Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Last day in Haiti!

Today we got to sleep in, until about 8am, and it was glorious. We took our time finishing the packing, and leaving behind tools and clothing. It's interesting to think that my body has actually gotten used to these early mornings, seeing as I'm not an early riser by nature (don't tell my mom that I don't have trouble waking up early now, haha).

We then walked to the "airport" and had ourselves and our luggage weighed. When the little planes both arrived we headed off to Port Au Prince. Unfortunately for me, today's flight was a fair bit more turbulent than our last one, and I was very close to being air sick.

Upon arriving we were quickly herded to Wall's Guest House, and after a bit of down time (where I napped) we headed back out on a driven tour of P.A.P. (For anyone wondering, I felt much better after napping.)

The tour was lovely, and we got a great sense of P.A.P. It's such a conflicting city, having tiny ramshackle houses on one side and Radio Shacks on the other. But there were many beautiful areas, and lots of culture to see. The whole team also took some time to stop at vendor's areas and buy some souvenirs.

When we got back we had more downtime, and as you can see from the picture of the kitten, we had some fun with the two kittens here - Koda and Ranger. No we did not put the kitten's head through the hat, Cam covered it with the hat, and it did that itself.

It's glorious to have running water here, I'll just say that now. As well as we are all looking forward to a great western meal tomorrow (as good as the food here has actually been!). I think now would be a good time for a swim! More tomorrow!

P.s. Happy 13th birthday Erin!

P.p.s. For anyone wondering about our flight schedule, we're supposed to be arriving in Toronto tomorrow around 11:15pm.

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