Tortuga Island

***As written by Jack***

Tortuga was pretty interesting. We arrived at night and radios, TVs outdoor lights, were all blaring, no EHD though, everyone has solar panels and generators. A man invited us into his home, we passed an hour or speaking English and watching DVD's on Haitian history. Instead of being the far flung corner of a failed state, Tortuga bridges the divide between Haiti and the Bahamas. The people here are supporting themselves trading with or working in Nassau and to me seemed untouched by the politics or economy in Port-au-Prince. In addition the hurricane type rain it receives every night makes it into a jungle paradise. The canopy is mostly intact and there are springs gushing everywhere. We didn't get a chance to see the uninhabited north coast or the wide sandy beaches on the western tip, so there is still a lot left to explore.