It was Nelson's 8th birthday on Sunday. He is Lukner's son. Lukner wanted a photo of him in his birthday suit!
The police had barricades near the palace so we had to walk some to get to the Champ Mars public park. The children enjoyed the walk and seeing the Palais National as well. Later we found out that the police had chased away some protesters with tear gas!
In the old Haitian architecture houses were constructed of wood. Here is a wooden house constructed in miniature. The old Haitian architectural style involved high narrow doors. This house is an example. I asked a couple of the children to stand in front to pose for the picture.
Not every haitian has a bicycle and they were available to rent in the park. It was difficult to take a picture of the children by the fountain because of the bicycles that were circling the fountain.
Finally I had an opening and got a good photo by the fountain. You can see the children weren't that impressed with the fountain. They told me later that you couldn't do anything with this water and that they would rather go to the "sous" (watering hole) in the countryside because they couldn't touch this water. Reginald had the children believing that the water was electrified by the water fountain pump. Reginald is not one of the children in this photo. He refused to go near the water.
It was Nelson's 8th birthday on Sunday. He is Lukner's son. Lukner wanted a photo of him in his birthday suit!
The police had barricades near the palace so we had to walk some to get to the Champ Mars public park. The children enjoyed the walk and seeing the Palais National as well. Later we found out that the police had chased away some protesters with tear gas!
In the old Haitian architecture houses were constructed of wood. Here is a wooden house constructed in miniature. The old Haitian architectural style involved high narrow doors. This house is an example. I asked a couple of the children to stand in front to pose for the picture.
Not every haitian has a bicycle and they were available to rent in the park. It was difficult to take a picture of the children by the fountain because of the bicycles that were circling the fountain.
Finally I had an opening and got a good photo by the fountain. You can see the children weren't that impressed with the fountain. They told me later that you couldn't do anything with this water and that they would rather go to the "sous" (watering hole) in the countryside because they couldn't touch this water. Reginald had the children believing that the water was electrified by the water fountain pump. Reginald is not one of the children in this photo. He refused to go near the water.
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