week 1

hi friends & family!

We've decided to do a joint blog for our 3.5 month adventure in Haiti, so welcome to Kelly & Taylor's blog! Wooooo! We've been here for one week today, but it feels like so much longer (in a good way!) We'll try to recap our last week as best as possible, but we think the most efficient way to do this is with a few lists....

THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT HAITI 
1. People honk more here than in LA... and with better reason because there are generally at least 6 people riding in the back of every car/truck, on a dirt road with massive potholes to swerve around
2. A feeling of cleanliness lasts for around 3 minutes in Haiti... and those 3 minutes are right after you have stepped out of the shower. Once you open the bathroom door you begin sweating and continue sweating until your next shower. 
3. Chickens, pigs, goats, dogs and cows wander through the streets. They may not look like they belong to anyone, but the second you approach one or try to pet it, the owner appears from thin air and begins to yell.
4. The word for "wife" in Creole (we don't know how to spell it yet) is what little Haitian boys love to say when they hold your hand and walk with you through the street, however they DO know the English phrase "kiss me!" 
5. Groceries are EXPENSIVE.  $60.00 for a bag of frozen shrimp and $10.00 for a can of peanuts... no thank you. 


OUR FAVORITE PHRASES IN CREOLE
1. Bonjou! (good morning!) 
2. ki jan ou di na? (how do you say that?)
3. bonswa! (good afternoon)
4. m'wen cho (i'm hot)
5. dezo (trouble)


we're still learning, give us a few weeks and hopefully our vocabulary will expand. and we'll upload pictures tomorrow, they take a really long time because the connection is so weak and we are tired :) love & miss all of you guys.