# Tap tap

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{{Short description|Decorated Haitian vehicle}}
{{other uses}}
thumb|right|A ''tap tap'' bus used for longer journeys

'''''Tap taps''''' ({{langx|ht|Taptap}}, {{IPA|ht|taptap|pron}}) are gaily painted [buses](/source/truck_bus)<ref name=pbs/> or [pick-up trucks](/source/Pickup_truck) with metal covers<ref name=tt>[http://www.traveladventures.org/continents/southamerica/tap-tap.shtml Haiti: Tap-taps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204231641/http://www.traveladventures.org/continents/southamerica/tap-tap.shtml |date=2013-02-04 }} traveladventures.org</ref> that serve as [share taxi](/source/share_taxi)s in [Haiti](/source/Haiti). They may also be referred to as ''camionettes''.<ref>{{cite book
 |author=Paul Clammer, Michael Grosberg, Jens Porup
 | title =Dominican Republic and Haiti
 | publisher =Lonely Planet
 | edition =4th
 | year =2008
 | pages =355
 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=Kjde3Fmwb7IC&q=camionette%20haiti&pg=PA355
 | isbn =9781741042924 }}</ref>

Literally meaning "quick quick",<ref name=kiakia/> these [vehicles for hire](/source/vehicle_for_hire) are privately owned and ornately decorated.<ref name=pbs/> They follow fixed routes, won't leave until filled with passengers, and riders can disembark at any point in the journey.<ref name=blog1>[https://katianovetsaintlot.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-haiti-picture-for-today-tap-tap.html My Haiti Picture for today : Tap-Tap] katianovetsaintlot.blogspot.com, February 9, 2010</ref>

==Decoration==
[[File:Haiti Weekend 048 (8070542854).jpg|thumb|Tap tap in [Port-au-Prince](/source/Port-au-Prince).]]
Often painted with religious names or [slogans](/source/slogans),<ref name=kiakia>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</ref> the ''tap tap'' is known for its lavish decoration, and many feature wild colors, portraits of famous people such as [Justin Bieber](/source/Justin_Bieber) and [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson), and intricate, hand-cut wooden window covers. Some window covers are also made of metal.<ref name=pbs>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100402004812/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/jan-june10/haiti_03-30.html Haiti's 'Tap Tap' Bus Art Flourishes After Quake] PBS Newshour, March 30, 2010</ref>

==Travel warnings==
thumb|right|''Tap tap'' cab in Port-au-Prince
Many [developed countries](/source/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](/source/Haiti), the [Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada](/source/Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Trade_Canada) advises against ''tap tap'' travel especially.<ref>[http://www.voyage.gc.ca/countries_pays/report_rapport-eng.asp?id=117000#9 TRAVEL REPORT Haiti: 9. Travel and Currency] Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Official Site</ref>

===United States===
The [US State Department](/source/United_States_Department_of_State) warns travelers not to use ''tap taps'' "because they are often overloaded, mechanically noisy, and driven unsafely".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110121101454/http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_5239.html Travel Warning: Haiti] US Department of State Official Site, January 20, 2011</ref>

==See also==
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*[Dekotora](/source/Dekotora)
*[Jeepney](/source/Jeepney)
*[Jingle truck](/source/Jingle_truck)
*[Chiva bus](/source/Chiva_bus)
*[Auto rickshaw](/source/Auto_rickshaw)
*[Chicken bus](/source/Bus_transport_in_Central_America)
*[Matatu](/source/Matatu)

==References==
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Category:Share taxis
Category:Road transport in Haiti
Category:Decorated vehicles
Category:Buses by type

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