A trip to the Dominican Republic

My passport is only good in Haiti for three months at at time. This means every three months I have to leave Haiti and then of course come back again. So yesterday, we loaded up the car for a trip to the Dominican Republic. Our plan was to go through immigration and customs in Haiti and enter the Dominican Republic for the afternoon to eat lunch and then of course re-enter Haiti. The drive went fairly quick but that was pretty much the only thing. We were able to complete the needed paperwork to exit Haiti and then tried to drive though the section that is "no-man's" land before officially crossing the border into the DR. That is where the fun began. There were literally tons of semi-trailers, the road was flooded, and people everywhere. We quickly realized we were going no where fast! A man was able to come and take Pastor Pierre to get more of the needed paperwork processed. After awhile we crossed through the gate and officially entered the DR. Once there we realized we were in line behind 20+ semis and it would take at least another hour to make our way around them to then move towards the restaurant to eat. We decided to turn around and simply re-enter Haiti. The whole ordeal took 5 1/2 hrs and by the time we got home we were all exhausted, carsick, and hungry. So technically I was in the DR but I'm not quite sure I believe it. Needless to say, after a very long day in the car I was thrilled to be back home in Haiti and on campus at NVM!