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Ready-to-retreat method of travel - Travel Tip
I leave Les Cayes tomorrow morning, my target destination is Miragoene, Haiti. It is only 55 miles away, probably will take two hours in a Tap Tap.
I need to go in stages, ever ready to retreat. The Lonely Planet travel writer although excellent in collecting information, somehow failed to find any Backpacker priced Hotels. He is consistently coming in over 40 dollars, and averaging about 60, he calls 30-50 budget. He is really good, but just never seems to travel or think on a shoestring.
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Les Cayes or Aux Cayes, Haiti - Ayiti - Monday, November 16, 2009
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I will go to Miragoene, look for a room, if I find one less than say 700 Gourde, I will stay. If I do not find an on-budget hotel, I can continue on or retreat back to Les Cayes and the Patience Hotel for 500 Gourde. I have to re-write the Sleeping part of the Lonely Planet as I go, these prices are nutty.
40 Gourde equals 1 U.S. Dollar.
500 Gourde for a Backpacker is expensive, I am already double what a die-hard traveler could bear to pay, I feel like I am violating the rules of the road.
I will do a ready-to-retreat method of travel. Not your typical tourist, pay your way through method saying,
“I had not choice.”
If you say that, then truly you do not have a travel budget. I would feel like one of the rich get richer and the poor get poor people if I paid 40 dollars for a room in Haiti.
That is one months pay for a lot of folks here.
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goingeverywhereslow said on Monday November 16th, 2009 03:29:40 PM 
Andy,
Re: Prices are nutty -
Yeah, especially considering Haiti has the lowest GDP per capita in the western hemisphere.
Eric
The Nun from Dominican Republic said on Monday November 16th, 2009 10:09:22 PM
Simple ask the only white person you see for a bed for ten dollars you will get one and some good conversation and probable a meal thrown in. I actually do not like it here. The men are terrible to the women. I have only 3 months left and will be glad to leave but sad to say goodbye to the children. I wish I could invite you but women only. sorry.
car hire rio de janeiro airport said on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 07:34:35 AM
http://www.decodecarhire.co.uk/car-hire/brazil/rio-de-janeiro.html
Nice trip, how did you do there, where i can see a review? :)
Henry said on Thursday November 19th, 2009 12:58:36 AM
Boy it does seem interesting there, but as you comented about the state of affairs with the women being ill-treated I don't know that I would appreciate it for very long if staying there. I've just been looking at Carnival cruises and realised that you can alos actually get quite cheap holidays through this cruise line that are exceptionally good for the money. The web page I found at http://www.carnival-cruise-line-deals.com/ has sound info on getting Carnival cruise deals that are impressive, worth looking at also.
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Haiti, Latitude: 18.20065 | Longitude: -73.76515
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Kilometers |
| Accra Ghana |
5,021 |
8,080 |
| Bangkok, Thailand |
10,211 |
16,432 |
| Cairo Egypt |
6,443 |
10,368 |
| Chicago |
1,828 |
2,941 |
| Frankfurt Germany |
5,016 |
8,072 |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
6,032 |
9,708 |
| Johannesburg South Africa |
7,485 |
12,046 |
| Kathmandu, Nepal |
8,970 |
14,435 |
| London |
4,543 |
7,311 |
| Los Angeles |
2,941 |
4,734 |
| Manila, Philippines |
10,152 |
16,338 |
| Mumbai, India |
9,011 |
14,502 |
| New York |
1,556 |
2,504 |
| Orland, Indiana |
1,760 |
2,832 |
| Paris France |
4,827 |
7,768 |
| San Francisco |
2,967 |
4,774 |
| Singapore |
11,080 |
17,832 |
| Tel Aviv Israel |
6,576 |
10,582 |
| Tokyo, Japan |
8,116 |
13,061 |
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