Tap-taps and other forms of transportation
The dominant form of transport in Haiti is the tap-tap. It is a shared, usually crowded, truck or bus that runs a regular route and will pickup and drop off anywhere along the way (space permitting). Many of them are decorated in bright colors. The larger ones in Port-au-Prince are especially well decorated. On some tap-taps there is space to ride on the roof, which is much more comfortable, but a bit more dangerous if the tap-tap flips over. During the day, they are frequent and convenient, but they stop running pretty early. I usually need to catch one by 4pm from Port-au-Prince to get back to Tomgato and I almost got stuck in Jacmel once.
Our market is on Wednesday and Saturday. A lot of vendors come from nearby even smaller villages with donkeys and horses with their produce. I especially like this photo of the market “parking lot” starting to fill up.
But what do these horses and donkeys carry? All sorts of things. But I thought the idea of carrying a few banana trees on horseback was especially amusing:
