Haiti, in front of Megrat International Airport.Five or six Haitian locals gathered around Joey, who spoke half-baked English and solicited guests.Due to the colonial relationship of the last century, the main official languages in Haiti are generally French and Creole, but in recent decades, with the invasion of the United States, English has gradually become one of the common languages learned by the local people, especially the vendors near the airport.They face all kinds of tourists all year round, and naturally they learn some simple communication.Taking a few steps back, away from the crowd of 'enthusiastic' people, Joey's gaze swept over the expectant eyes of the Haitians, and finally chose the guy who looked the most pleasing to the eye to be the guide for the crowd this time."
It's you.""
Thank you, sir!"
Chosen by Joey, the dark-skinned Haitian immediately showed an ecstatic expression, and immediately took the initiative to reach out to take the luggage from the soothsayer's hand."
I'm used to taking it myself."
Raising his hand to stagger the other party's outstretched arm, Joey still has a [Voodoo Doll] hidden in his backpack, so he is naturally reluctant to put it in someone else's hands.In the face of Joey's refusal, the guide did not have any displeasure on his face, and continued to grin."
I understand you, sir, in fact, I was about to remind you that when you go out in Haiti, you must take care of your luggage, and if you take it, you must put it in the other person you can see, or carry your bag in front of you......"
"In recent years, because of the drought and earthquake, the local security has become worse and worse, and many tourists have just left the airport and encountered thieves, and because of the practices of these people, the number of tourists coming to Haiti has become fewer and fewer, and even the business of our people has deteriorated a lot."
From the mouth of the tour guide, Joey got a general idea of the local situation in Haiti.Last year's earthquake was devastating to the local economy, and a disaster of this magnitude was a fatal disaster even for rich countries, let alone poor countries like Haiti, which had no ability to rebuild, because of the disaster, the original government collapsed.More than hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless because of the earthquake, and these riots led to the ouster of the previous government.However, the new government is not much better.The new president relied on the power of Voodoo to secure his position, and the people were afraid to speak out of fear and anger."
If I'm not mistaken, many countries around the world donated to the government at that time during the earthquake, and the United States donated more than $100 million in aid?"
Hearing the tour guide mention the previous earthquake, Angela, who was on the side, couldn't help but speak."
Donations, that kind of thing can't fall into our hands at all, even if the world gives more money, it will only go to the government and the president's wallet, if you go to the place where the earthquake has been going on, the place has been like that since the earthquake, a lot of so-called 'international people' run there and take pictures and then leave, they don't care about the lives of the locals."
Haitians' dissatisfaction with government corruption is clearly not a day or two.In fact, every president has appeared to be active in fighting corruption before taking office, but once in office, they continue to loot for money, and over time Haitian locals have long lost confidence in the so-called elections.After venting his frustration, the Haitians who were in charge of the team's tour guide began to react.I don't take over the job by myself to complain about the dissatisfaction of the guests."
It's all my fault, gentlemen and girls, ......" hurriedly restrained the expression on his face, afraid that the guests in front of him who were finally waiting for him to leave, the tour guide grinned and showed his snow-white teeth, and said flatteringly: "Although, many places have been damaged due to the earthquake, but the downtown area of Port-au-Prince has basically been repaired, so this will not affect your travel itinerary, and then I will serve you by Sang Chedrou, you can also call me Sang directly." ”Having a Haitian local as a tour guide did make the next move of Amanda's team a lot smoother.With San's help, the group got into a dilapidated minibus and headed for Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.Along the way, they did see a lot of people wandering the streets, their clothes were ragged, their faces were full of empty expressions, and on both sides of the road they could clearly see the broken and collapsed houses, some Haitian locals lived directly in the collapsed houses, only using rags as roofs to shield them from the sun."......"
Although, from the place of operation, Amanda and others have already learned about the backward situation in Haiti from various sources.However, when I saw it with my own eyes, it still made everyone's hearts a little heavy.Feeling the silent atmosphere of everyone in the minibus, San, who was still being introduced, also closed his mouth in cooperation.In this way, after driving silently for dozens of minutes, the originally collapsed and broken houses on both sides of the road gradually decreased, some noisy selling voices gradually sounded, and even some high-rise buildings that were originally invisible appeared sporadically around."
Okay, distinguished guests, now we have entered Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, which is the most prosperous city in Haiti and a local tourist attraction in Haiti, many attractions are here, but some of them were damaged due to the earthquake......"
Looking at the scene outside the minibus, the originally silent tour guide Sangye also opened his mouth and introduced it to everyone in the car.Through the window of the minibus, Amanda and the others could vaguely see vendors gathered on both sides of the road, selling various local snacks or some vegetables and fruits.Haitian locals are picking up their wares.Occasionally, you can see the familiar English logo on some of the packaging, Port-au-Prince is the local craft center of Haiti, there are sugar, rice milling, cement, pharmaceutical, footwear and clothing industries, but because of the invasion of capital, these industries are almost controlled by foreign capital, mainly in the United States."
Wait a minute, I will take you to the place where you stay, and when you get there, you can rest or go out as you wish, there are many local Haitian vendors near the accommodation, and guests can buy items at will, but these vendors have the habit of pit tourists, and under normal circumstances, ordinary snacks or goods will not exceed the price of thirty gourdes ......".