The Thin Line Between Love and (Haiti) - Part II

Maybe a little macabre, as the county most looked forward to was

maybe the last place on earth anyone would want to set foot in.

However, before even boarding the flight a plan had been tacked together including,

disembarking, clearing Passport Control and Imigration then taking a peek around

the exit door before jumping into 

Port au Prince

 with both feet!

As it turned out the exit door wasn't reach as young Robert, in his smart 3-piece suit strode over,
introduced himself as the
Senior Tourist Advisor
shook my hand firmly and asked how he might help.

 HAiTIAN FLAG

Taking up the western section of the island of
HISPANIOLA 
with the 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
to the east

The Capital
Port au Prince 
Before leaving the

AIRPORT
Bob had telephoned

Buisnessman, Pastor, Entrepreneur and Hotel Owner
ERNSO JEAN LOUIS
additionally the most well known and respected man in the country,
who was by my side within 15 minutes.
Briefing me on the do's and dont's of Haiti a booking was made for 5 nights
with an option of more should my stay be extended.

 A brief Cook's Tour was enough to show that this devistated country had by and large been left to its own devices after the shattering earthquake of 2010 and quickly summed up for myself that "no oil, no precious minerals, no silver or gold simply equated to
NO WORLDWIDE HELP"

CATHEDRAL
before the quake

The Epicenter
and human beings living in the rubble

ever since!
This was expected, but not on such a wide scale, and was personally considered to be an
Indictement against the World Community

UN Presence

but everything looked broken!

Just a sign on a wall which had me thinking about
The Girl of My Dreams!

 The Ocean Tug of the same name
CONFIANCE
 my charge for a couple of years!
Having commissioned the Coxswain of the Falmouth Lifeboat, Tony Warren
to paint such a picture for me in 1983

MAIN STREET

Backstreet in Enso's community and

 The Iron Gates of the

EUCALYPTUS GUEST HOUSE

a live like you would at home establisment

with most area'open spaces' for all guests

to enjoy

Mike - the House Attendant, Gina - Ernso's wife and US citizen
Scott who was trying to build an Air Ambulance Station in the foothil almost single handedly.
Looked like we had fallen on our feet again and hope to bring you more on that later

Birds of a Feather - Weekend List

With the wind now firmly set in the east and at times touching gale force, the weekend hasn’t amounted to much. Again we have been catching Moths but not in numbers and nothing to add to the Year List, as overnight temperatures hold on doggedly to low single figures. We have been out on both days but the grand total of avianshas amounted to no more than the pictorial list below.

All Images From the Archive

 LITTLE GREBE

 MUTE SWAN

 CANADA GOOSE

 GREYLAG GOOSE

MALLARD

TUFTED DUCK

PHEASANT

MOORHEN

 COOT

 BLACK-HEADED GULL

HERRING GULL

STOCK DOVE

 WOOD PIGEON

GREEN WOODPECKER

MEADOW PIPIT

 PIED WAGTAIL

WREN

 DUNNOCK

 ROBIN

STONECHAT

BLACKBIRD
on the Heath last year

 CHIFFCHAFF

COAL TIT

 BLUE TIT

GREAT TIT

 JAY

 MAGPIE

 JACKDAW

 CARRION CROW

STARLING

CHAFFINCH

GOLDFINCH
and 

LINNET
 
GOOD JOB IT WASN'T 'BIRD RACE' WEEKEND!