well groomed, dressed and manicured. AND the ability to carry goods on their heads is astounding. Those ladies must have really strong necks, and make us look like wimps ;) These Haitians love their music. They jam out to loud music with speakers tied to the top of their cars... another surprise is so many vehicles driving around... where are they going and where did they come from??? The hustle and bustle to trade on the street markets is where they buy all of their goods; their good are donated from other nations and distributed at a center and then traded between each other. Pretty interesting local economy, if you can call it that. We were all sensitive toward the animals we saw roaming the street, although not as many as we anticipated. And while we were experiencing our cultrual lunch we were visited by the restaurants mascot... their little cat. We weren't sure what to make of it. Can't wait to continue our assimilation into the Haitian culture!!!
Liza, Amber and Brooke
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