Traffic and More Firsts

It was a bit more humid today in Port-au-Prince. We took a ride up toward Petionville to see the wedding dress rental shop that will be opening soon. Things are looking great. We spent a while watching all of the traffic on the main route (I think) from downtown to Petionville. There were lots of tap-taps, trucks, UN SUVs, tankers. I bought some kind of cookie bread from a street vendor. Very interesting - sort of a almond and ginger flavored scone cookie. We finished up all that we could do with the catalogue. Baby Brandon was a bit fussy in his crib, so he sat on my lap while I finished typing up the dress description pages. In the evening we loaded up the truck and drove over to the Habitation Hat Hotel where the kids swam and then we had dinner. We invited 3 of the older girls from the orphanage to join us. Two years ago they were living in tents, today they got to swim in a pool and then have a nice dinner in a restaurant - two things they had never done before. Tina and I ordered Kabrit (grilled goat), another first. It was pretty good. As I write this, a gentle rain is following - hopefully, just enough to settle the pervasive dust, but not enough to cause problems.




When I donned my U of M shirt, then Dana had to change into her MSU t-shirt.



The wedding dress and fancy dress rental store is almost open for business. I understand that they are just waiting for the paperwork to be completed to obtain a business license.

View of the road to Petionville.

Another view. It was busy but the traffic did flow.

James will manage the wedding dress rental store (real name: The Creator's Design Boutique).

Tap-tap. I counted 15 passengers.

I just thought that the bunch of colorful brooms on top of this super-sized Tap Tap was interesting.

Look closely over the truck and you can see the only traffic light that I've seen since I was down by the airport.

Typical side road scene.

Kids in pool at Habitation Hat Hotel.