Block Making and Other Sites in Jacmel
For those of you who don’t know Jakmel, also spelled Jacmel, it’s a formerly lovely town on the south coast of Haiti. It’s basic “fabric” is spectacular, reminding US visitors of New Orleans, but it’s suffered terribly over the years, economically and from the earthquake.
The Haitian government has fairly recently made it a focal point for development, particularly the waterfront. Everytime we go there, we see new mosaics on the walls and streets.There are quite a few artisan shops with paintings, paper mache, for which Jacmel is famous, and other crafts.
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| Fondwa valley view |
To get there from Leogane, we have to travel a steep and twisty road up and then back down the mountains. The views are spectacular getting there.Instead of going shopping for crafts, Jeff and Nicole Larrier and I went wandering. We heard noise, peeked in through a fence, and were gestured inside.We got to watch a group of men making concrete blocks. It looked like terribly difficult work. We were really impressed with the production rate – they were cranking them out!
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Grinding limestone quarried in the nearby mountains
 Loading the crushed stone. You can see the mixer and the extruder under the roof.  It took three men to free the new blocks from the extruder. Then they carried them off to dry.  Here are more men working, this time on the Jacmel waterfront. It’s going to be finished soon.  Finally, the beautiful Cvadier Plage Hotel, a bit of heaven. If you look closely, you can see Jeff bringing me coffee. |
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