A Haiti Photo Album (6):
Plage Labadie and Norm's Place

Photos by Adam Jones

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The Bay at Labadie

Plage Labadie is 10 or 15 kilometres west of Cap-Haïtien. "The view of
ocean-washed headland after headland fading into the far distance is
spectacular, one of the most beautiful in Haiti" (Lonely Planet).

A Surreal Sight

Labadie is best-known as a destination for the Royal Caribbean cruise line,
which deposits tourists on a walled-off peninsula just to the east, and ships them off
again a few hours later. It's about the only serious pocket
of tourism left in the country.

It's Norm!

Norman Zarchin is an American who has lived in Haiti for 30 years, and runs --
you guessed it -- "Norm's Place," next to the village of Labadie, with his Haitian
wife Angelique. The guest-house is built on the foundations of an 18th-century colonial plantation.
Here Norm is displaying photos of the reconstruction process.

Designer Touches (1)

Norm's Place is full of beautiful little designer touches, as shown in
this photo and the next.

Designer Touches (2)

The Village of Labadie

Labadie Village, a short walk from Norm's Place, is a pleasant, tidy,
and friendly fishing village whose residents also make money selling handicrafts
to cruise-ship passengers.

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