Saturday morning we rose early and ate pancakes. I once again claimed the kitchen and after Friday night's pizza success, Melinda was actually nice about it.
Cliff picked us up at 8. We left Port Au Prince at 1pm. Sigh. Nothing is EVER quick in Haiti. We had to go to the Kaytech plant to pick up supplies and material for the job at Jacmel. And Cliff had a dozen other errands, ALL in heavy bumper top bumper traffic. Abe was very frustrated, but the kids were calm and happy. Once we were on our way, crowded people, piles of trash and loud traffic was replaced by farmers with cows on ropes, open fields and tall green mountains with steep valleys.
The road was long and rough. At one point the entire road had been blocked by huge piles of sand and rock that had fallen from the side of the mountain. Thankfully we didn't have to wait long as the tractors and back hoes were hard at work. And another landslide didn't decide to target out truck.
As we passed through tiny villages we noticed several wedding parties. Cliff did his best to explain that due to the holiday weekend, many people were getting married. I am still unsure what the holiday is for...
We made it to Jacmel by 7pm. Abe's crew (the first one he ever trained) was busy working and were very excited to meet us. The hotel is about 20 miles from Jacmel along the coast. The views are amazing.
We were taken back to Jacmel to the house we were to stay at and... WoW. It was super clean, which probably added to my admiration. The smallish two bedroom house is beautiful. There was furniture but a disparaging lack of kitchen supplies. The view from the back deck is amazing. I will post pics soon.
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