Monthly Archives: January 2011

Just to start off with an attention-grabber! The girls found this tarantula in their hotel room on Wednesday night. They sagely went to the open restaurant area, grabbed a coffee cup, and made a new “hotel room” for it. I … Continue reading →

Our third day was spent in Port-au-Prince, holding multiple meetings, and going shopping! Well, the shopping mainly involved making price comparisons for solar panels. But it still felt like an adventure. We started our day with a breakfast meeting at … Continue reading →

On our second day in Haiti, we got off to an early start…somewhat…and left Port-au-Prince for Lascahobas, where we would visit three schools and attempt to determine which one would become our first pilot school for the planned solar install … Continue reading →

A very early morning as our group of six met at O’Hare to catch our 7:20 am flight that would connect through Fort Lauderdale and bring us to Port-au-Prince in the afternoon. Upon arriving, at first I was unavoidably making … Continue reading →

Four students from IIT, Bruce Baikie, and I will be traveling to Haiti and carrying out a site survey visit in Lascahobas, Haiti, January 3-7, 2011. Our plan is to land in Port-au-Prince Monday evening, spend Tuesday in the capital, … Continue reading →