My sister Nicole and cousin Sherri just spent 10 days with us in Haiti. We loved having them here and spent a lot of our time together pinteresting (I'll post pics later of our wonderful creations). But besides pinteresting we took a day and flew up to Cap Haitian to see the citadel. It was definatley worth it. The citadel is HUGE and well constructed and a very important part of Haiti's history. Some quick facts on the history of the citadel
- It was built by Henri Christophe, a key leader during the Haitian slave rebellion, after Haiti gained independence from France at the beginning of the 19th century
- The massive stone structure was built by up to 20,000 workers between 1805 and 1820
- The Citadel was built several miles inland, and atop the 3,000 ft (910 m) Bonnet a L’Eveque mountain, to deter attacks and to provide a lookout into the nearby valleys.
- The Haitians outfitted the fortress with 365 cannons of varying size
- Since its construction, the fortress has withstood numerous earthquakes, though a French attack never came
- If you would like more info on the citadel follow this link
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| Woohoo for flying with MAF |
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Heading up the mountain on a moto
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| Tarek showing off his strength... |
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| lot's of this going on .... photo, photo, photo |
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| Group Picture - Sherri, Randy, Karen, Nicole, David (MAF pilot), Tarek |
1 comment:
So cool that you got to fly with MAF! We think they're pretty cool... :-)
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