Sightseeing

The group came in on Saturday (not a workday) so we took the weekend to do some sightseeing. Fun for me as I’d not done any of this before. We thought we would have all day but their flight was late getting in. We went to the lookout which is up the mountain and gives a view of Port-au-Prince. I knew it was big but wow. And from so far away you can’t see the rubble and trash and poverty. It is breathtaking.

Sunday we went to church (5:45) and then went to the beach. This crew coming from Malibu I expected some water babies but many of them were not crazy about the water. It is a different view from what they got the rest of the week as the resort makes it a paradise—white sands, blue waters (not sure they did a whole lot for that), beach chairs, volleyball nets, etc. Of course places like these, especially in a place like this, make you call into question what you are spending you money on…the entry fee could be spent in so many different ways to help this country. It makes you think about it and I think that is a good thing for all of us to do. Think about where and how we spend our money. The contrast just seems so much bigger here when you see right in front of you how much farther it can go.