Haiti Virtual Tourist

The four bronze soldiers atop the monument's granite base represent the service and sacrifice of the Chasseurs Volontaires de Saint-Domingue, the 500-man Haitian unit that fought in the Oct. 9, 1779, battle that decided the Siege of Savannah.

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Here is a photo of the first baptiste church of Hinche, Premiere Eglise Evangelique Baptiste de Hinche founded by Rev pastor Neptune Daniel.

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Somewhere in Haiti, Kabrit la sou dife... We have just started cooking the goat meat, and the chef is putting the final touches. LOL...

This is how you cook goat meat Haitian backyard party style: Find a big chodyè, dump the entire goat meat in there, throw in the ingredients, some plantains, some rhum Barbancourt and voila!

Goat (kabrit) and Guinea fowl (pintade) are two favorites dishes of the people in the Plateau Central department of Haiti.

Whenever you're in Hinche, be sure to enjoy some boiled kabrit or pintade. you will love it.

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Mont-Joli Hotel is a beautiful Caribbean Hotel located in Cap Haitien, Haiti. Mont Joli Hotel has a breathtaking view of the Caribean sea from the the pool area and the rear balcony.

Hotel Mont Joli is only 6 kilometer from Cap Haitien International Airport (CAP) and10 minutes drive from the down-town Cap-Haitien.

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Here is an photo of the old Haitian Armed forces - Les Forces Armees d'Haiti (FADH) - parading in the streets of Port-au-Prince in front of the National Palace.

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Here is a photo of an old 1975 Haitian coin, 50 centimes or Senkant Kob in Creole, this is half or 1 gourde. Back in those days, One US dollar was worth 5 Gourdes.

Once upon a time, this was equivalent to a dime in the United States. Nowadays, no such coin exists in Haiti, the smallest coin in circulation is the 5 gourdes. You may find one gourde but you can't buy anything with it, not even a candy, something that sekant kob could buy 10 of back in the days.

On the coin is written: Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite... Augmentons La Production Alimentaire (Freedom, Equality, Fraternity ... Let's increase Food Production)

Haitian Creole: Nan tan lontan, ti nèg te ka achte 10 bonbon lanmidon ak lajan sa a. oswa w te ka fè chwa 10 tito, 2 bout kann anana, 10 dous lèt, yon citronade, 5 biswit a manba, 10 wayal (kasav ak manba) osinon yon boutey kola. Konye a yon grenn mant vann 10 goud.

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Here are some just some of the licence plates from Haiti. Each color represents a type of licence plate.

Also, the first two letters from a Haitian license plate mainly tells you what type of plate it is. For example SE is a State vehicle. OF is a vehicle belonging to a high ranking State official. TP is a Haitian transport vehicle etc...

See more licence plates of Haiti at worldlicenseplates.com

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To protect and to serve is often refereed to: "To Protect and to Serve", the motto of the Los Angeles Police Department since the 1960's but did you know, it is also the motto of the Haitian National Police force.

In french, the motto is "Proteger et Servir".

Many other police forces have adopted this motto across the United States. So has the police in Haiti.

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A gas station in Central Haiti has motorcycles lined up to get their 50 to 100 gourdes of gasoline for a day's work. The driver of a pickup truck modified for the dirt roads of Haiti has the hood open for a quick checkup.

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Less than two hours from the Haiti's Capital Port-au-Prince in the Centre Department is the city of Hinche, also called the city of Charlemagne Peralte, home to the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

This old cathedral you are looking at was built in 1503 by Nicolas de Ovando.

The old Catholic church In Hinche Haiti, this is the oldest cathedral in Island

It's December 1st, 2018, and merchants are lining up in front of the old church getting ready for Fête patronale de Hinche, la fête de l'Immaculée Conception (the feast of the Immaculate Conception), patron saint of the city of Hinche, on 8 and 9 December.

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