Ile a Vache, Haiti
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| Anchor spot with a lagoon in front |
This is the only safe spot on the
“aishin”(their pronunciation of Haitian) coast.
The anchor spot is in Port Morgan, a
beautiful bay that gives entrance to a lagoon with a hotel owned by a
Frenchman.
The only problem of the place is the” boat
boys”. These are young men that row out to your boat and insist to” help” you
with everything. We felt very sorry for them at first and tried to use every
one once.
We gave them a lot of money, even fixed the
water hand pump, but in the end they wanted more and tried to rob us! We left because of Kamah and Makendy. Sailors
should be very firm and not encourage this dependency.
The 6 Nm seas between the Island
and mainland are busy with the traditional sailing boat with big sails and crew
on trapeze (hanging on a rope, sitting out on a pole ).
It is a sight to see these very skillful
sailors do their thing.
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| any fabric goes for the sails |
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| trapeze |
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| trapeze |
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| When little wind they row! |
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| On the way to Madame Bessard |
We explored the island by walking to the
market at Madame Bessard, the main town 2 hrs walk away.
We also took a walk to the south side beach
where we met South Africans cruising on
two Catamarans .
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| central cellphone charge spot |
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| Cray-fish at Jean-Jean |
We twice went to Jean-Jean’s restaurant where
you can get a big crayfish meal for US 10.
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| The docks on a smoking rubbish dump landfill! |
The only ATM with-in reach is at Les Cayes,
city on mainland 6 mile ferry ride away.
We did not want to change out Euro (keeping it
for 
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| street vendors in Les Cayes |
After a week we left early morning to Port
Antonio, Jamaica
