Reply #3: Mostly I like what Max says, but his cruise ship

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condemnation is inaccurate and misleading. As pointed out by others in several threads addressing this issue already, the beach is about 100 miles north of the capital--over very bad roads--and there is no dock at the beach.

Secondly, despite the unsavory picture painted by the vast disparity of wealth, many Haitians depend on the commerce generated by these stops. It would be just as unseemly to cut off this source of income by refusing to stop there.