Joynes Adventures

Okay, I admit it. I don't know what it's like to drive in Haiti. I've never done it. However, I have been a passenger plenty of times, and that is more than enough for me to be glad that my husband is my chauffer. Traffic here is pure chaos, and the roads aren't well maintained. Here are some of my experiences on the road in Jacmel: The Roads Most people here either drive a motorcycle or a vehicle with a significant amount of ground clearance. Once in a while, I see someone driving a regular sedan, and I can't help but wonder how they fare on some Haitian roads. The main road through town, Road 41, is paved in most places. However, it is full of potholes. Even worse, it doesn't have a good drainage system. Back in April, my husband and I attended the Memorial of Jesus Christ's Death at the local Kingdom Hall. During the short program, it started to rain cats and dogs. By the time we left, it was dark out, and roads were practically invisible because they had

Photo by Bruno Scramgnon: https://www.pexels.com/photo/silhouette-photo-of-a-mountain-585759/ I don't like hot weather. If you are one of those strange individuals who thrives when the sun is trying to burn the world to a crisp, let me know what your secret is — because I am dying. Haiti is hot year-round. I thought I was prepared for it because, well, how bad could summer really be? It's not drastically hotter than the rest of the year, but somehow it feels ten times as miserable. Nevertheless, I am determined to survive. How am I doing that? Let's talk about it. Effects of the Heat I've been in hot weather before. Where I grew up in Washington, we used to have spurts of hot weather in the summer. Our house never had AC, so I thought I knew what it was like to endure heat. However, those spurts never lasted more than a few days in a row. Then I moved to the St. Louis area and discovered a whole new kind of humid, sticky, disgusting inferno that starts in May and doesn&