Last week, a new friend of mine named Gwenn used the phrase...T.I.H., This Is Haiti. Gwenn has lived here in Haiti for the past six years with her husband and three children, and they have learned to use this phrase to highlight the unique events that can happen here. In this case, it happened to be the crazy sequence of events that occurred during the marathon held here in Jacmel (stories to come soon). A sequence of events that could best be summed up by saying, T.I.H. ...This Is Haiti.
I found this phrase particularly catchy. After only hearing it once the other weekend, I realized it stuck with me.
This past weekend when I was visiting an area called Port Salut, I realized I kept thinking...T.I.H.. Not because there were crazy events happening around me, but quite the opposite. I was continuously awestruck by the beauty of the area I was in. I kept saying to myself, wow, This is Haiti.
And while there are certainly many needs here, I want to make sure that people also get to hear about the beauty of Haiti. To see and to realize that, This is Haiti too.
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| cave in Port a Piment...This Is Haiti |
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| entering the cave....T.I.H. |
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| stalactites and stalagmites in the cave....This Is Haiti |
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| inside the cave....T.I.H. |
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| old sign in the cave....This is Haiti |
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| climbing in the cave....T.I.H. |
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| beach at Pointe-Sable...This is Haiti |
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| more white-sand beach....T.I.H. |
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| sunset at the beach....This is Haiti |
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| statue commemorating the "battle" against cholera....T.I.H. |
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| Notre Dame cathedral in Les Cayes...This is Haiti |
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| T.I.H....This is Haiti |
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