Cite Soleil was my Haiti Letdown

Asiabill from has written 260 comments

Carol King's song lyrics come to mind, "When you're down and troubled
And you need some loving care
And nothin', nnothin' is goin' right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come runnin' to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend

If the sky above you
Grows dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind begins to blow
Keep your head together
And call my name out loud
Soon you'll hear me knockin' at your door

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come runnin', runnin, yeah, yeah,
to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yes I will

Now ain't it good to know
that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
They'll hurt you, yes, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
Oh, but don't you let them.

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come runnin, runnin', yeah, yeah, yeah
to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yes I will
You've got a friend,
you've got a friend,
ain't it good to know,
you've got a friend,
ain't it good to know,
ain't it good to know,
ain't it good to know,
you've got a friend,
oh yeah now, you've got a friend,
yeah baby, you've got a friend,
oh yeah, you've got a friend."

Moodiness is normal and all of us experience such foreboding, boredom, depression and each of us need to develop our own unique, healthy way of influencing our moodiness. I use various mental "gymnastics" to divert my low , burned out periods into more upbeat positive emotional satisfying feelings of JOY and HOW LUCKY I am coming from where I came from and being where I am now.

ash from has written 56 comments

I learnt a very useful lesson this year: DO NOT BUY USED TRAVEL GUIDES.

I buy many books second-hand because it is often much cheaper than new. And for sure, with novels it does not matter, and with most theology books it does not matter, because the content in the books has not been revised for maybe a couple of centuries or decades. "There is nothing new under the sun."

Except when I turn up in Prague 2009 with a Prague 2005 travel guide which was completely useless. I live in London, and my thought is 'how much has london changed in the last 4 years I have lived here?' Not so much, I thought, but then I wasn't paying attention to detail because it is happening every hour around me.

The maps, especially of the transport system of Prague were completely wrong. It seems they have undergone massive 'urban development' in the last 4 years, especially in the northern quarters of the city where my cheap new hotel was (should have clocked that clue).

All of which is a rambling way of saying Thank You for the datestamp. I have learnt the hard way, or the inconvenient way, that out-of-date information can be a very big problem.

Fruugal from has written 49 comments

This post is vintage Andy. Ambiguous, provocative and interesting!

What did you mean by this?

"What is happening with Twitter.com, people are finding old stories of mine, and trying to ingratiate tweet them, I am predicting a crash and burn for Twitter.com in the next year or two."

Asiabill from has written 260 comments

Another thought came to mind although you may decide to delete this comment. You could very well be suffering from a simple case "of the blues" after leaving the Philippines where it's easy to communicate in English with the locals and a great number of foreign expats to provide constant daily social diversions. Lots of guys suffer a "hangover" after leaving the Philippines requiring a period of "detox" and recovery.

But that said, in regards to your daily photo shoots, I'd love to see a few pics of women carrying water and their bouncing wet T-shirts.

Gadget from has written 1,020 comments

Poverty Tourism, I came to Haiti to see slums. The biggest is not a slum, I feel betrayed.

This country does not have the poverty it says it does. I can find 10 times worst in the Philippines.

Haiti let me down, I have no reason to be here. at least not priority one.