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#27: Border crossing : Perrault comments
From: ange perrault <Ange.Perrault@mail.tju.edu>
That is true, you cannot cross the border with a rental car. My
experience crossing the border was a mix one:
First it took me close to 2 hrs from P-au-P to reach the border (it
should have taken 30 min at most) due to pothole and whatever. The
Haitian side of the border was unprofessional but not rude. We cleared
the border easily (10-20 min at most)
Now the Dominican side we had to present: Insurance for the car for DR
(not the one from Haiti), Visa on the passport, tax for Haitian
citizens, search of the vehicule and proof of ownership (might you we
did cross in the volvo). They wanted us to literally spend the night at
the border. Mind you soem US tourists got there after us, and left
before us. I was not suprise it is still Haiti you know. Anyway when we
refuse to pay more taxes they would not let us in. I demanded to see a
superior and a refund then they let us go. I learn that in Venezuela,
in latin America there is still something call Heirarchy (not in Haiti).
Well to make a story short, it took us exactly 4 hrs if I recall. Nice
paved road and smooth ride (P.S. we did give a crossing guard a ride to
Santo Domingo) so maybe that is why it took us no time.
A. R. Perrault, PhD
ange.perrault@mail.tju.edu