Haiti

Well, yes I went to Haiti. A friend of mine is working on adopting a little girl from Haiti and needed to make a trip down to sign some papers. She knew I am always up for an adventure and invited me along to travel with her. I was a little nervous, as I haven't heard that Haiti is the safest place to travel. She assured me we would be fine and the people she knew over there would take good care of us. So off we went! When we arrived in Haiti we were sent through the diplomatic lounge, so we didn't have to deal with the craziness in customs etc. Once we were cleared through immigration our driver was there ready to pick us up. We headed out to the creche (orphanage) where we spent the next couple days. We enjoyed our time there with the kids, the other parents and the staff. Believe it or not we were well feed and taken very good care of. Most the kids at the creche have already been assigned to families and are just waiting for the paperwork process, which is a long one.

The kids were so cute! They loved it when anyone would play with them or hold them. Here are a few pictures of some of the kids at the creche.





Here are a few pictures of the country. Very poor as you would expect!