photographie-irie > Jacmel Less Nice Beach, Jacmel, Haiti     

It's important to carefully pick your beaches in Haiti, as unmaintained ones flourish with trash,  beached boats and whatever else once could float.
photographie-irie > Smiling Guy Street Scene, Port au Prince, Haiti     

This would be my choice for poster person for Haiti, not the beggar. (Then again, maybe both.) The warmth and charm of Haitians we encountered was our strongest remembrance of the visit. This guy was selling beverages into our vehicle window as we passed very slowly in stop and go traffic. How could you not buy a drink from him?
photographie-irie > Beggar Street Scene, Port au Prince, Haiti     

Two pix  are included of this guy because he seemed so representative of Haiti's classic poverty image. Despite very real poverty, though, panhandling and begging were surprisingly infrequent, perhaps because there are so few from whom to beg. We most often were the only foreign or white faces wherever we went, but were greeted in most every case with big smiles and friendly conversation.
photographie-irie > Street Scene "In Need", Port au Prince, Haiti     

Haiti is often referenced as the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. On the way from Port au Prince to Jacmel.
photographie-irie > Street Scene, Port au Prince, Haiti     

On the way from Port au Prince to Jacmel.
photographie-irie > Bali Bird Park, South of Ubud, Bali, Indonesia     

It's hard to say goodbye to Bali and all the wonderful people (and animals) we met. The little island is such a unique, exotic and relaxing place to adventure, I shall certainly return.
photographie-irie > Jessica and Ali in Front of Suicide Peaks, Chugach State Park, Alaska
photographie-irie > Kayaking Campsite, Granite Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska     

Extremes tides in Alaska make it important picking a spot that won't float away.
photographie-irie > Kayaking Near Dual Head, Prince William Sound, Alaska
Jacmel Less Nice Beach, Jacmel, Haiti     

It's important to carefully pick your beaches in Haiti, as unmaintained ones flourish with trash, beached boats and whatever else once could float.
photographie-irie > Jacmel Less Nice Beach, Jacmel, Haiti     

It's important to carefully pick your beaches in Haiti, as unmaintained ones flourish with trash,  beached boats and whatever else once could float.
Jacmel Less Nice Beach, Jacmel, Haiti     

It's important to carefully pick your beaches in Haiti, as unmaintained ones flourish with trash, beached boats and whatever else once could float.
See photo in original gallery.