MY PHOTOS FROM HAITI 1989 & SOME REMINISCING I HOPE YOU WILL FIND INTERESTING!

On The Road To Cap Haitien

Woman In The Market

My Husband Hans & I went to Haiti in 1989.  I really didn't even know where we were going. I was notified in the restroom in Miami that I was being taken to a "disturbed area".  He took me because I love to speak French and we both were, (are) so adventuresome. Hans had hitch hiked from Bern, Switzerland where he was born to all 'over the world' including Iran, Pakistan, India and by ship to Penang, Malaysia, on to Japan. (in brief).   I was used to traveling in Western Europe.  I had gone by myself to all of the usual places. France, Italy, Germany, Greece, Switzerland and some not so much on the beaten track like the then Yugoslavia.  
Haiti was in 1989 the poorest country  in the Western Hemisphere, and as we all know, still is!  In my naivete I took photos of everyone that would allow me to photograph them until a man showed me a very large knife.  Hans said, "That's enough of the photography for now"!  I soon discovered that most of the people did not enjoy having me take their pictures, something about losing their souls through the photo.  It has to do with the prevalence of the religion VOODOO.   
 I hope that you will enjoy seeing a few of those photos and the lovely and charming people in them. I think of them, and wonder where they might be now.....
I WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS! Rivian

Port au Prince

Hans at the market, Port au Prince

Boulangerie, Patisserie

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