This morning we awoke to the sounds of farm animals in the lot behind the hotel. The day starts early on the island of La Gonave! After a wonderful breakfast, it was back to the boat, and the ride back to the mainland. There was quite the storm last night, and there was still quite a bit of wave action this morning. While I’m quite certain we were safe the whole time, there were a few times we seemed to get quite a bit of lift over the water, or seemed to tilt quite far to the left or right. In any event, it was a safe journey on the water. Probably safer than the truck ride from the boat back to the office in Port-au-Prince. I’ve been several places, and usually the organizations drivers are not the most aggressive on the road. The gentleman today was certainly not typical!

Otherwise, just a day of interviews, process reviews, and note taking. Boy doesn’t that sound like fun! So today, I’ll include a bit of general information.

In the city, water is delivered to homes in trucks. Picture the type of trucks that bring oil to homes in the US. The water is delivered from the truck to a cistern under the floor in the home, where it is then used for washing, bathing, etc. And here’s the funny part…. The water delivery vehicles play songs, just like the ice cream truck in the US. The “theme song” for the trucks is the theme song for the movie Titanic. Now I don’t know if anyone else finds this amusing, but I really get a kick out of it!