Scenes from a tourist’s Haiti
The country's infrastructure, never state-of-the-art, makes even short trips in the countryside a challenge.
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Tourists will need a knowledgeable local's help to navigate the streets of Port-au-Prince.
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A girl sat by the side of the road in Petionville, in the hills outside the capital city.
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In the rainy season, downpours sometimes only last an hour or so, but the streets flood and become difficult for cars and pedestrians to traverse.
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The aftermath of the earthquake was still visible in Petionville. Some residents lived in tents above the main roads.
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Many cement dwellings in the hills surrounding Port-au-Prince survived the earthquake.
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These shanties ring even the more upscale parts of town.
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Kenscoff is a farm town in the mountains southeast of Port-au-Prince, scarred by the country’s poverty and the 2010 earthquake.
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Caught in a cloudburst, soccer players got a lift back to Kenscoff.
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Rock farming in the hills above Port-au-Prince framed nearby mountains.
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