Life in Labadie

[bilyclub]

Found this one day while googling....

 

http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travel-to-labadie-haiti-village/

[Lionesss]

Very well written article by the author.

Guess he saw the real Labadee.

Wonder how he got to experience it, not that I would want to, I would be afraid.

Thanks for posting

Sea Ya

[Laid-back]

Found this one day while googling....

 

http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travel-to-labadie-haiti-village/

 

Been to the RCI Labadee many times and really found this article interesting. One comment mentioned that it was easy to leave the RCI area and venture out. I don't think that that is true, but then I have never tried so maybe it is.

 

Thanks for posting.

Edited December 18, 2013 by Laid-back

[Toddcan]

This is on my bucket list: Visit Haiti again, but outside the gates of the Labadee compound.

[kicker]

The last time I was in Labadee I brought some children's clothing items and gave them to an Excursion operator to give to someone in need. He was very appreciative and said he stayed in a very poor village nearby.

 

Visiting again soon. Maybe I'll try to see the village myself this time.

[seadancer]

really enjoyed the article

[Silvery Seas Cruiser]

This is on my bucket list: Visit Haiti again, but outside the gates of the Labadee compound.

 

We were in Labadee last week. A Haitian employee of the area told my husband that the large dark red plaster administrative building near the gate where passengers enter the park has a passport control office. Those who wish to enter Haiti outside of Royal Caribbean's Labadee go there and then can leave the gated compound.

 

That is all I know. I don't know if there are any organized tours. I don't know how you get out of the private fenced compound...by foot? On a boat? Royal Caribbean keeps such arrangements pretty quiet. They might not be sponsored or sanctioned by Royal. It could be risky.

 

Also I don't even know if what the employee told Hubby is correct. All I know is the above is what he told Hubby who was very surprised because we go to Labadee at least once a year and never had a clue about a passport control office.

[Toddcan]

We were in Labadee last week. A Haitian employee of the area told my husband that the large dark red plaster administrative building near the gate where passengers enter the park has a passport control office. Those who wish to enter Haiti outside of Royal Caribbean's Labadee go there and then can leave the gated compound.

 

That is all I know. I don't know if there are any organized tours. I don't know how you get out of the private fenced compound...by foot? On a boat? Royal Caribbean keeps such arrangements pretty quiet. They might not be sponsored or sanctioned by Royal. It could be risky.

 

Also I don't even know if what the employee told Hubby is correct. All I know is the above is what he told Hubby who was very surprised because we go to Labadee at least once a year and never had a clue about a passport control office.

 

Perhaps there is some sort of passport control for employees, but there is nothing available to passengers to leave the gates and tour Haiti.

 

In March, I was given the honour of leaving the grounds for a few hours to visit the Royal Caribbean school just up the road, but I had to do a lot of arranging before hand - we were dropping off donations to the school, and since I speak Haitian Creole (I was a missionary there back in the 1980s for 18 months), I was able to spend time speaking to the students too. But, I assure you, this is a very special opportunity, and there are no organized events outside the gates.

[bilyclub]

On the Allure inaugural they took a couple of Critters to the school with a bunch of donated stuff.

[Toddcan]

On the Allure inaugural they took a couple of Critters to the school with a bunch of donated stuff.

 

Yes, Liz is the one who helped me a TON with my trip.