Haiti Travel Information
Posted by admin on Jan 14, 2011 | 1 Comment
Haiti is a small Caribbean nation with a troubled past and a lot of problems, but it is also home to colorful art, historic sights, carnivals, vibrant markets and nice hiking opportunities. Located in the western third of the island of Hispaniola between Cuba and Dominican Republic, Haiti is the first black republic in the world, but also the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, where decades of political upheaval,...
Vacation in Countries with Bad Reputation
Posted by admin on Jan 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Even the end of the military actions that took place in these countries wasn’t able to unwrap the developed reputation. Stereotypes are strong, and many travelers are still trying to sidestep the states the way newspapers are still trying to publish a lot of unknown and unusual information about them.
PakistanAs becoming an unusual country ending by -stan it makes people nervous to travel there. This young Islamic...
Haiti’s unhappy history
Posted by admin on Jan 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A boy stands in a flooded field after Hurricane Ernesto passed through the region in 2006. (Ariana Cubillos/Associated Press)Even before the Jan. 12 earthquake rocked Haiti, it was a nation of hopelessness and despair. Yet a little more than two centuries ago, Haiti had inspired hope for many when it became the world’s first independent black republic.
The tragedy of Haiti — which, along with the Dominican Republic,...
The Haitian earthquake
Posted by admin on Jan 19, 2010 | 2 Comments
I’m the author of Lonely Planet’s Haiti coverage. I’ve spent the last several days trying to get to grips with the news from that poor country, and as we’ve all discovered, hard news has been hard to come by in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake.
The Haitian phone network was out of action all yesterday, and is patchy today. I haven’t been able to contact any of my friends in Port-au-Prince directly,...
Haiti at a glance
Posted by admin on Jan 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Second largest Caribbean Island, Haiti is situated 77 km southeast of Cuba. Haiti occupies the western third of the island it shares with the Dominican Republic and has 1530 km of coast line. Mountainous land between the Atlantic Ocean in the North and the Caribbean Sea in the South, Haiti also comprises several islands surrounding the main territory: La Gonâve, la Tortue, l’Ile-à-Vache, la Navase, etc.
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