Haiti was one of those trips that stayed with me because it felt different from the usual Caribbean escape. It was not polished in the way some tourist destinations are polished. It was not the kind of place where everything felt easy, predictable, or packaged. But that was also what made my short trip to Cap-Haïtien memorable. I arrived with curiosity, a little nervousness, and the feeling that I was stepping into a place with deep history. What I found was a coastal city wi