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Table of Contents: Travel to Miragoane, visa requirements / Get around / Miragoane attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Miragoane souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Miragoane nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get out More from Haiti: Miragoane travel tours, Port-au-Prince culture More from Caribbean: Anguilla souvenirs, Antigua and Barbuda tourist attractions, Aruba tourist attractions, Bahamas hotels and youth hostels, Barbados travel tours, Bermuda hotels and youth hostels, British Virgin Islands hotels and youth hostels, Cayman Islands travel tours, Cuba souvenirs, Dominica hotels and youth hostels, Dominican Republic tourist attractions, Grenada travel tours, Guadeloupe travel tours, Haiti culture, Hispaniola hotels and youth hostels, Jamaica hotels and youth hostels, Martinique tourist attractions, Montserrat travel tours, Navassa Island tourist attractions, Netherlands Antilles hotels and youth hostels, Puerto Rico travel tours, Saint Kitts and Nevis tourist attractions, Saint Lucia tourist attractions, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines souvenirs, St Barthelemy culture, Trinidad and Tobago culture, Turks and Caicos Islands culture, Virgin Islands tourist attractions More from North America: Canada hotels and youth hostels, Caribbean souvenirs, Cascade Mountains hotels and youth hostels, Central America culture, Great Lakes souvenirs, Greenland souvenirs, Mexico souvenirs, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon culture, United States of America travel tours, Waterton Glacier International Peace Park hotels and youth hostels More from Travel Tips 24: Africa culture, Asia souvenirs, Europe travel tours, North America culture, Oceania souvenirs, South America hotels and youth hostels Popular destinations Istanbul (Marmara region ) travel tours, Barcelona (Catalonia) hotels and youth hostels, Rome (Lazio) tourist attractions, Singapore (Southeast Asia) tourist attractions, Western Europe (Europe) travel tours, South Africa (Southern Africa) travel tours, United Kingdom (Western Europe) souvenirs, Europe (Home) souvenirs, Vancouver (Greater Vancouver) tourist attractions, Morocco (North Africa) travel tours

Miragoane, the third largest port in Haiti, is a city of considerable poverty and strife. Several ships from New York, USA, and Miami, FL, USA transport cargo to Miragoane during fairly regular port calls.

The city was reportedly used as a rest stop by pirates long ago and was later used by Reynolds aluminum to support a plant for refining bauxite from the indigenous soil. Reynolds moved out in the 1990's, leaving behind the power plant it had built for the town. Slowly, the luxury of electricity vanished due to lack of fuel and maintenance (read "government support" from the government headed by Aristide, the penniless priest who now resides in Africa and is worth millions).

Since then, the majority of what small amounts of cash are in circulation were derived from stevedoring operations and distribution of the cargo from ships. Food was what small amounts of cargo the people could afford supplemented by fish from the bay and, possibly, some locally grown vegetables and goats.

Removed somewhat from the anarchy of Port-au-Prince, Miragoane enjoyed relative peace until perhaps 2005. The road to Port-au-Prince is an open haven for thugs who are no better than the "highwaymen" of old. The Port Captain of Miragoane, Captain Guy (pronounced "Gee" with a hard "G" was murdered on this road in December, 2005.

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Miragoane attractions and sightseeing

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City tours

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Shopping, Miragoane souvenirs

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Good restaurants and cheap meals

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Miragoane nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.

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Hotels, youth hostels, lodging

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More from Haiti: Miragoane tourist attractions, Port-au-Prince culture More from Caribbean: Anguilla souvenirs, Antigua and Barbuda travel tours, Aruba souvenirs, Bahamas tourist attractions, Barbados tourist attractions, Bermuda souvenirs, British Virgin Islands travel tours, Cayman Islands souvenirs, Cuba travel tours, Dominica hotels and youth hostels, Dominican Republic culture, Grenada culture, Guadeloupe souvenirs, Haiti hotels and youth hostels, Hispaniola tourist attractions, Jamaica tourist attractions, Martinique travel tours, Montserrat culture, Navassa Island souvenirs, Netherlands Antilles hotels and youth hostels, Puerto Rico hotels and youth hostels, Saint Kitts and Nevis hotels and youth hostels, Saint Lucia tourist attractions, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines culture, St Barthelemy travel tours, Trinidad and Tobago souvenirs, Turks and Caicos Islands culture, Virgin Islands hotels and youth hostels More from North America: Canada travel tours, Caribbean hotels and youth hostels, Cascade Mountains tourist attractions, Central America souvenirs, Great Lakes travel tours, Greenland travel tours, Mexico souvenirs, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon culture, United States of America souvenirs, Waterton Glacier International Peace Park souvenirs More from Travel Tips 24: Africa souvenirs, Asia travel tours, Europe tourist attractions, North America souvenirs, Oceania tourist attractions, South America travel tours Popular destinations Istanbul (Marmara region ) culture, Barcelona (Catalonia) souvenirs, Rome (Lazio) tourist attractions, Singapore (Southeast Asia) travel tours, Western Europe (Europe) travel tours, South Africa (Southern Africa) hotels and youth hostels, United Kingdom (Western Europe) hotels and youth hostels, Europe (Home) culture, Vancouver (Greater Vancouver) culture, Morocco (North Africa) culture

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