We leave Dominican Republic at 6.30 am for the drive across the border, into Haiti. Armed with lots of bottled water and our box of baby bamboo plants, we set off. We have so far managed to bring the plants…
Haiti: Requiem in Concrete ~ symphony of colors
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Haiti ~ moving from observer to actor
Move over Brad Pitt, it’s my turn for the lime light. OK, maybe a bit of an overstatement, but it is somewhat of an odd situation, when you are not the glitzy type, to be trailed by a journalist day…
Abuzz with a first Haiti-bound container in a few days
I I II wanted to wait until our first container was ready to ship before I made my next trip to Haiti. Yet I need to see…
The “true” Survivor challenge today is in Haiti, not Nicaragua
It is sometimes hard to reconcile western appetite for entertainment and for “reality shows”, with “real reality”. So as we ponder with anticipation the unfolding of a “Survivor” show based in Nicaragua, it…
Haiti ~ underneath the rubble, or next to it, beauty and natural bounty
Artists depiction of Haiti ~ before and after
Haiti, before January 12, 2010 A sugar cane harvest Haiti, after January 12, 2010 crushed cement, crushed lives
Haiti ~ mission success!
No time for details now, but the eagerly awaiting crowds of blog followers will want to know what happened. Well, the level of devastation was extreme. The visuals and reality were often heart-wrenching. Chaos, both physically, but more importantly, in…