Haiti is not safe right now so I organized 2 guides. These are big guys with the right connections, local knowledge and speak creole. Our intrepid Haiti exploration team. L-R : Demel, me, Demel's cousin and Carlos. Demel and his cousin are residents of Cap Hatian, Carlos is a policeman living in a Dominican border town.

A tank driving down the street. We saw UN military patrols constantly, usually in SUV's

This is what you're confronted with when you first enter Haiti. There are virtually no tourists or tourist infrastructure and as an obvious white guy I had a big target on my back.

This is a very typical street in Cap Haitian

A Haitian creole dinner. It shares similarities with Dominican food, but is spicier.

Lots of haitian art for sale - they are a very artistic people

On Saturday morning we were ready to travel 2 hours on horseback up to La Citadel

Many people live along the way to get to the castle - and for many people it was laundry day

A view of La Citadel

La citadel is a castle built between 1805-1820 to defend against the french. It is still fully stocked with cannons and canonballs