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| Downtown PAP, near Iron Market |
This morning was water therapy, but the main attraction of the day was our visit to the Iron Market in downtown PAP. Think of every touristy type shopping area in any part of the world, you've pictured the Iron Market accurately. Every vendor sells pretty much the same thing, for pretty much the same price. But, I still like it.
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| Iron Market is in the back |
I had Roberto come with us because I've heard that there can be some gangs in that area and because I thought it would be good to have a Haitian with us to run interference if we needed it. The moment we stepped in, vendors wanted us to come to their stalls. One guy who spoke decent English took us around. The best part was the back--the voodoo section. The dolls and statues and other . . . stuff was pretty gross looking. Rhonda bought a voodoo bottle of some sort, but I just looked.
I knew what I was looking for--a gift for my neighbor Steve-O--so I wasn't side tracked by too much. We both decided to buy hats. I may not look an official Haitian, but I at least look like I'm in the Caribbean!
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| Voodoo dolls |
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| More voodoo dolls |
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| Rhonda enjoys the view from the back |
After the Iron Market we headed up Delmas to Star 2000 again. I don't know what Sony and Roberto needed to get, but Rhonda and I grabbed a couple of Prestige for the ride back--we had to stop and get the kids from Christian Adoration and then head back to the orphanage. We decided to ride in the back of the truck so that we could have some fresh area, relatively speaking. I always prefer riding in the back because I get less car sick there than in the back seat--too much stop-and-go traffic.
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| Goats |
We also took Olgiue and Maryse out for a walk later this afternoon. I love it that Rhonda is always looking for the kids who don't get much other attention--those are the kids that she picks to focus on. Olgiue loved the walk! She took everything in--walking slowly, smiling. It was cool to see.
On our walk we saw some industrious goats climbing up onto the top of a
parked broken-down van so that they could nibble on the leaves.
Rhonda isn't the only one who's been working hard. Check out the men doing the road work. Now
that's working hard.
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| More men at work |
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| Men at work |
I had Roberto come with us because I've heard that there can be some gangs in that area and because I thought it would be good to have a Haitian with us to run interference if we needed it. The moment we stepped in, vendors wanted us to come to their stalls. One guy who spoke decent English took us around. The best part was the back--the voodoo section. The dolls and statues and other . . . stuff was pretty gross looking. Rhonda bought a voodoo bottle of some sort, but I just looked.
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