It’s been a great week.  I have just had a week in Antigua with No2 son.  It was a bit of a journey, as I had to go via Florida, and overnight there (both ways).  But that at least allowed me to get my second covid-19 vaccination.     Antigua was a really beautiful place,… Read More »

You will have heard the news already of the devastating earthquake which happened in Haiti yesterday.  Just a brief note to say I’m all good.  As it happens I’m in Antigua for a few days with No2 son, so it is very much second hand news to me. The quake was centred in the South… Read More »

Its’ an exciting week, I’m off to see No2 Son in Antigua, one of the countries on the UK Green list, so it won’t be too onerous for him.  Quite stressful for me though as Antigua don’t accept the ‘had covid and now recovered’ certificate, and they want the more stringent PCR test.  Its only… Read More »

Work, and it is work, is becoming more demanding.  The ‘honeymoon period’ of learning the culture (I know I will never understand it), unloading boxes of medicines, driving around in a battered MOT failure of a Land Cruiser on properly urgent tasks, or occasionally to the beach is long over.  Like most third world countries… Read More »

Apart form the assassination of the President, the ensuing power struggle and the ongoing shortage of fuel, its been pretty quiet.  There has been some trouble in the Capital, Port-au-Prince, but whilst extremely sad for the country and its people, I am thankful that the trouble has not spread to the North.  I think the… Read More »

After dinner last night I walked out to the beach.  On the way I came across some be it racers; they had styled their beaten old hatchback, including the dangerous looking wheelnuts. They probably didn’t see it as homage to the epic chariot race, but I did. Sunday morning, on my way ‘home’ now. Hotel… Read More »

The AC in the bedroom of my Airbnb is really powerful, so lovely in fact.  But on day 3 I am in bed reading and the power goes out.  Now back in Haiti I see this as it is (life); wait until the sun comes up to power the batteries, or maybe one of us… Read More »

On the plus side I got jab #1.  On the minus I had a reaction for 48 hours.  Not just a bit sweaty and sore arm, but full-on fever and hallucinations.  I mean I am not an amateur at this, plenty of (non-alcoholic) fluids and regular paracetamol but I had it hard.  On day 3… Read More »

I try both Moneygram and Western Union who both promise to ‘make your money available right away’.  Anyway for different reasons they both suck – they don’t tell you about the restrictions in country, like; ‘you can only have $300 USD’ or ‘I don’t have any cash right now, come back later’, or better still,… Read More »

I was woken at 6 on Monday due to the earthquake off the coast.  OK only Magnitude 5.0, but it still made the building shake for long enough for me to think no underground, no lorries in this part of town, mut be an esrthquake.  And I am not going mad, google (I mean the… Read More »