Spanking in Haiti

I wasn’t going to post anything really, or maybe just in Day Tripping, as it’s not really a ride report yet, but some odd w-e rides, but since there isn’t any RR on Haiti, might as well share it with you in Ride Reports as most of you (by that I mean all of you) probably don’t think of Haiti as a ride destination and will never get a chance to go there. I would have never in my life come here if it wasn’t for work. We do plan to take a two week trip through out the country at the end of the project.

So, I will be calling Jérémie, Haiti, home for the next year or so. So the first thing that goes through my mind I learn that I will go to work in Haiti is that I have to get a bike there. So after a month here it is: a Phifa Kayak Spanker 200cc. I’m a big boy here as most everybody has a 125cc. I saw a KLR 650 and a TT600, but nothing else more than 250cc.





3 other people from the project got the same bike in blue, red and black, so I guess we are a bike club or something. Maybe start an ADVrider chapter in Haïti.

There, I feel the RR is started, so now I have to go ride. The first real installment will start next w-e when I go to Dame-Marie.

Caribbean Islands are fun riding Looking forward to seeing more of Haiti

awesome, really looking forward to this one

how much does a kayak spanker cost in haiti?

A new spanker will set you off 1400$, including plates and insurances and all the paper work. You can probably save a few bucks if you take care of the paper work your self, but it wasn't worth it for me.
for that price you also get ATG: gloves, knee & shin protection, elbow pads and an over-sized helmet. One size fits all in Haiti. Now i have to find a tuque to snug that helmet a bit.

Great to see a report from Haiti. Looking forward to your next report, driving Route the nationale in Port au Prince. Your off road machine fits fine

blanc! blanc! blanc! blanc! blanc!

just finished a week riding around there!!!!

Ah! Haiti..... Feels like a long time ago when I sailed from Montreal to the Carribeans. Papa Doc was still in power.

Not that I drink Rum anymore but......a little shot of Barbancourt to you.

More pics please.

don't forget bon bagay! and gud! gud!

thanks, I might just have the whole bottle.

Pis....as-tu fini cette(ces) bouteille(s)?

Bump....we want pics!

So, a month and a 1/2 later, I finally post the pics for Dame-Marie. Well actually I don't have many pics. I was really eager to go riding, so I didn't stop much for pics,I also had my GoPro, but it fogged up! also for your information their are no paved roads in the departement de la grande-anse. We are building the first one... so it's all off-road or gravel apart from some small stretches inside city limits.


prepping the bikes

the road to Dame-Marie was uneventful apart form the fact that we almost got run over buy a taptap coming in our lane in a blind curve!




This is Jeremy, I'll try to do a video trough it some day. It's a town of about 31000 according to wiki, but i believe it to be more due to slums and all.

when we got there we chilled for with a couple of beers and decided to go north afterwords.







The videos are on the way north, we will try to find a road that goes from Dame-Marie to Abricot, their appears to be no continues segment on any map, but i'm shur it can be done. I haven't had time, and won't take it, to edit the videos and add music, internet is really slow here and i won't go looking for music.

Getting out of Dame-Marie



Some beach town




And finally a really nice beach to ride on



On the way back I bent my shifter, so it was interesting riding back, especially on single track.

how do you embed videos in the thread? or is my internet so slow that i can't see them?

the rum is downed...

I did an other trip last w-e to Pestel,

gona post that when the pictures are done loading.

This is going to be very interesting..tks for posting up..

You are back...!

Eh....show us the people a little and of course, the Tap-taps.

Ah, tap taps... good for one thing only, road hazard

on the w-e of the fev 26 I went to Pestel...

It's a small town by the sea with a 2h drive on a dirt road!

road to get there,



Pestel and its people











Post office



hotel for sale



People don't really like to have their picture taken, if they let, they won't face you



Kids on the other hand love it