Port-au-Prince, Haiti

National Day of Haiti

First of January is the national day of Haiti, exactly 204 years ago they pushed out the French and became a free country. Haitians celebrate this by eating a traditional pumpkin soup. We eat it at the orphanage. The rest of the day we don't do much, hanging with Natasha and her friends and...

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bennedich on January 1, 2009 from Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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New Year's in Haiti

After breakfast, Natasha takes me to a slum area of Port-au-Prince (PAP) to visit an orphanage and a school where she works. It's very very interesting to see since the life here is so completely different from say Sweden or USA. Even at Natasha's place, things are not exactly the way I'm used...

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bennedich on December 31, 2008 from Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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At the Haitian border, she asks if I want to marry her...

At 6.45am I go to the Haitian Embassy, outside which there are buses leaving for Haiti. Haiti: the poorest country in the western hemisphere. The bus is already full when I get there, but I'm still sold a ticket. It's handwritten, on the back of a cornflakes box. To accommodate for more...

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bennedich on December 30, 2008 from Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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