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RE: Safety and annoyance
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, May 16, 2013
okay - I get what you went through. Not pretty...but it wasn't racism, really - 'blan', although ...

Re: Safety and annoyance
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, May 16, 2013
thanks for the post! It's always good to get travelers current takes on what a place is like.

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RE: Hotel Oloffson open?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, May 15, 2013
good to hear!! Please let them know you had this problem - you are not the only one.

Also - pl...

RE: Hotel Oloffson open?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, May 14, 2013
well - there are many, many hotels in Port au Prince - I need some perimeters. Going for work or ...

RE: Hotel Oloffson open?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, May 13, 2013
yes, it is open, just typical in it's ability /desire to stay current w/contact info -
try 509 ...

RE:
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, May 9, 2013
the US is not easy to gain citizenship...
I will say that if you do woodworking you will compete...

RE: Tortuga island travel
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, May 9, 2013
Right now (today and possibly for a while in the future) the air service to Port de Paix from PaP...

RE: Vodou
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, May 8, 2013
Any vodou ceremony you see with be tailored for a non-believer, a tourist, just so you understand...

Re: Best Caribbean destination for beaches and something else
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Apr 23, 2013
I am partial to Haiti - very rich in culture, history, arts, and great beauty.

RE: Flights?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Apr 13, 2013
Afaik - means 'as far as I know'.

Tortug'Air services between Port au Prince and Santo Doming...

Re: Flights?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Apr 12, 2013
there might be a small craft flying in , but otherwise you can catch an American flight to Miami ...

Re: Volunteer Diving in the Carribean
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Apr 9, 2013
I'm confused - are you asking about volunteer diving work? Could you be more specific?
In the Ca...

RE: Bus Service Santo Domingo to Port-au-Prince v.v.
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Mar 15, 2013
Thanks vangjensen1!

RE: Report bugs here
in Check in with Lonely Planet » Report a Bug, Mar 15, 2013
so....after having over 3/4 of the Haiti threads 'disappeared', PMs disabled and forced to use pu...

Re: Report bugs here
in Check in with Lonely Planet » Report a Bug, Mar 14, 2013
None of the above tricks are working for me - my watch list disappears after I leave the page, an...

Re: Haiti: Safety, transportation and lodging
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Mar 13, 2013
Ugh. These are always hard questions for me to answer. It all comes down to personal preferences....

RE: Haiti: Safety, transportation and lodging
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Mar 12, 2013
okay - around Petionville there are a few options - but I might suggest that you may want to cons...

RE: Haiti: Safety, transportation and lodging
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Mar 12, 2013
Safety is relative. Haiti has been found to be one of the safest countries in the region, and as ...

RE: Looking for volunteering opportunities in the Carribean
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Mar 9, 2013
It would be helpful if you offer some additional information - what languages are you fluent in? ...

RE: Bus Service Santo Domingo to Port-au-Prince v.v.
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Feb 23, 2013
wow - haven't seen that before....wonder what's going on there...hope not what happened here. Thi...