Run down

I woke  at 5 and decided to make the most of my time before our 8:30 departure.  I had a wonderful hot cup of sweet coffee on the street. Trevor had loaned me his camera so I was able to get a few shots at the beach.  I then found the main marche and wandered through the crowded aisles, there is certainly no lack of food, simply mountains of mango, grapefruit, onion, beet, cress, carrot, and meat.  
We finally got on the road at 9:30. The drive back to PAP was fine. Saturday seems to be market day and we passed through so many. Oh how I wanted to stop and explore a bit. I do love the market.
As we neared PAP we started seeing gangs of workers,all clad in blue t shirts, cleaning the sides of the road. They were everywhere , numbering in the hundreds easily. I would much rather see that than the hordes of Digicel marketers roaming the streets with their huge wireless top up phones. 
In PAP we went to a tent city that has over 17000 people. I did a little show under a large tree for a very appreciative crowd. They loved it when I balanced a naked Barbie doll on my nose that a young girl was carrying. I felt so inadequate though, I had been able to touch so few out of so many. Yet the midday heat was stifling even in the shade if the tree. The show ended abruptly when a huge dump truck backed toward us with yet another load of rubble. People were using it to raise the level of their "floors" in view of the coming rainy season. 
Back on the road, we then drove for three long hours over very poor roads.  At one point along the coast we zipped along on a newly paved highway made by the Brazilians. Otherwise it was very rough going. We only stopped once for a pee break. We passed through a low valley with rice fields that went on for miles, stretching off into the distance.
By the time we arrived in Gonavies I felt I had been beaten up. We ate when arrived at a friends house. We got to the hotel around 5:30. Iwas exhausted and not feeling well, so I went to bed around 6pm!  I needed some recharging.