dogdaysindurham
SILVER Star
Haiti Late Spring 2012, Winter 2013 Update
I had a chance to go to Haiti for 2 weeks for work / school. It was my first time to Haiti and I was really awestruck by the disparity in infrastructure to what I had seen in other parts of the world. Folks were very friendly and upbeat despite the arduous living conditions.
A neat thing for me was the large number of Toyota running around, I saw everything from FJ40 to the new 200 series. The roads at least in PaP are in pretty bad condition; while a 4x4 isn't necessary it certainly helps. I won't complain about pot holes stateside anymore.
UN Patrol in Port-Au-Prince. I think the water truck they were with had a flat so they were changing a tire.
From what I could tell a lot of Brazilian and Chilean troops. Also saw a number of UN troops from Japan / S Korea. The Sri Lanka's have largely pulled out.
A not totally bling out "tap tap", the Haitian version of a taxi. Basically any vehicle mostly old pick up trucks with sagging leaf springs act as taxis. You basically wave one down and to have them stop tap on the truck to get on / get off. Only a couple of gourdes for a short trip. (About 40 gourdes per 1 USD).
Neat UN truck with machine gun nest. Used to help maintain traffic order at this crazy intersection. Sometimes it's man and other times it's not, lol. Note guy doing a # on the truck. Kind of shows what he thinks of the UN, lol.
This road looks semi impassable but the stream isn't that deep. Wouldn't be bad in a 4x4; but in our Toyota Van can be a little tricky.
Most international aid groups used the 70/75 series LC. Very sweet looking ride and the smaller size helps navigate the crowded traffic in PaP.
A Toyota Previa fording a flooded street on the way to Leogone.
I had a chance to go to Haiti for 2 weeks for work / school. It was my first time to Haiti and I was really awestruck by the disparity in infrastructure to what I had seen in other parts of the world. Folks were very friendly and upbeat despite the arduous living conditions.
A neat thing for me was the large number of Toyota running around, I saw everything from FJ40 to the new 200 series. The roads at least in PaP are in pretty bad condition; while a 4x4 isn't necessary it certainly helps. I won't complain about pot holes stateside anymore.
UN Patrol in Port-Au-Prince. I think the water truck they were with had a flat so they were changing a tire.
From what I could tell a lot of Brazilian and Chilean troops. Also saw a number of UN troops from Japan / S Korea. The Sri Lanka's have largely pulled out.
A not totally bling out "tap tap", the Haitian version of a taxi. Basically any vehicle mostly old pick up trucks with sagging leaf springs act as taxis. You basically wave one down and to have them stop tap on the truck to get on / get off. Only a couple of gourdes for a short trip. (About 40 gourdes per 1 USD).
Neat UN truck with machine gun nest. Used to help maintain traffic order at this crazy intersection. Sometimes it's man and other times it's not, lol. Note guy doing a # on the truck. Kind of shows what he thinks of the UN, lol.
This road looks semi impassable but the stream isn't that deep. Wouldn't be bad in a 4x4; but in our Toyota Van can be a little tricky.
Most international aid groups used the 70/75 series LC. Very sweet looking ride and the smaller size helps navigate the crowded traffic in PaP.
A Toyota Previa fording a flooded street on the way to Leogone.
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