Coffee Run to Jacmel

This past week I made a coffee run from Port au Prince to Jacmel with my niece Janine who was visiting from Barrie. Unlike a Canadian run where you go to the next Tim Horton's, we were actually transporting 10 bags of coffee beans from one of our mountain co-ops to a coffee exporting co-op on the way to Jacmel. After traveling along the coast for an hour we needed to wind our way over the beautiful mountain range as you see depicted.

However, the road had a curve every hundred feet so with all the turns the truck looked distorted when we got out for some pictures. This is Jacques who is an agronomist with Productive Cooperatives Haiti which is the organization that Walls Guest House is affiliated with.

We delivered the coffee to this warehouse which made our ten bags seem like a drop in a cup.

These tables are normally occupied by the individuals who hand sort the coffee beans. Make sure you appreciate all the work that goes into your next cup of coffee.

After our delivery we continued to the beach outside Jacmel and spent a few hours snorkeling in this cove. We were out beyond the rocks on the far right and saw some beautiful fish and coral formations.

On our way back to Port au Prince we were behind this motorcycle family. In Canada that would mean at least two motorcycles. If you count carefully you'll notice four heads and the shoe sticking out the front is the youngest daughter riding side saddle on the tank in front of her dad. Three and four on a bike is common. Five is becoming crowded but at least the helmuts don't get in the way.

Pam has returned to Canada as of June 1 to continue her employment and I'll be joining her in another month. The scenes there won't be nearly as impressive as many that we've come across in Haiti in this past year.