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| Titled "Fertilization" |
Evidence of roof damage after the sudden but thankfully short storm that hit us July 16. A palm tree from the neighbors yard crashed down upon the dining room. I was actually glad that it did not hit our little chevy van.
I might get the hang of this different layout...maybe. I'll write more at the bottom following the photos (randomly added).
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| Tomb of Presidents |
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| This is the ceiling over the tomb. From the outside it sits center of water feather. See photo of the guys. |
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| Hadrien, Jake and Andy |
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| "Life" |
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| One of my favorites of course... |
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| Jenna and Tasha |
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| Water feature and "domes" on roof of National Museum |
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| Statue art |
Entrance of National Museum d'Haiti
The visit to the National Museum of Haiti was a wonderful surprise. From the outside, and up several sets of stairs was a water feature with 5 tiled domes and a larger one in the center. Upon entering, the 'guide' told us, with obvious pride, the museum was divided into 3 parts. The first part being the 'crypt' of the first 3 presidents of Haiti. Beautifully designed with the crest of Haiti in gold and surrounded by pillars, the ceiling tiled in brick, we realized it was the center dome from above providing the light.
From there to the left, the guide told us was the early history of Haiti- the arrival of Christopher Columbus and from there he let us ooh, ahh and gaze at the artifacts of the past 200 years. The anchor of the Santa Maria sat at center of one of displays. Is it really?
The 3rd section of the gallery consisted of paintings in different mediums. I took photos of some of my favorites but there were some strange ones that drew our attention. We could not really wrap our minds around them. The gallery itself was beautifully designed and could have been anywhere in the world. This is just another example of Haiti at its best. I was fortunate enough to visit the National Palace in 2009 (see old blogs for photos). The thing is every country has its poor, its slums, its problems. So why would Haiti be any different. Its a small country with a big population of extremely poor people that do deserve to be lifted up. Unfortunately, their national pride isn't enough.
That night we watched an old movie- 1492 - about Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Caribbean Islands, including Haiti. It was long and actually quite boring. I would like to see the newly released movie "Toussaint Louvature" which I've heard is a very good historical film of the early history of Haiti's Independence.
Entrance of National Museum d'Haiti
1 comment:
Good morning how are you?
My name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Haiti? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Haiti in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez
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