Un-Haitian food and birthday pics

And so it was on Na's birthday that we decided to be un-Haitian and try some new food. I mean really as a "typical" Haitian you won't see me eat Sushi.... non merci. We, well at least people in my family turn up their noses at other people's food. That actually includes some other Haitian people's food but I digress... Clearly, you can see that Nacha and I have been Americanized hehe. We went to a new place that serves Thai/Japanese/Peruvian food. I was so happy, it felt like my birthday too because I love Thai food hehe...

That is how i discovered green tea ice cream in the form of Mochi (love it!) and crab/avocado salad (love it!)

I definitely recommend Komoon Thai and Sushi in Naples. The service was excellent and the food delicious.

We also went out to dance for 30 minutes because Na had to go to work like a couple hours later :( but it was the best 30 minutes of dancing and pictures ever!!!!!!!

'Twas fun! We plan on doing it again when Jen comes for Christmas. It will be even better!

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Cabbage

This picture makes me happy. These arecabbage rows at Kenscoff. For some reason I always wanted to go to Kenscoff... I like vegetables lol

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Remeniscing...

 It took a beat for us to remember and on cue we started blasting out all the lyrics to this old song. We never missed a word. While I drove with a big smile on my face, my speakers blaring, we remembered every word, every beat, every voice. We laughed at the end about how crazy it is that we remembered everything. Even English words that we did not know the meaning of ages ago back in Haiti when we learned those songs. Now we giggle and scoff " but what are they saying? that is not even a real English word" lol. The lyrics were to some old school King Posse song that was the rage back when we were kids. It brought back so many good feelings... of good times we had in Haiti. Nacha and I, in different cities with different people but with similar memories. Good memories! We love talking about our childhoods, catholic schools, music, crazy church stories. We love to reminisce.
When I came home I wasted all my time on youtube looking up old songs. I stumbled upon one of my favorite songs ever and I promptly realized the impact that song has had over me.

I always thought he was talking about me in this song ... don't tell me he wasn't lol. I'm still in love with this years later and my favorite line " Avec ton look et ton style de reine nubienne" roughly translates to "with your nubian queen style" and interestingly enough, people have been describing my style in similar terms lately. At any rate I think I will have a rap kreyol post soon about old school Haitian rap artists because I've been thinking about this topic a lot lately and I have lots of awesome songs to share :)

-Stephie-

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Queens watching the Lion King

Queens watching the Lion King!!?  Humm... you might be curious to know who are those queens? Were are they? What exactly i am talking about? Well, look at these pictures and tell me what you see...

 

Ahhh! you see what i am talking about now? From left to right in the first picture are : Amahoola Ikechi, Princess Na (me), and Martine. Second picture from left to right are: Princess Na (me again lol) ,Steph, and Amahoola Ikechi.
We decided to watch "Lion King 3D"because we consider ourselves queens, Haitian queens that is. So now it became" Queens watching The Lion King."
We had a lot of fun. We took beautiful pictures, this one is my favorite:

Notice how we are all different in looks but we are still natural beauties. That is real Haitian queenly beauty for you lol
This was a great outing! Oh i forgot to say: While we decided to take a picture of all of us together, the camera fell down and broke. Our hearts collectively broke in pieces... well not really we still enjoyed ourselves . Thanks Ladies! Thanks my Queens!

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Oh Africa!

This video is an awesome combination of art and music. Feel free to dance! Enjoy :-)

-Jen-

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Picture of a beach in Haiti. I find this simple picture very intriguing and thought I would share it. Feel free to post whatever descriptive words that comes to mind. Here's one: Serene

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Grottes: Caves in Haiti

While looking at beautiful places to add to my Haiti travel plans, I stumbled upon Grotte Marie-Jeanne. I was in awe! It looked intimidating and breathtaking at the same time. I wanted to learn more about it, and other caves in Haiti. I thought about preservation and the touristic values that those caves presented all the while doubting that anything positive is being done with those beautiful sites.

With a little research, I found the caves of Haiti project where I learned that although a lot of caves have been found, there has only been 2 explorations done in Haiti prior to the group working on them in 2008. Imagine the history hiding inside those walls! I'm a living history fanatic. I mean, real artifacts and pictographs from the indigenous people are hiding inside those caves! Things like this excite me and it breaks my heart that they exist and we don't get the chance to explore and appreciate them.

Mystery surround those caves in Haiti, with lots of folklore tales and voudou ceremonies that keep some people away. Those, like or otherwise who do frequent those caves with no guides and precaution destroy a lot historical artifacts and leave things behind like graffiti, unfortunately.
At any rate, I hope to be able to visit at least one of the caves someday. Preferrably one without any big spiders... or any deadly animals. Which probably means if I make it to one, I'll just stand outside and take pictures ha!
Check out the project started in 2009 here http://www.cavesofhaiti.org/Les-Grottes,2.html sorry but the site is in French.
Here are some pictures of Grotte Marie-Jeanne, which is possibly the biggest cave in the Caribbean. It's a series of caves that is situated in the Southwest region of Haiti, part of the "Massif de la Hotte" area. It's in Port a Piment
Enjoy!

 

Port a Piment

 

grafiti :(

 

Lots of species of tarantulas found. Um no thank you lol

To see more things that they discovered and learn more about Grotte Marie Jeanne visit http://www.grottemariejeanne.com/index.php
it's in English :)

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