Afroglobetrotter's Diary

Cap-Haitien, Haiti Quick facts: Capital: Port-au-Prince Currency: Haitian Gourde (1 USD=95 Gourde in August 2019), the US dollar is widely accepted.  Official Languages: French, Haitian Creole Known for: historical landmarks, The Haitian Revolution, Labadee beach, Haitian vodou. My trip to Haiti had been in the works for a while so when it was time to get on the plane bound for Cap-Haitien, Haiti’s second city, I was excited but apprehensive as well. Travel advisories of the UK, US and Canada discourage all but essential travel to the country due to perceived “political instability and insecurity” but I was soon to find out, these concerns were probably (at least in Cap-Haitien) unfounded. A street in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. A bit of Haitian history... On the 1st of January 1804, following a 14-year brutal revolution ( The Haitian Revolution ) which saw the defeat and expulsion of French troops, this small island nation made history by declaring Indepen