A new car costs less than a used one
I think if you have one cell phone you have more money, but if you have 2 or 3 you are either poor or just careful with money. You might use one for text messaging, one for calling people in Haiti and one for calling other countries. Rich people can just get one to use for everything
People look at you funny until you start speaking Creole to them. Sometimes they look at you even more funny, but most of the time smile.
The line to get into the airport felt like there was going to be a riot at anytime (ok maybe it wasn’t that bad)
The last hotel we stayed at had a no smoking sign. The room came with two ashtrays.
Bottles of Acid are the equivalent of Clorox
Haitian culture dictates that if you have two of something the other one is excess and therefore can be taken without asking. I never actually experienced this, but this was what I was told. When you get there and realize how little people have, you are ready to give it up anyways.
Lucas Simmons
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