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When Sosua Was A Place I Would Have Liked To Visit
How beautiful it once was. Almost have tears in my eyes when i compare this video with todays Sosua- so little time and so extremly big differences.
Thank you for sharing this video with us.
Thank you for sharing this video with us.
28 years is quite a long time actually when you look at how many changes the entire world has gone through in those years.
The first time I visited Sosua in the 80s, I stayed in a house in Charimicos. Christmast tree lights would guild you to the beach at night and the scant bars were often lit with a couple candles. El Batey had maybe a half dozen owned shops and there was one bar with a small TV that might have been Eddy's. No pavement aside from the highway. It was quiet at night and VERY dark.
Another thing I remember was seeing numerous Haitians missing one of their forearms. I'm still unclear whether they had lost their arms in cane-cutting accidents, or if the tonton macoutes were responsible and they had fled to the DR afterwards. It was right around the time Baby Doc fled Haiti and the Dominican military was worried about a mass invasion.
Jesus- i suddenly realized how old i am. Time to take another dive into the bottom of a Brugal to forget these hard facts...
