CaribEthnoExp. VII. Saint LuciaMapMarch 14 ... April 5, 2014 What a striking contrast between the country’s name and its contents. ![]() On the one hand, there’s a lot of British heritage here. The pillar boxes. ![]() The bus stop signs. ![]() The striped traffic light poles. ![]() On the other hand, it’s a total disaster. CastriesMapA city of little interest. ![]() None, in fact. ![]() There are a few stilt houses, like in São Tomé and Príncipe, but overall it’s nothing to write home about. ![]() Payphones. ![]() A directional sign with traffic lights. ![]() The city has many types of trash cans. One is a shiny bucket in a metal cage. ![]() Another is a green one like the ones in Dominica. ![]() A third is a simple blue plastic barrel. ![]() There’s also a model with a flip-top lid, which is always kept open to show that it flips open. ![]() A license plate. ![]() The entire city is basically a 3×3 block area for tourists from the cruise ships. As soon as you reach its perimeter, a police car rolls up to you and strongly recommends that you don’t go any further. Because there’s some bad shit further ahead. ![]() You keep walking. And old man comes up to you and says you shouldn’t go that way—shit’s bad. ![]() The woman in red told us there’s some bad shit this way. ![]() The woman with the bananas confirmed this. ![]() Then some man gestured towards the bad shit and, speaking in Spanish, said, “Muchos bandoleros.” ![]()
Later on, I asked a taxi driver what would have happened if we’d gone where everyone was saying shit was bad. ![]() So we decided not to risk it and stayed inside the tourist perimeter. Where everyone is hammered in the middle of the day. ![]() Where there are prostitutes on the street in broad daylight. ![]() A street market. ![]() Passers by. ![]() Road surface markings and inscriptions are painted by hand. ![]() No smoking or spitting in the market. ![]() License stickers on windshields. ![]() Speaking of stickers, this is where the expedition bid farewell to Aerousique and removed all the stickers from the plane. ![]() Catamaranousique awaits. ![]() We say goodbye to paradise. ![]() And sail away forever. ![]() |
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