Haiti and the Voodoo Magic of Hotel Oloffson
Visit to a famous hotel in a beautiful country plagued by a hard travel warning not only since the devastating earthquake in 2010.
09.11.2011
Best hotel in Port-au-Prince: Hotel Karibe ****/*
Most interesting historic hotel in Port-au-Prince: Hotel Oloffson ***/*
(Please see my list of Spy - War - Dangerzone Hotels)
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Easy access to Haiti for example on American Airlines from Miami
Hard struck on arrival: the tented areas span the whole town after the 7.0 earthquake in 2010
The Presidential Palace is still in ruins
The UN is omnipresent
A refuge since 115 years: entrance to the Hotel Oloffson
Hotel owner Richard Auguste Morse is a voodoo expert
More voodoo in the hotel garden
The friendly gardener is real
Half full or half empty ?
The interesting history about Oloffson owner Richard August Morse (Link), his music group RAM (Link), his Haitian Voodoo (Link), and his Twitter account that made the news during the earthquake (Link).
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Good article about Hotel Oloffson (Link)
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Graham Greene's book "The Comedians" that made the Hotel Oloffson worldfamous (named Hotel Trianon in the book)
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Posted by LuxuryRogue 12:25 Archived in Haiti Tagged danger
