DR
1. Boiled plantains are good. So are sweet potato pancakes.
2. If you are sitting in the chicken’s seat when she wants to lay an egg there, don’t worry she’ll jump up beside you and make her self cozy. Then lay her eggs.
3. Geese in the DR don’t like me neither. Pretty much geese anywhere don’t like me.
4. When mosquitos bite you they bleed at first, then the next day they itch. Don’t itch them. Putting your legs in cold water helps. Bring lots of bug spray and wear long pant as much as possible
Haiti
5. The thing that sounds like something exploded on the roof, is just a mango falling 20 or so feet from a tree and hitting the tin roof. No biggy.
6. Knowing some French here helps. The language here is similar in some ways, for the French words just make the last letter silent. There is still a lot that I don’t understand but I can somewhat get by.
7. If you are at the host that we were, Fond Blanc, always have your fingers crossed. It’s a game the children play, I don’t want to ruin the fun so that’s all I’m going to say. It’s simple to get and it won’t take long to figure out, but the children take it very serious.
8. You run on Haitian time. (Kinda like Goddard time.) (also applies to Jamaica)
Jamaica
9. ‘Did you light the destroyer last night?’ The destroyer is a misquote killer. The green coil thing you lite.
10. Don’t call people here your buddy, in Jamaica buddy refers to a part of a man’s private part. (If you get what I mean)
11. Goats fart a lot and loud too. And they don’t like the rain, will literally stand on each other to get under cover to stay out of the rain.
Until Next Time.
