In the fierce noon day heat, I foolishly went out for a stroll. Here are some images that I took before I was struck down by heat stroke. The heat was deceptive, even when a strong cool breeze was dislodging my sun hat. I have been away from sub tropical climate for too long now and will need to acclimatise again.
"Sounds of Da Crab Man" - the band that plays on Bay Street, down town Nassau. The male singer has an unusually high pitch voice; from a distance, you could have mistaken him as a woman. I observed that no one gave the band any money, but they played on. Here, they were taking a rest.
Junkanoo Beach, 150 metres from the hotel. In the distance were three cruise ships stopping by Nassau. The shacks on the beach were selling food and drinks, and some tourists were seen swaying to the music, some of them looked inebriated by the way they were dancing. By this time, a little voice in my head told me to run for shade.
Not too far from the beaten track, in fact 150m from the hotel and 50m from Junkanoo beach is this street with rubble lying in front of a house. Maybe there had been storm damage, maybe it is neglect. In time to come I hope to be able to differentiate wilful neglect from natural disaster.
I try to replicate the romantic view of the Caribbean as advertised on many travel brochures. This was taken at Junkanoo Beach, along the arterial route north of Providence Island. Although it was not crowded, it was hardly exclusive as this image would suggest. It shows how deceptive photography can be. In the distance is the Paradise Island lighthouse, the oldest and best known lighthouse in the Bahamas and the oldest surviving lighthouse in the West Indies.
A crew was laying pavement stones and here a Jamaican workman was seen taking time off. I like the way he had adapted his sun hat for his woolly hat. Really cool. In the heat, the pace of work was slow, and the crew had stopped working waiting for a single man to level the sand on the ground. The concept of assembly line production has yet to be introduced to this island.
A number of sheds on the Junkanoo were selling coconut drinks. Here, at the entrance to a bar, a machete is dramatically poised for action. In a health and safety obsessed country like the UK, it is unthinkable to exhibit a lethal weapon like this in the public. Time to adjust my values and the way I look at things.
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| Sounds of Da Crab Man |
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| Junkanoo Beach, Nassau |
Junkanoo Beach, 150 metres from the hotel. In the distance were three cruise ships stopping by Nassau. The shacks on the beach were selling food and drinks, and some tourists were seen swaying to the music, some of them looked inebriated by the way they were dancing. By this time, a little voice in my head told me to run for shade.
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| Street near Junkanoo Beach |
Not too far from the beaten track, in fact 150m from the hotel and 50m from Junkanoo beach is this street with rubble lying in front of a house. Maybe there had been storm damage, maybe it is neglect. In time to come I hope to be able to differentiate wilful neglect from natural disaster.
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| Vantage point, Junkanoo Beach |
I try to replicate the romantic view of the Caribbean as advertised on many travel brochures. This was taken at Junkanoo Beach, along the arterial route north of Providence Island. Although it was not crowded, it was hardly exclusive as this image would suggest. It shows how deceptive photography can be. In the distance is the Paradise Island lighthouse, the oldest and best known lighthouse in the Bahamas and the oldest surviving lighthouse in the West Indies.
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| Cool hat, Jamaican style |
A crew was laying pavement stones and here a Jamaican workman was seen taking time off. I like the way he had adapted his sun hat for his woolly hat. Really cool. In the heat, the pace of work was slow, and the crew had stopped working waiting for a single man to level the sand on the ground. The concept of assembly line production has yet to be introduced to this island.
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| Come in for a drink, Junkanoo Beach |
A number of sheds on the Junkanoo were selling coconut drinks. Here, at the entrance to a bar, a machete is dramatically poised for action. In a health and safety obsessed country like the UK, it is unthinkable to exhibit a lethal weapon like this in the public. Time to adjust my values and the way I look at things.
