Day 1 – “Back on the Road Again”…and in the Air…and on the Water!
Our apologies for the tardy post…reliable internet connections are sometimes hard to come by!
As I mentioned in the previous post, this is a unique adventure for our team, in many ways. The first of which is just our many modes of transportation, though the duration of our first day travels rivals that of some of our previous journeys. That said, we have endured the overnight in the Ft. Lauderdale airport…and I do mean endured! We made it through Port au Prince customs and baggage check with the benefit of Melila’s Kreyol and the gentleman who found us with a sign which simply read “Adam Sarbin” (never been so happy to see my name in print); he helped us locate our new friend Gary who was our driver for the day and we proceeded to make the five-hour long road trip to the south and west to Les Cayes – a first for our group (we had an air-conditioned van and NO dry riverbed roads…how refreshing!). This is where we met Nora and her husband Léon for the first time, before heading to the pier to board a boat for our next leg; we boarded our boat (another exciting first) and made the one hour ride to our ultimate destination – the former haunt of infamous pirate Captain Morgan! Read More