Haiti is amazing! I want to stay here and not go home. Arriving in Port-au-prince was so different than what I had expected. I find that what was on the news is so much more focused on all of the negative. Although there is a lot of devestation and rubble I find there is a lot of beauty here as well. Also it is almost to chaotic to see all of the rubble. I find it hard to beleive that Haiti was once known as the "Pearl of the Carribean". Many homes that we past on the way to Grand Goave were very badly damaged and on such an angle it was strange to see them still standing. I love the people here. They are very friendly and interested in you.
Something I found funny was that when the other Emily and I went into the town to get hardware supplies a girl looked at the braces on her teeth and looked absolutely disgusted! we tried to explain that this is normal in Canada but they only laughed. Hahaha it was great! Us Emilys had a great laugh afterwards.
-Emily Loney