Great first day!! My travels began yesterday at 5pm leaving Vancouver to Montreal. It was wonderful that Air Canada could check my bags all the way to Haiti this year which made the layover in Montreal so much easier. Arrived in Montreal as planned, took the wrong shuttle to the hotel which meant a quick walk at 1:30 in the morning and then slept for about an hour and a half before my wake-up call came in. Arrived at the airport in plenty of time to have a hearty breakfast. I decided to save the Air Canada lounge passes Mark was so wonderful in giving me for my trip home. The rest of the team almost didn't make it on the flight as their connection from Ottawa was late. Everyone arrived, we left 30 min late and arrived in Port-au-Prince 1 hour later. Suprisingly, all went very smoothly at the airport. The normal chaos seemed much more controlled this time and we managed to get 10 bags and be out in 1.5 hours. As usual, the humidity hits you like a brick wall, and the 30 degree temperature didn't help. That said, the instant Haiti smell is reminding me of what I miss most and seeing so many familiar faces at the guesthouse is comforting. Got my bugnet set up, and then headed off to the grocery store. It is like shopping back home in Canada, there certainly isn't much you can't buy, which still seems odd to me. Stocked up on Haitian rum and opened a Pristige beer at the guesthouse. Dinner was noodles with fake meat, french fries, piklez, salad and another mystery meat which we all think was beef. We were supposed to go to the Montana for coctails tonight but we're all pretty tired, so once we repack bags in preparation for our 7am start time tomorrow, a few games of cards will be more the speed everyone is at tonight. No pictures to post today but will try throughout the week.
Bon Bagay!
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