Yesterday was one of Haiti's national holidays, and lots of people spent the day off doing this:
(Forgive the last-minute drive-by photo of this much-better-in-real-life parade)We instead headed with Alexis and our friend Megan to the lake at Tomasek:
Bryan, about to fearlessly risk life and limb in our little watercraft. (While he and I crushed to the left to keep the boat balanced and one man poled us along, the other bailed water. With his sandal. )Ben is still laid up with a busted knee and couldn't come, but Alexis and Megan made a handsome duo in the second boat:
They had a third Haitian man in their boat, which caused no small amount of distress for the man poling our boat along. I'm not sure why he was complaining to us. Despite my constant fear of capsizing, it was wholly pleasant to be out on the water with the breeze blowing and no one around:
Well, horses and...
Yes! Flamingos!
I've always thought that flamingos were a little cheesy, but it turns out they're much more impressive in real life. Despite their gangliness, and the outrageous pinkness of them, they were breathtaking.
By far one of the most beautiful things we've seen in Haiti. Wings down.Addendum: click through to Alexis's blog post for more photos and details about the bird itself.
1 comment:
Sharon,
I once asked a friend here (Fond des Blancs in the south) if there were flamingos in Haiti. He said no and asked me to describe them. I told him they were beautiful and pink, and stand tall on one leg. He then asked me if you can eat them :)
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