This morning we had the opportunity to visit the Haiti
History Museum. The kids on our trip were tasked with remembering at least one
thing they learned and share it on the blog:
- The Haitian flag has changed multiple times. At one time it was red and black, and now is red and blue (Rylee)
- The Haitian flag was desgined from the French flag, but the white (for white people) was removed (Wade)
- The remains of the four most important founding fathers were at the museum (Sawyer)
- There has been one female president in Haiti’s history (Colton)
- Haiti invented BBQ (Smoked food for preservation) (Emma)
- In 1789, 462,000 people were enslaved in Haiti (Genna)
- Captain Morgan had an island off the cost of Haiti. His ship sank and excessive amounts of alcohol were found there (Jaxson)
The anchor from the sunken Santa Maria was on display at the
museum as well. A small circle was taken out of the anchor and made into a
medallion and given to Charles Lindberg after he flew across the ocean.
~Marcia
After our museum visit, we went to CBG which was a Church and a School and there
were 140ish little kids sitting in a small L shaped room. The kids were very
friendly and accepting. They were first dancing around when all of us came
inside. Then they called attention to
everyone in creole which was very fascinating because none of us could
understand but the kids all went from being crazy to straightening up quickly. Then
everyone was split into two groups. The kids who wanted to go play basketball
and soccer went to play on an extremely hot concrete floor. The basketball hoop
was a makeshift one and was cemented into the ground and the soccer goals were
made out of medal with nets tied on it. The goals were about two feet in height
and the same in width. There were only boys who went outside to play sports.
The kids who stayed inside were mostly girls and they made necklaces from
elastic string and colorful beads. The kids would make beautiful necklace’s and
bracelets. We could not communicate with the kids so we mostly did hand jesters
to try to elaborate what was trying to be said. Before we left, we were able to
feed them some fruit juice and crackers and the kids loved them. Unfortunately,
some kids didn’t get any at first because there was an abundant amount of kids.
But we were able to get other drinks so no kids got left out.
Speaking of drinks… After we departed CBG, we voyaged
towards Superstar, a Haitian grocery store on the mountain. The view we all
witnessed was breath taking, and it wasn’t the high-altitude change. There were
houses all along the mountain side, practically stacked upon the other. There
was mountain side shopping, stands set up along the road showcasing art. At
Superstar we shopped for “Limonade,” “Fruit Champagne” and other goods. Looking
at the prices I was convinced that my conversion rate was incorrect. The soda
pop (591mL) I was about to purchase was 35 Gourds, which is 38 American cents.
Low prices speak volume. It’s crazy that prices must be that low to have an
effective product in Haiti. After Superstar we headed our way down the mountain
back to the guest house. And yes… my ears did pop.
~Wade
