Field Trips (by Teagan)

You know how you always look forward to field trip when you are in school. You might go to the museum, or the art gallery, or the zoo... well here we do field trips Haiti style!

Where better to go for a field trip in Haiti than the Beach! You might think that since we live on a tropical island we must go to the beach alot. Well that is not the case, my parents work very hard, and so does everyone else who lives on the mission, so going to the beach is a treat! We went there a few months ago. You can bask in the sun, play in the waves, and (of course) push people in the pool! We lured Diana (our teacher) close to the pool, and we pushed her in (ok maybe she was very suspicious, and knew what was going to happen, but whatever) Going to the beach also gives you a little hint of what Haiti used to look like a long time ago.

Next we have the Haiti Baptist Mission. I guess this is a bit more like a typical North American field trip, but in a way it is not even close! The Baptist Mission is about 2 hours away, and up in the mountains. It is so pretty there and also quite cold! Its about 20 degrees C (68 F)! Yes that is cold! Anyways at the Baptist Mission they have a museum all about the history of Haiti, it's really cool. They have a souvenir shop with all different handmade objects. They have the best bakery EVER, and a restaurant with North American food (quite rare in Haiti!). And finally my personal favourite a zoo... ok so it is kind of pitiful, but hey it is a zoo, with a real live crocodile, peacocks, goats, bunnies, and a monkey named Fifi, that loves hair with bobbles and barrettes in it (AKA Ana and Mina's hair [my sisters]). Also nearby there is the "lookout". you can see pretty much everything from up there, it is awesome! I haven't been there since a year ago, so I will have to visit there again soon!

And then we have the Sugar Cane Museum. Now this one is more like a field trip where you actually learn about stuff (sucks right! just kidding) We learned all about how sugar cane was made, and they had really old sugar cane making tools which was awesome! It was really cool to learn about how Haiti used to export a ton of the sugar for North American a long time ago. We went there last year for our last-day-before-christmas-break field trip.

These are all just examples of all the wonderful places in Haiti that make living here even more amazing than just everyday life, which if I may say so myself, is pretty fun!