Tag Archives: Route des Rails

Route des Rails Another Year On

Posted on June 16, 2013 by

It had been almost exactly eleven months since Brillant and I last visited the former inhabitants of the Route des Rails median tent camp (Route des Rails Follow-up, August 22, 2012) and two years since they moved into their new … Continue reading →

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Route des Rails Follow-up

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

The last time Brillant and I visited the former residents of the Route des Rails median tent camp in January, 2011, they were happy and excited to be moving into their new neighborhood, later to be named Brotherhood Village, of … Continue reading →

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Eating Crow in Carrefour

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

When Brillant and I arrived at the Route des Rails median tent camp for the third time (See Route des Rails Median Tent Camp, Carrefour and Route des Rails Moving Day for accounts of our previous visits), it was immediately … Continue reading →

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Route des Rails Moving Day

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

Wilfrid Asmath and his daughter Madlene As planned, Brillant and I, along with our driver Erid, I having decided to forego public transportation for the long trip across Port-au-Prince, returned to the Route des Rails tent camp in Carrefour on … Continue reading →

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Route des Rails Median Tent Camp, Carrefour

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

Two tap-taps and two buses, or the rough equivalent thereof, are required to get from the Ideal Villa Hotel on Delmas 53 to the Route des Rails tent camp in Carrefour, at least for Brillant and me. The first tap-tap … Continue reading →

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