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One of the best books I read while in Haiti (and I read a lot – probably about 40, something I never manage at home with all those distractions!) was Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, about Dr. Paul Farmer, the founder of Partners in Health, whose work in Haiti and elsewhere is absolutely astonishing. [...]

Changed the blog layout – it felt like time. After all, it’s almost the new year… If you find it confusing or have suggestions, just let me know!

I uploaded a YouTube video — Claude's Foundation http://youtu.be/s2DkXqprDys?a # I uploaded a YouTube video — Hurricane Tomas http://youtu.be/TDT_u1Dx7Ec?a # I uploaded a YouTube video — Crossing the river http://youtu.be/0PYbNoK9ok8?a # I uploaded a YouTube video — Ride through Jacmel http://youtu.be/AtOIJQ_oAT8?a # I uploaded a YouTube video — Coming home http://youtu.be/QG2JiR01da0?a # I uploaded a [...]

[Deutsch unten] 23 December, 4:30pm Yesterday I got home to Switzerland after a week’s vacation in Miami Beach and was welcomed warmly by my family. I am in no way done working through what the last two months mean to me and find talking about it still rather difficult, but hopefully this will change as [...]

[Deutsch unten] 21 December, 7:30pm (on the plane) My week in the luxurious and tourist-y surroundings of Miami Beach was as uneventful as I had hoped. I found myself coping surprisingly well with the radical change from poverty to consumerism (there was a lot of shopping, starting with warm clothes because the weather was considerably [...]

Will be leaving for the airport in a moment and plan on writing a post about my week here in Miami later, but here’s a BBC radio interview with Korina, who I shared a room with for the last month. Her bit starts 44 minutes in and lasts for about 6 minutes.

You can now find all my Haiti photos in my Flickr album. I might add some other people’s photos in time, but these are all of mine.

[Deutsch unten] 17 December, 11:00am So it’s official now: This is my last entry about Haiti. I’m sitting in a Starbucks in Miami Beach right now, only two hours by plane but a world away from Jacmel. I’m here for a week, giving myself some time to adjust to “normal” life and process the last [...]

It's a bit warmer in Miami today, which gives me hope for my week here. No more retail therapy, though – the US is expensive! #fb # Powered by Twitter Tools