Tap tap
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Tap taps are gaily painted buses[1] or pick-up trucks[2] that serve as share taxis in Haiti. They may also be referred to as camionette.[3]
Literally meaning "quick quick",[4] these vehicles for hire are privately owned and ornately decorated.[1] They follow fixed routes, do not leave until filled with passengers, and riders can disembark at any point in the journey.[5]
Decoration
Often painted with religious names or slogans,[4] the tap tap is known for its lavish decoration, and many feature wild colors, portraits of famous people, and intricate, hand-cut wooden window covers.[1]
Travel warnings
Many developed countries inform their citizens to not take tap taps when visiting Haiti.
Canada
While saying not to use any form of public transport in Haiti, the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada advises against tap tap travel especially.[6]
U.S.
The US State Department warns travelers not to use tap taps "because they are often overloaded, mechanically unsound, and driven unsafely."[7]
See also
Chicken buses are a similar concept
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Haiti's 'Tap Tap' Bus Art Flourishes After Quake PBS Newshour, March 30, 2010
- ↑ Haiti: Tap-taps traveladventures.org
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tap-tap, fula-fula, kia-kia: The Haitian bus in Atlantic perspective. Thompson, Robert Farris. African Arts. Los Angeles: Spring 1996. Vol. 29, Iss. 2; p. 36
- ↑ My Haiti Picture for today : Tap-Tap katianovetsaintlot.blogspot.com, February 9, 2010
- ↑ TRAVEL REPORT Haiti: 9. Travel and Currency Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Official Site
- ↑ Travel Warning: Haiti US Department of State Official Site, January 20, 2011
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