Still in Haiti... Still crazy. Getting into the groove down here finally. Keeping busy. We are getting our hands into a lot of different cool projects and more keep coming our way. Pretty computer bound with what I'm doing, but Sam does his best to yank me out of the 'office' so that I don't go insane! Thx Sam!
Took off to the beach last weekend for what was supposed to be a relaxing night.
We caught up with another relief organization that we have close ties with out there... 18 of us in the the back of that tap tap...note picture. It rained the whole night...but somehow the fire raged on... and so did the parting... the 100 5ths of rum that the other group brought, definitely did it's job and things got sloppy... these kind of gathering seem to be quite the release for pent up energy in these type of environments.
On the work front... met with a really cool Haitian today that owns a solar company here. There is talk about him loaning and setting up a system for the new base. Things are always in the works. Always interesting.
As for the base, it is still a work in progress...perimeter wall, cracks in the house, electrical, water...well, pretty much everything needs some TLC. It's got a lot of potential. Much more than it looks like in the picture.
Got to take a detour on the way back to the base one day to check out the Palace. Sam described it as "the after picture of dooms day" Didn't quite make it through the earthquake. They are are in the process of tearing it down, so I wanted to make sure I got to see it. I have been getting out to see a bit more of town lately. Giving me a lot more perspective. There are some areas that will never fully recover. Really Sad.
OK, Back to work. Brenda is going to make it down this weekend. We are all excited to see her (and get some goodies from the states!...Love ya Brenda...).
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