a study in silhouettes

more from Ile-a-Vache

rice paddies

what I see every evening driving back to the farm.

a visual taste of Vache

This is the west coast of the island of Ile-a-Vache -- the bay called Abaka.
The private beaches of the private resort. We were the only ones around to enjoy the Harry Belafonte blasting from my iPod speakers and see this beautiful sunset.

A water spout formed over Les Cayes -- on our return voyage we were doused by a good tropical rain storm. The spout died when it hit land.

island of the COW

Imagine an island with tall sand-stone cliffs, enormous chandelier cacti, long white sand beaches, clear blue water, ~800 inhabitants and two secluded resorts. Go to one of these resorts and imagine yourself the only guest there, aside from your two companions. The staff-to-guest ratio is 5-1 and the food and atmosphere exquisite.

The island is Ile-a-Vache, several miles south of the Les Cayes coast. The resort mentioned is Abaka Bay, which faces west toward the mountains near Port Salut. Nick, Alex (an Ethiopian MINUSTAH guy) and I were the only guests at the water front hotel on Saturday night. The weather was perfect Caribbean Spring.

The GOOGLE IMAGES map shows the island, just to the south of Les Cayes (the patchy sign of life on the Haitian coast). Abaka Bay is the first cove on the western side of the island.
I think that the photographs rather speak for themselves so I'll let them.