Day 8, last day in Haiti
We had a very special day. We got to visit the National Museum of Haiti. Here they shared with us their history. I found myself feeling a great sense of respect for this people after I learned just some of what they've been through. In 1492, Columbus landed in Haiti. They found 4 million Tinos (native people) living on the Island. Columbus was an Italian who was being supported by Spain. When they arrived they spent the next 50 years torturing and mutilating all the Tinos. Not one survived. They would cut off their arms and noses and blind them with knives. They would then leave them to bleed to death. Because the bodies were so numerous they brought dogs over from Spain (Haiti did not have dogs) and let the dogs eat the bodies of the Natives. To this day Haitians do not like dogs. You will see "pirate dogs" as I call them, who are descended from these spanish dogs roaming the streets but people do not have them a...