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photographie-irie > Oloffson Hotel Pool, Port au Prince, Haiti      In it's day the Oloffson was the place to be. For a taste of old Haiti at it's finest in all it's faded grandeur, it is still the place to be. The peak experience is to see the current leaseholder/manager Richard Morse and his mizik rasin band RAM perform their fantastic original music live. Mingle with friendly locals and the few visitors and aid workers in town who all seem to turn out on Thursday nights to rock the night away. One of our best times in Haiti and among my favorite musical performances anywhere. Rock on Richard and band.
photographie-irie > Haitian Woman, Port au Prince, Haiti         Fashion is as important in Haiti as anywhere there are proud people, including Haiti's nice touch of festive headdresses/headgear on both women and men.
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 > Wedding Party Street Scene, Port au Prince, Haiti      On the way from Port au Prince to Jacmel, a wedding party also en route travelling in a Tuk-tuk, Haiti's version of a pickup truck converted for private mass transit.
photographie-irie > Petrol Station Street Scene, Port au Prince, Haiti      On the way from Port au Prince to Jacmel. Hangin' at the petrol station.
photographie-irie > Street Scene, Port au Prince, Haiti On the way from Port au Prince to Jacmel. Two young girls hand in hand. Kids were also seen in sharp school uniforms that stood out pleasantly among the rest of the crowd, typical of how parents everywhere want better for their children. Most education in Haiti is unfortunately private although ostensibly public and free. Private and parochial schools cover about 90% of primary school education, with only 65% of primary school-aged kids actually enrolled. The numbers get only worse beyond the primary level.
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. This type scene was much more common than begging in our experience in Haiti; people just getting on with their lives. We did not visit the most impoverished areas of the city, however, such as Cité Soleil, one of the city's most densely packed and reputedly dangerous slums.
Oloffson Hotel Pool, Port au Prince, Haiti     

In it's day the Oloffson was the place to be. For a taste of old Haiti at it's finest in all it's faded grandeur, it is still the place to be. The peak experience is to see the current leaseholder/manager Richard Morse and his mizik rasin band RAM perform their fantastic original music live. Mingle with friendly locals and the few visitors and aid workers in town who all seem to turn out on Thursday nights to rock the night away. One of our best times in Haiti and among my favorite musical performances anywhere. Rock on Richard and band.
photographie-irie > Oloffson Hotel Pool, Port au Prince, Haiti      In it's day the Oloffson was the place to be. For a taste of old Haiti at it's finest in all it's faded grandeur, it is still the place to be. The peak experience is to see the current leaseholder/manager Richard Morse and his mizik rasin band RAM perform their fantastic original music live. Mingle with friendly locals and the few visitors and aid workers in town who all seem to turn out on Thursday nights to rock the night away. One of our best times in Haiti and among my favorite musical performances anywhere. Rock on Richard and band.
Oloffson Hotel Pool, Port au Prince, Haiti     

In it's day the Oloffson was the place to be. For a taste of old Haiti at it's finest in all it's faded grandeur, it is still the place to be. The peak experience is to see the current leaseholder/manager Richard Morse and his mizik rasin band RAM perform their fantastic original music live. Mingle with friendly locals and the few visitors and aid workers in town who all seem to turn out on Thursday nights to rock the night away. One of our best times in Haiti and among my favorite musical performances anywhere. Rock on Richard and band.
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