Comments on: Labadie, Haiti as an Online Working Destination

By: Jerra Solen @ Remote Login

Jerra Solen @ Remote Login — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:26:01 +0000

great info. i agree that the main need is the internet connection with out it . you cant do anything. anyway thanks for the info.

By: Minos Beach Art Hotel

Minos Beach Art Hotel — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:40:45 +0000

Thanks for this article, I agree with Pamela comment

By: POPO

POPO — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:50:29 +0000

RIP Norm 04/03/2010

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:19:03 +0000

Wayne’s right, after spending 7 years there, I can tell you that they employ 200 people in an area where there is no employment, the income from the cruise lines in wages etc are what run the economy of Labadie (local spelling). The cruise lines most likely pay extensive insurance for their little area of Labadee and should anything untoward happen, they need to protect their investment… it’s a 3rd world country…and the village of Labadie itself is so poor and terrible looking that you don’t want your cruise line passengers tramping through a dump with no bathrooms, electricity etc.
All cruise lines control everything at their private resorts.

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:52:18 +0000

Actually your posting insn’t strictly true. Royal Caribbean actually employs some 200 locals in the artisan market & walled beach.

By: Working Nomad

Working Nomad — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:44:17 +0000

I actually think that good internet access is the most important thing and almost the only important thing.

I am finding now after 4 years that I can still do a certain amount of work offline but I am increasingly needing to be online due to the importance of blogging, social networking and all that jazz.

So any place with reliable, fast internet is a winner….oh and sunshine of course.

By: Language Dude

Language Dude — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:12:23 +0000

Wow! Pretty amazing revelation about the cruise ship companies. Well maybe you’ve done your part in calling them out. If those cruise ships were dropping passengers off as real paying tourists to Haiti, that would do wonders to spur some development and kick that economy out of the doldrums. I have no illusions, but everyone has to start somewhere.

By: Alice B.

Alice B. — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:28:36 +0000

Thanks for this! Especially the part about the difference between Labadie and Labadee. Thanks mostly though for digging through the place and making sure to portray it accurately as opposed to the usual (demoralizing) fatalistic tone. I must say it’s a wonder that Gonaïves would have such a great connection when it’s been so hard hit by hurricanes!