Newbies in Paradise: December 2013

In this post - The Spirit of Christmas; Moving Trees; Snakes in the Dry Cleaners; Problems in a Caribbean Island Paradise.

Quote of the Week;

“Dem Two Is Chamber Pot and Backside” for which the translation is “They are very good friends”. Source: Mrs K from “Real Life” a Caribbean Luxury and Lifestyle Property and Design Magazine.

The Spirit of Christmas

Garden displays are very popular here; many are traditional scenes – the Virgin birth in a stable, three Wise men and so on – long may it last. Of course, modern technology catches up. Santas waiting ~~for~~ ~~a blow job~~ to be inflated.

Another nice aspect of life here is the extent to which the place is lit up. How’re these for displays?

Snakes and Dry Cleaners

Mrs K went to drop off the dry cleaners when suddenly, all hell broke loose and the girls in the place all screaming and jumping up on the tables and the counter as a snake slithered through the place. I wasn’t sure whether it had collected its dry cleaning or not.

Moving trees

Driving along the freeway last week, we were overtaken by two trees. I kid you not. Here they are just before they disappeared. The lamppost wasn’t in the truck – it was just there when Mrs K snapped the picture.

Shopping, Consumerism and “What To Do With What’s Left Over”

Supermarkets here are privately owned – none of the bland sameness that pervades large retail chains where the look and feel never changes. Here in the Caymans, things are delightfully old fashioned and personal. Kidner Jeremy was despatched to the nearby supermarket to buy a small container of black pepper which he duly did and, unusually, noted the price (CI$2.79). The check-out lady was far from convinced. “$10!” she said, and then she chuckled “Only checking to see if you are awake!” For a change I was.

The problem with a throwaway consumer society is what to do with all the stuff we throw away when what we throw away stays uncomfortably close to us. The issue here in “Tip By The Sea” seems to be a bit of a cold potato in that everyone knows it’s a “hot potato” problem, but no one wants to pay for it, no one agrees what the solution should be and no one wants it their backyard. Sometimes there’s a problem in paradise. Not like our “Resort Tip” in Ferny Grove. We go there to look at cricket and wild life.