THIS IS HAITI ‒ 'A Paradise Unknown' (Ayiti)
A trip to Haiti is like a trip back in time.
Tranquil beaches, tumbling waterfalls and pine-tree-capped mountains; the raw beauty of Haiti's landscapes is certainly more than what most travellers expect when visiting Haiti.
Despite Haiti’s well-documented struggles, exacerbated lately by natural disasters and political turmoil, the pride and resilience of the Haitian People is evident throughout the country. It only takes one visit to witness the overwhelming kindness of its people and the breathtaking beauty of its natural landscape. A foreign land for sure, but well worth the visit.
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We were fortunate enough to visit the Caribbean International Language School during our time in Haiti and meet Augusnel, the founder of the school. They are doing great work in providing education and language training to the future generations of Haiti.
This film was shot across 2 trips to Haiti, the first, an organised tour with Siempre Viajero (a Dominican Based Travel Company) and the second was whilst shooting a music video for the talented Haitian Artist, Ayiiti Coles. You can watch the music video here - • AYIITI - MANMAN
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Narrator: Jean Claude Martineau
Music: David A. Molina - A Thousand Years
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THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS😍😍😍. A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK DOWN ON HAITI! THANK YOU REALLY . THANK YOU SOOO MUCH😘😍😍🇭🇹
@Stricko
5 жыл бұрын
Haiti is a beautiful country, it wasn't hard to show that!
@paolosantiago3163
4 жыл бұрын
I love Haiti too.
@onemusicgroup8249
4 жыл бұрын
I'm about to write a really beautiful song today because of that. If u ain't had a Haitian friend u haven't had friend at all. Real ones "1804"!! Put up a prayer. I'm a write a hit. And Tom thank u for this awesome inspiration to visualize.
@MrSlipknot25
4 жыл бұрын
@Amina Ijaz *developed naturally upkept and untouched its a 3rd world country because of lack of technological advancements
@speakyourmindinEnglish
3 жыл бұрын
I'm almost in tears. This is so beautiful! It feels so good to see something positive.
Ive never known about Haiti really until I began researching. Its a sad history but producing some of the most amazing, resilient and kind people ive ever met. I would be proud to be Haitian!!!
Haitian American Here! I really appreciate this.. the video is beautifully made and it showed what the media doesn't show on tv when it comes to Haiti..Haiti is a paradise of its own.. Thank you!
@Stricko
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Exactly, this is the side you don't see on the news!
@Polynice20
4 жыл бұрын
@Adele C. What are you talking about?? 🤔
@AussieAdventures77
Жыл бұрын
Why are you here then? Maybe you should go back . But wait…
@SummerSun-sg3wf
8 ай бұрын
When people criticize Haiti it's not the land they criticize
Thank you so much for showing haiti in a positive light.
@guerdacherestal8367
4 жыл бұрын
@Amina Ijaz shut up
@oldens273
4 жыл бұрын
@Amina Ijazshut the fuck up! My country has always been a rich country with a high percentage of poverty.
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
It was my pleasure, thank you.
@rubensilva9273
5 ай бұрын
Haiti is a shit hole always been
Thank you for sharing this beautiful country with us - I've always wanted to visit and you just pushed it up on the list.
@Stricko
5 жыл бұрын
That's great. I believe Haiti has so much potential for Tourism and it could do wonders for the country!
@Joy-pd2nx
4 жыл бұрын
Kate Bispham Did u GO !!
@melissadavis1607
3 жыл бұрын
Tell on St James Catholic Church with Haiti and Spain using the Pacific ocean as Spain and Haiti and put them out the country.
@g1967
3 жыл бұрын
@Amina Ijaz it's sad to know that medievil Rome had better sewage drainage than modern day Haiti...they NEED 2 full time desalination treatment plants built (Oprah..)they need modern wastewater/sewage plants built(Mark Bezos)...they need education/jobs/infrastructure (Bill/Melinda Gates)
As a proud haitian, thank you for posting this. People have no idea how beautiful this country and its people are. All the media does is show the bad side. Thanks again for showing the good side.
I read 134 comments no one says let's try to make Haiti a paradise! No one says let's put our hands together for a better Haiti! So why don't we just say Haiti was a paradise let's try to make it a paradise again?
@MrAnarkyy
3 жыл бұрын
my comment is different bro :D
@Verdeverso
3 жыл бұрын
Yeap! Lessened learned from Dominican tourism industry! Some of the best in the Caribbean for many years! Building structures and opening up the country for foreigners and all kinds of immigration does not necessarily profit or benefit the working people, the younger generation generation, or the common household! The major metropolitan city in Dominican territory proves that expanding cities along with overcrowdedness, problems of waste disposal, and lack of infrastructure doesn't necessarily help a nation appear better than what it naturally is! I repeat- lesson learned!
@joanpop722
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly!!
@ergoodnews
2 жыл бұрын
I am going back to help rebuild and to live there. I will create a wellness center, that will amaze you and the world, in the north of Haiti. Get ready to come for a treat with your relatives and friends. And there will be more!
This video is INCREDIBLE. Thank you Tom for such a great piece on my country.
@Stricko
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
I’m a 11 year old and I love my contry 🇭🇹
Thanks a lot for giving some values to my country !!! 🇭🇹
@smartalecc
4 жыл бұрын
@TRUTH HIDDEN IN PLAINSIGHT see how nobody likes your comment? because you're a nasty person!
@andrewsafarian4423
3 жыл бұрын
@THE TRUTH IS HIDDEN IN PLAINSIGHT exactly stfu & stay quiet
Haiti is beautiful. The nature and history is rich. But we cannot forget the social, political, and economic injustice. People are fighting for their lives and their right to simply live. Haiti is beautiful. Haiti is a paradise of its own depending on where you live. The country is vast and has so much to it. The media needs to cover just as much of the beauty as they do the bad.
انا من دوله عربيه من الجمهورية اليمنية و كل الشكر والتقدير والاحترام ل جمهورية هايتي ❤
HAITI STANDUP............ WATCHING FROM PORT AU PRINCE HAITI............. Amazing VIBES from HAITI..........
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed. Hope you are safe during the current time.
"OH MY GUSH .?! Haiti is so much a beautiful country more than in all almost places here in Southeast Asia particularly my home country of Philippines, I'm hoping the newest generation of Haitian people will make the best quality change for the country and remove all the disgusting stigmas someday..."
@Verdeverso
3 жыл бұрын
But you should see what adult hatian man and woman have done and continue to do intentionally within the same island- different country with different politics! So in reality a lot of wrongs have been carried on by Haitians themselves! Not to say that Dominicans are the perfect people or that Dominicans are better than Haitians! But at tge end of the day it is the same island!
@stewart2589
3 жыл бұрын
More beautiful than Southeast Asia? I have a feeling you never been to 99.9% of Southeast Asia than
@user-fz7jv5uj5b
3 жыл бұрын
@@stewart2589 she’s not lying
@paolosantiago3163
3 жыл бұрын
@@stewart2589 "Philippines is also a shithole country I guess you have never live here as an average citizen that's why you love Philippines and its neighboring countries so much inequality and poverty too .?!"
I'm going to Haiti after the pandemic. Not from there, but y'all vlogers got me grasping for Haiti.
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, I hope Haiti is holding strong through this pandemic.
@saskias2590
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! Currently Haiti has had a few more covid cases from many people traveling in December but for the amount of covid here we are actually doing really good. Cant wait for you to come!
So glad you did this❗️I’ll be going back soon to do the same🎥🇭🇹🙌🏽
@Stricko
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome man. Enjoy!
@Stricko
5 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see it mate! Send it through when you're done.
@ThatsGreg
3 жыл бұрын
@@Stricko Here ya go... one of a few I have kzread.info/dash/bejne/p5mHzsaBmMWWY9o.html ... this video motivated me to really get more cinematic & get more arial footage with my drone. STAY TUNED!
Im Jamaican with a great interest in Haiti, for the simple reason its so unknown like a well kept secret, the few Haitians I have met dont normally say much of their country even when I ask but now the mistery is slowly being unveiled
Congratulations for your national holiday on 1st January Haiti from your friends in Germany
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate!
@billsoldsoncastoroficial
3 жыл бұрын
Thank Germany i is Haitian from Brasil mési mwen se Haitien mwen abite o BRésil
Wow I live in Africa Nigeria I have always seen videos of Haiti like oh my God this place is not fine and people suffer alot there and have seen people talk down on them wow I am so going to visit soon never new it was so beautiful 😍
@nadiajeanbaptiste7531
2 жыл бұрын
Nigeria Have poor place to you sound ignorant they living Nigeria to travel Europe for better life to
@nadiajeanbaptiste7531
2 жыл бұрын
They have big dirty slum in Nigerian to not only Haiti
@AussieAdventures77
Жыл бұрын
It’s horrible
Dude you are one of the best video creators I’ve come across.
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks man. I Appreciate it!
Great content! Keep it up! Haiti is a hidden gem that the media never shows.
Thank you very much! Haiti my country, I am so sad sometimes to see we don't have security, stability. We have a paradise just controlled by evil people most of the time. I still believe in a bright future for my one and only country.
@Stricko
3 жыл бұрын
Haiti, is beautiful and has so much potential. I hope to revisit one day ✌🏻
To my Haitian ppl we are strong
Thank you to showing this about my country😍😍😍🇭🇹
@Stricko
5 жыл бұрын
No worries! Glad you liked the video 😊
I wish u could have shown more of Haiti 🇭🇹 Haiti 🇭🇹 is forever Haiti is love ❤️ Ayiti
Love the way you celebrate the raw beauty of Haiti through this video!
Omgggg !!! I just love when people show Haiti 🇭🇹 because people doesn’t see the paradise side of 🇭🇹. I am 17 years old and I been to Haiti 10 times in my life because my parents are born there and I will always respect the culture of Haiti. #zoe
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
Lucky you, I'm so happy that you are able to visit and experience the culture.
Amazing video. Love your shooting style and editing!!
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed :)
Well done! Very interesting footage of the landscapes and the locals as well. The guy talking is also adding something to the video. The small island at 1:18 looks stunning and the transition at 2:02 was pretty cool. Thumbs up, that's a great video.
@Stricko
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the comments, glad you like it!
@MianaNaelli
4 жыл бұрын
The small island I’m prettying sure it’s “I’LLE Á Vache”
@annellee7354
4 жыл бұрын
Ittss Miana it is île à rate near Ladadee in Cap Haitien. Between comier beach.
Watching complete and full support have a nice day enjoy beach bonding.
I’ve been to to this place before when I was three thank you Haiti🇭🇹❤️❤️😍🇭🇹
This is great! This video should be like an official advertisement for Haiti. Like, I could totally see this as a commercial on TV. I'm dying to visit someday.
HAÏTIANS GANGS✨✨
This video needs more views
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
Please share it around ;)
PROFOUND GRATITUDE @Tom to teach me the land of my ANCESTORS ♥️🕊✨. You creativity and LOVE in your art transcends!!! A’ho
Watchin this while listening to Raymond Lefèvre - Thème de Nicole Ayiti est une Terre et un peuple magnifique, en dépit des misères qu'ils ont dû endurer. Ayiti mwen.
Thank you for showing this part of my beautiful country
My Country Beautiful 🇭🇹
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
it sure is 😃
Watching from Sri Lanka.
We can make Haiti reclaim it's identity of what it used to be call "La Perle Dans enture"Or Hispaniola,,,By reunite together, by putting our hands together, by sitting together, by loving one another,putting our heads together and finally working together,,,
@ergoodnews
2 жыл бұрын
La Perle Des Antilles
What a unique and a beautiful place!!! God bless.
I'm Dominican and I've never been no where near Haiti. Just this year along 49 Dominican truck drivers have been kidnapped in Haiti while trying to deliver food and supplies to them.
@nicolesenatus6593
Жыл бұрын
Ignorant! DR ain't better either
Thank you for sharing my contry with everyone
Merci!! 🇭🇹🇭🇹
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
vous êtes le bienvenu
Haiti is one of the most dangerous places rite now
the only down side , you didn't include the Haitians gastronomy, but man this video is incredible thank you so much for showing people how beautiful our country is 🥰😇 GOD BLESS YOU I WILL SHARE IT ON MY BLOG
Thank you for this beautiful video 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, thank you!
This country has great potential if carefully administered. Great mountain sceneries, plenty of land still untouched by greedy contractors and a lot of seaside resorts. Be proud of your country young people of Haiiti , god bless.
This is one of the most beautiful video I saw on Haïti.😍 Thank You Tom !!!🙏🏿
This made me want to cry. I'm here from thee mademoiselle channel 🙌
@Stricko
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. Haiti is beautiful!
@Stricko
3 жыл бұрын
How can I find her channel? 😊
@kloedo2420
3 жыл бұрын
I did cry. I long to return to my beloved country on day.
I noticed they play back the same images here over and over, like the one with the castle in it. The fact over the matter is most of Haiti has no vegetation left. Many empty rolling hills without trees or wildlife because of over exploitation. I am sure it was once upon a time just as beautiful as any Caribbean paradise. Maybe one day, if they regenerate their forests, it will look exotic again.
@ergoodnews
2 жыл бұрын
My mom lives in the north, Carice, I went there July 2020 I couldn't believe my eyes because the whole area was full with trees. Port au Prince and its surround is not Haiti. It is part of it. There is almost no trees in that part of Haiti which is terribly for such a small country. But we can replant and rebuild. Let's go and do something
Beautiful country. Very mountainous; would love to visit the mountains of Haiti to commune with my God. Like Jesus went up into the mountains.
I love ❤ my country and my ppl Haiti 🇭🇹 4 life
Going back for my second time for the holidays. Love Haiti!
Awesome content of Haiti please do more!
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
I think I need to return to see more of Haiti! haha
Woww thank you for sharing the best part of ourplace😍😍😍
Thank you so much for sharing. My country is beautiful!!! Amazing video - and what a fantastic narrator voice ❤️ Loved every bit of it. 🙏🏽
What an amazing work you did there 😄😀😀😀
@Stricko
5 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@dharuwashmukrim3203
5 жыл бұрын
Mehdi Hayani hw did u see it is good or
@dharuwashmukrim3203
5 жыл бұрын
Tom Strickland I like it
Thank you so much for this man. !!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🇭🇹
Beautiful Haiti❤
This was beautifully shot
HAITI IN 4K!!! YESSSSS!!!
I love Haiti💖💖💖🙏🏽
Today as I am writing an assignment for school there is a graph on population that are undernourished and Haiti was red meaning critical. My dad is from the dominican republic and ive seen much footage of Haiti in the news from earthquakes to the city. But I have never seen such beautiful footage of mountains and rivers. I stumbled into this video because I asked myself "Why does haiti doesn't grow their own food or agriculture" In my ignorance I assumed Haiti was plain with no mountains or fertile land. Yet these images because i told myself lets look for a video proves my assumption wrong. Yet the question still remains, Why is haiti still a poor country with hunger when they seem to have so much wealth in land. I know only a few reasons from "The Junta" dilemma in history and the small african history of Jean-Jacques Dessalines. But nonetheless I am glad I stumble into this video! Much love! I have to continue doing my assignment xD #ADHD
Haiti was always beautiful
May the light of Jesus shine on haitians heart.
Beautiful! Love from Greece!
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate. I would love to visit!
@vagbloom6380
4 жыл бұрын
@@Stricko most welcome!
I was supposed to go to Haiti between November 2010 to March 2011 to document the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake but the journey fell through :( It’s still in my bucket list of places to visit
Hello Tom, I hope you are doing well! My name is Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien; I am a three-time published author, fashion editor, and most recently, Miss Supranational Haiti 2024! Miss Supranational is one of three top prestigious pageants in the world and come next month, I will shine bright for Haiti on the international stage. I am currently working on a video project that I have to submit to the organization in order to showcase my heritage and I've been looking for some b-roll I could possibly use. I got goosebumps watching your "This is Haiti" video and I knew I had to reach out! May I have permission to use some clips from it? At most, it would likely be about 10-15 seconds of your content max. Thank you for sharing your beautiful art with us and showing the hidden side of Haiti! Hope to hear from you soon!
Haiti love you my favorite country you miss me
Thank you Very much!!!
Haïti chérie
I love Haiti and I wish I was born there
@ukraine814
4 ай бұрын
erm no you dont look how violent it is now
Nice video and great content. Keep up the good work!
Hi Tom, thank you for doing this. I would love to see more images you may have of Haiti.. let me know how to reach you.
Beautiful
Can’t wait to visit Haiti 🇭🇹
@tregua24
2 жыл бұрын
What's stopping you?
Mèsi pou vidéo sa, mw trove li trè bèl. Pèmèt mw itilize kèlke imaj ladanl mèsi.
Belle vidéo présentez-nous HAITI très souvent sous cet angle
Thank you!
Unreal mate!!
@Stricko
5 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate!
This is absolutely jaw dropping!!! Who is doing that narration, and how would arrange to have him do some narrations for a special project I’m working on?
I miss home💔
thank you
this video deserves more like
What a heavenly video
Pearl of Antilles
What’s the name of that fort? I’m blown away, what a stunning country 😲😲
@Stricko
3 жыл бұрын
The Citadelle Laferrière :)
@beybeyl8171
3 жыл бұрын
@@Stricko thank you!
Peace! Progress! Strength!
My country 🇭🇹🥰💫
My island ❤️❤️❤️
@Stricko
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful :)
Yessssssir
Thank you
I learn about Haiti at school today
nice video!
@Stricko
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Incredible! Amazing!
How secure is it going there as a tourist and staying in the touristic areas? Looks beautiful
Each shot is better than the last. Superb!
Just found your channel from the free diving video. This stuff is super sick and inspiring
@Stricko
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks my friend! Appreciate it and enjoy, there is plenty more to come 😊