BB,
Any idea when the dates for next years carnival is going to be? My birthday is early February. I am thinking about going to Haiti for my birthday, but would like my trip to coincide with the carnival if at all possible.
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BB,
Any idea when the dates for next years carnival is going to be? My birthday is early February. I am thinking about going to Haiti for my birthday, but would like my trip to coincide with the carnival if at all possible.
Believe it or not in 2011, Carnival is March 6, 7, 8
[QUOTE=Asedeke]BB,
Any idea when the dates for next years carnival is going to be? My birthday is early February. I am thinking about going to Haiti for my birthday, but would like my trip to coincide with the carnival if at all possible.[/QUOTE]
BadBear what could one expect for a party at Christmas & New Years if one made the trek south to visit BadBear Country?
Lots of sweet chocolate and friendly mongers ready to share bragging rights
[QUOTE=Derekj6926]BadBear what could one expect for a party at Christmas & New Years if one made the trek south to visit BadBear Country?[/QUOTE]
I would like to know there will be a roof top party for each of these great Holidays!
[QUOTE=BadBear2000]Lots of sweet chocolate and friendly mongers ready to share bragging rights[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the info BB. Any advantage to being there around carnival, in terms of availability of beauties?
We will have roof top parties on Christmas and New Years Eve. There are more babies born nine months after carnival than the rest of the year combined.
Does that answer your question
[QUOTE=Asedeke]Thanks for the info BB. Any advantage to being there around carnival, in terms of availability of beauties?[/QUOTE]
As I am sure many of you are watching the news about Haiti. If you are in Haiti and want to go out, do it by walking or riding the motorcycle taxis. They are throwing rocks at cars so it is best to stay home with a hot little honey and just wait it out. My many years of experience here tells me this will last about 3 days and then everything will go back to normal. Even though the people are out protesting the election, most of them are just following some crazy leader that is being paid by some supporters of the candidates that did not make it to the run off. Even though everybody thought Sweet Micky would be there, they probably did not vote for him or even registered to vote. Common sense tells a half way intelligent person that the ex old first lady who was married to a previous president that was ousted for corruption would not be a good chose. And let us think about an entertainer that drops his pants on stage. Presidential material? I don't think so. Prevail was expected to rebuild the country after an earthquake. And what was he going to do it with? His own hands? There are over 1,000, 000 tent refuges. At least Prevail helped the people get those places to live. Many of the people are living better in the tents than they were in their homes before the earthquake.
[QUOTE=BadBear2000;1101075]As I am sure many of you are watching the news about Haiti. If you are in Haiti and want to go out, do it by walking or riding the motorcycle taxis. They are throwing rocks at cars so it is best to stay home with a hot little honey and just wait it out. My many years of experience here tells me this will last about 3 days and then everything will go back to normal. Even though the people are out protesting the election, most of them are just following some crazy leader that is being paid by some supporters of the candidates that did not make it to the run off. Even though everybody thought Sweet Micky would be there, they probably did not vote for him or even registered to vote. Common sense tells a half way intelligent person that the ex old first lady who was married to a previous president that was ousted for corruption would not be a good chose. And let us think about an entertainer that drops his pants on stage. Presidential material? I don't think so. Prevail was expected to rebuild the country after an earthquake. And what was he going to do it with? His own hands? There are over 1, 000, 000 tent refuges. At least Prevail helped the people get those places to live. Many of the people are living better in the tents than they were in their homes before the earthquake. Jude Celestine is nothing like Prevail He is a smart, hardworking business man that will have a plan to help Haiti. I have known him since he was a kid and believe me, he will be nobody's puppet.[/QUOTE]The Haitian people are extremely pissed off. The elections run by the CEP (Election Board) , a lackey group handpicked by the venal, ineffective Préval, have been a moment to shambles, mismanagement, and blatant, shameless manipulation. First, the most important party which has won every election it has participated in was excluded (Fanmi Lavalas). They usually won in percentages surpassing 70%. It is like outlawing the Republican Party in Oklahoma. The USA financed the elections in hopes of a docile, compliant puppet government could result in the end.
In the meantime, hardly anything was done to relieve the situation of the more than one million displaced people. According to many reports, much of the rubble has remained despite all the millions supposedly sent or promised to Haiti. Since the earthquake, Préval has hardly been seen around. He is now reviled by the great majority of the people and his handpicked successor, Jude Célestin is highly despised as he is seen, rightly or wrongly, as Préval's (mis)creation.
On election day, less than a quarter of Haitians actually voted. Hardly surprising in view of the fact that the most party was excluded and that the country is being ravaged by cholera brought in by Nepalese UN troops. Add to this, the chaos resulting from the earthquake (many people lost their homes, addresses, ID) and even in the best of cases, the sham election was headed for trouble. On top of all this, the CEP, the UN, and the US desperately wanted their man to get in come what may. Jude Célestine's relatively well-financed campaigned was omnipresent but few people were swayed. Indeed, they were outright hostile. Jude might be a nice guy but he is passionately hated by most Haitians.
On election day, what was seen as inevitable happened. Many of the polling stations opened hours late. Thousands of people were turned away as their names were not on voter lists. Others had no idea where to vote. In the meantime, ballot boxes were stuffed in favour of Célestin and in many polling stations, voters were turned away by Inite Party supporters (Préval's) unless they supported Célestin. Thousands of the dead who died in the January 12 earthquake were mysteriously able to vote (the zombie vote?) It became so ridiculously obvious that by midday. 12 out of the 19 presidential candidates called for the results to be annulled. Eventually, two of them retracted their statements because they were told they were leading (Marigat and Martelly). However, Préval was adamant that his man be included in the runoff election in January. Thus, that is how it turned out: Marigat and Célestin. Martelly was just behind Célestin by a few votes. However, it is clear that it is not how many votes you get but who counts the votes. Many of the votes were counted in closed quarters at UN bases. Amazing. One of the most popular candidates, Céant, got very few votes whereas his rallies were the most attended (though support waned after Aristide denounced the sham elections).
Préval might settle for Martelly to be included in a three-way runoff but it is clear that there is a rocky road ahead. The Haitian people might be largely uneducated, oppressed, and illiterate but they are very aware politically. Even in a country like Haiti, communications with the world are making it difficult to oppress the masses like they have been doing in a time-honoured fashion. The people of Haiti will eventually win their right to a free and fair election (with Lavalas participation) unless they are physically wiped out. They have nothing to lose now and everything to gain. The Haitian elite must be shaking in their Miami-bought boots.
I imagine that there will be problems until this matter is resolved and it will be more than a few days. It looks like there will be a lot tension until at least the middle of January. For more information, the website.
[url]www.haitian_truth.org[/url] Is the best. They seem to get some interesting scoops.
That's [url]www.haitian-truth.org[/url] (it's a hyphen, not an underscore)
[QUOTE=Cunning Linguist; 1101348]The Haitian people are extremely pissed off. The elections run by the CEP (Election Board) , a lackey group handpicked by the venal, ineffective Préval, have been a moment to shambles, mismanagement, and blatant, shameless manipulation. First, the most important party which has won every election it has participated in was excluded (Fanmi Lavalas). They usually won in percentages surpassing 70. It is like outlawing the Republican Party in Oklahoma. The USA financed the elections in hopes of a docile, compliant puppet government could result in the end.
In the meantime, hardly anything was done to relieve the situation of the more than one million displaced people. According to many reports, much of the rubble has remained despite all the millions supposedly sent or promised to Haiti. Since the earthquake, Préval has hardly been seen around. He is now reviled by the great majority of the people and his handpicked successor, Jude Célestin is highly despised as he is seen, rightly or wrongly, as Préval's (mis) creation.
On election day, less than a quarter of Haitians actually voted. Hardly surprising in view of the fact that the most party was excluded and that the country is being ravaged by cholera brought in by Nepalese UN troops. Add to this, the chaos resulting from the earthquake (many people lost their homes, addresses, I'd) and even in the best of cases, the sham election was headed for trouble. On top of all this, the CEP, the UN, and the US desperately wanted their man to get in come what may. Jude Célestine's relatively well-financed campaigned was omnipresent but few people were swayed. Indeed, they were outright hostile. Jude might be a nice guy but he is passionately hated by most Haitians.
On election day, what was seen as inevitable happened. Many of the polling stations opened hours late. Thousands of people were turned away as their names were not on voter lists. Others had no idea where to vote. In the meantime, ballot boxes were stuffed in favour of Célestin and in many polling stations, voters were turned away by Inite Party supporters (Préval's) unless they supported Célestin. Thousands of the dead who died in the January 12 earthquake were mysteriously able to vote (the zombie vote?) It became so ridiculously obvious that by midday. 12 out of the 19 presidential candidates called for the results to be annulled. Eventually, two of them retracted their statements because they were told they were leading (Marigat and Martelly). However, Préval was adamant that his man be included in the runoff election in January. Thus, that is how it turned out: Marigat and Célestin. Martelly was just behind Célestin by a few votes. However, it is clear that it is not how many votes you get but who counts the votes. Many of the votes were counted in closed quarters at UN bases. Amazing. One of the most popular candidates, Céant, got very few votes whereas his rallies were the most attended (though support waned after Aristide denounced the sham elections).
Préval might settle for Martelly to be included in a three-way runoff but it is clear that there is a rocky road ahead. The Haitian people might be largely uneducated, oppressed, and illiterate but they are very aware politically. Even in a country like Haiti, communications with the world are making it difficult to oppress the masses like they have been doing in a time-honoured fashion. The people of Haiti will eventually win their right to a free and fair election (with Lavalas participation) unless they are physically wiped out. They have nothing to lose now and everything to gain. The Haitian elite must be shaking in their Miami-bought boots.
I imagine that there will be problems until this matter is resolved and it will be more than a few days. It looks like there will be a lot tension until at least the middle of January. For more information, the website.
[url]www.haitian_truth.org[/url]
Is the best. They seem to get some interesting scoops. [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=La Isla; 1101352]That's.
[url]www.haitian-truth.org[/url]
(it's a hyphen, not an underscore) [/QUOTE]Oops. You're right. Mèsi anpil.
[QUOTE=Cunning Linguist;1101355]Oops. You're right. Mèsi anpil.[/QUOTE]Pa pwoblem. :)
Hi everyone,
Just arrived for a 1 year posting and was looking for a nice massage place. If possible, in Petionville. Any advice?
Thanks in advance!
Most Haitian girls can give you a better massage than a parlor and cost less plus get other things massage with hands and lips. I will check but these Haitian babes are use to washing their cloths by hand and have incredible grips making their skills at massages very complete.
[QUOTE=Likmiballs; 1101745]Hi everyone,
Just arrived for a 1 year posting and was looking for a nice massage place. If possible, in Petionville. Any advice?
Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE]
Clearly looking for that Badbear. But I need a place during the day that can accommodate for regular sessions. If you know of such, would be eternally grateful!
[QUOTE=BadBear2000;1101917]Most Haitian girls can give you a better massage than a parlor and cost less plus get other things massage with hands and lips. I will check but these Haitian babes are use to washing their cloths by hand and have incredible grips making their skills at massages very complete.[/QUOTE]