Rapid Travel Chai

To say central Port-au-Prince is a no-go zone is poppycock. It would be ill-advised to stumble around drunk at midnight, but a brilliant Sunday morning beckoned for a walk. My planned route kept expanding as each street revealed markets atop rubble, cracked ‘gingerbread’ houses, modernist architecture, and smiling faces toting Bibles in their Sunday best.

A particular delight is the central market, Marché de Fer, a minaret-ed building originally constructed to be the main train station of Cairo.

The city center requires no planning, just explore.

And Point, Miles and Martinis shares the news that Delta flight frequency is increasing, in addition to the New York JFK flights.

Supersize taptaps ply the streets

Marché de Fer market

Sleepy on a Sunday morning

But the markets outside all a bustle

Clever fruit stacking

So much beautiful architecture laid waste

Miraculously, some buildings in the center stand as if unaffected

A 'gingerbread house'

Modernist architecture

Ministry of Social Affairs

Streets are marked by subtle marks with abbreviated names

Street football game

Commerce springs from every corner of the damaged city

Colorful cityscapes

Walking south, a marvelous cluster of trees shades the road

Poignant graffiti

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