SabaMapMay 18, 2013 Saba’s airport is one of the scariest in the world. The runway is only 400 meters long.  Presumably due to an uncomplicated attitude towards death, all the cemeteries here are situated in immediate proximity to residential houses (like in Tuvalu).  License plates.  A sign which means no parking on the right side of the road (like in Aruba, Sint Maarten or Sint Eustatius).  A unique local sign prohibiting a turn. The path of the prohibitive diagonal is left blank—an excellent graphical device.  Little houses.  The post office.  Electricity meters inside a special concrete wall.  There’s a custom here of making all the rooftops red.  A street sign.  You can traverse the entire island on foot in an hour.  The local trash bins feature an adorable picture of a street cleaner with a broom.  The central bulletin board has two main news items: the Mosquito Control Campaign is set to begin soon, and there’s an urgent vacancy for a garbage truck driver.  |
