HaitiSpending a month roaming around Hispaniola, I didn't want to carry heavy cameras, so I brought only my iPhone, iPad and a GoPro Hero3. I shot mostly video with my GoPro on a stick or strapped to my chest or the front fork of my motorcycle, and took photos with the iPhone.
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I rode a bus from the D.R. capital Santo Domingo to the Haitian capital, Port au Prince, on Jan 19 and back a few days later, staying with an ambitious and courageous group at Haiti Communitere.
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Tap Tap!
In Haiti, they install benches in the beds of pickup trucks, then enclose and decorate them, and call them "Tap Taps," the most efficient public transportation since the trolley car.
Just hop on, pay a few Gourdes (50 cents to a dollar U.S.) and ride comfortably (with 10-20 other people). I hopped on a crowded one and about the only room for me was to stand on the open bench above the rear bumper and hold onto the roof rack -- a great way to go, if you ask me. |
Haiti Communitere
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Help, Central
I spent four days in Haiti this January and felt safe and welcome at a fairly new facility called Haiti Communitere.
Designed by volunteers in the wake of the 2010 Earthquake, the residential and industrial compound near the airport has served hundreds of groups who are helping the people of Haiti. |
I met Sora at H.C. and was so struck by her enthusiasm, energy and grasp of the whole situation here that I asked her to tell the story for me.
Sora is an extraordinary person - as are most of the people volunteering and working in Haiti - and she was traveling alone on her second or third trip overseas in an aid capacity. I was hesitant to use her full name because she was only 17. Yes, there is extraordinary work being done here by extraordinary people. |
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Haiti Communitere Chief of Security Sammy Alcide gave me a ride to the bus station on the back of his motorcycle, one of the most terrifying, exhilarating rides of your life!
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