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124--The Caribbean: Living Like Locals @ CherieSpotting     Mar 12 2003 - 16:36 PST cherie writes: In this section we live like the locals. Tom, Mike, Greg and I were invited to see their homes and workplaces. We sat in their motorcycle side-cars and on their bicycles, relaxed in their rocking chairs and doorways, leaned on their bars and statues, visited their “movie theaters” and ice-cream shops, watched the masters play chess and then played our own game on giant board, and finally stood in lines for EVERYTHING. We initiated conversations with the everyday folk and learned what it is really like to live under a dictatorship. *All of the photos in this section were taken by Tom. Click on each picture to see it full size. read comments (0) | write comment| views: 6278    | rated: 0.0    printer-friendly version   In the Caribbean, you wear bug-off as if it were deoderant. Mike prefers his cars and women to be older. The giant chess match. Cherie/Greg vs. Mike/Tom. Cherie and Greg with the king! The winners celebrate! The banana-seller. Perhaps he needs some marketing advice? How they really live. Mike tries to act like a local. Cherie gets bit by the dangerous wicker snake. A typical home interior (with typical "art".) Don't they ever stop! Tom. *Photo by Mike. Guard dog. Cherie, Greg and Mike. Man playing dominoes. Family man. Cherie showing a bunch of little kids their image on her digital camera. He's having a rough day. The curious nurse. A sign in someone's front yard. Notice the man in the white shirt with the machine gun. (I hope that is fake!) Little girl eats her ice-cream. Not a common sign in the USA. Greg thinks the curb is his pillow. Cherie finding out from the locals how it really is. Greg in front of the office he always seems to have problems with--the Customs Office. Caught in the act! Little boy after he's just peed in the street. At the movie theater. Cherie and Greg. The BIG theater in town is a TV showing poorly copied pirated films. Mike thinks he's such an angel that someone should give him his "wings." Always in line for something. Mike takes a rest. An old woman in a rocking chair. Greg sneaks a peek under the hood. My Spanish jokes are simply cracking him up. Women drivers! Male drivers! Cherie and Greg stroll down the street in perfect safety. Greg and Cherie stop and talk to some locals (they thought Greg was a local!) The American flag, with the wrong amount of stars and stripes.