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Twoubadou folk music traces its origins to the early 1900s, when seasonal migrant laborers from Haiti traveled to Cuba to work the cane fields.

Clairin, the Caribbean's most bombastic bush rum, can be enjoyed anywhere in Haiti. To truly appreciate its essence, though, you must travel to Cap-Haitien.

Romance on the rocks? Sex life more fizzle than sizzle? Never fear! On my last visit to Haiti a few months ago I found a solution: Haitian Vodou Dolls.

You're kicking back in the Great Room of the Marriott Port-au-Prince admiring the striking collection of Vodou Flags. The bright colors and intricate symbols for the individual Loa mesmerize. You want to learn more about Vodou; to attend a Vodou ceremony in Haiti, but how...?

I'm sure that my future visits to Port-au-Prince, Haiti will include a little more diversity in the dining department. Les Jardins du Mupanah is why.

Haiti, just like everywhere else, is not all one thing. What's bad is bad there. What's good... well... some of it is like this...

Sipping sea water seems to set my mind and soul more in-tune with the sunny shores I'm lucky to be exploring, few places more so than the Bananier Beach, Haiti.

Stroll among the monuments to Haiti's heroes in Champs de Mars and it quickly becomes evident which one seems to be held in the highest esteem.

It's a good rule to look down when entering or exiting unfamiliar waters. On my first visit to Bananier Beach in southern Haiti, though, I had to break it.