HAITI

Location - Caribbean; Capital - Port-au-Prince; Population - 10 million; Currency - Gourde

I spent a week at Cap Haitien in Haiti, travelling crammed into a truck from the Dajabon border.

The Gourde gets its name from the calabash husks used to carry water

Cap Haitien city centre

The handicrafts market area of Cap Haitien

An excellent documentary film about the slums of Port-au-Prince

Cathedral at Place d'Armes, Cap Haitien

Labadie beach, a few kilometres from Cap Haitien

Labadie beach

At the bottom of hill leading to the Citadelle is the village of Milot

Sans Souci, President Henri Christophe's palace, was completed in 1813

Ruins surrounding Sans Souci palace

On the 5 kilometre trail up the Pic la Ferriere to the Citadelle

Washing clothes, the Citadelle trail

My first look at the Citadelle - looks like a scene from Psycho (or is that just me?)

The Citadelle fortress, again from Henri Christophe, was built in 1820 to repel a French invasion

The views are stunning from the Citadelle

Perched on the Citadelle walls

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LINKS

www.travelinghaiti.com

www.haititourisme.org - if you can read French..

www.discoverhaiti.com - art & culture

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