Leaving Port-au-Prince

Parting scenes:

• The giant tent city south of Blvd. Toissant Louverture in the eastern outskirts of Port-au-Prince, with an Oxfam feeding station, bright blue tents that say "PR China" on them, enormous watercoolers,  acres of makeshift housing, and portable toilets every few rows
• A sign posted by the Presbyterian Church of Korea:  "Happy Now NGO," and signs for dozens of other charitable organizations from MercyCorps, to World Vision, to dozens of faith-based organizations
• The huge UN compound, razor wire on top, with uniformed and armed guards in a streetside tower
• Street vendors everywhere selling food, art, wares of all kinds (the Hinche market on steroids)
• Lots of new construction and repairs
• Jesus Merci Bazar
• Small schools everywhere, one in particular in a  UNICEF tent
• A guy walking by with a red cooler on his head with the word "Texas" in giant letters of white paint
• The modest P-a-P airport, with a few kiosks selling goods, one small gift shop, a coffee shop, and a grill (in contrast to the opulence of the Miami airport just two hours away)
• Our parting glance at P-a-P's wonderful tap-taps (public transportation), called that because people tap-tap on the doors to get a ride