Now we're in vacation mode...

[bcholmes]

We arrived in Jakmel, which is a city I've always loved. They've put us into the swankiest hotel I've ever been in in Haiti. Like Sister Mary's modest guest house, this place has wireless. But it's all very nice and official looking. Pity it's a bit farther out of town than I'd prefer. It's walkable, but a fair hike. But there are motorcycle taxis all over the place in Jakmel.

Also, the neighbours are pretty quiet, which isn't something you can always say in Haiti.

Yesterday, it was off to the beach, although we did swing by Marigo to see some of the damage left over from the hurricanes in September, 2008. This is a major road. All these rocks were swept out of the mountains.

Today, we went on a bit of a hike to see a waterfall.

First we had to check in with the tourism office. By which we meant that we had to write our names in a little book. Then it was a hike.

Ooops. Out of time.