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Diary Madness Trinidad - Trinidad, Tobago / Caribbean - Posted: 18th Jun, 2007 - 4:20pm
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The "little" and "big" things that make this place a jungle!
Diary Of Madness In Trinidad
Kim Boodram from the Express wrote an excellent article about some of the things she saw during only three days in Trinidad and she recorded. I will highlight some of them, please feel free to comment. In a country where MOST people see all these things as "normal", I have to keep reminding myself daily that these things are not normal at all otherwise you start thinking you are insane.
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| Monday, May 14, 2007 - 7.35 a.m. -Cigarette box and variety of food wrappers are removed from reporter's front yard-daily gifts from the previous night's passing cars and pedestrians. - 9.55 a.m.-Man throws empty plastic bag onto road at South Quay-when alerted to his crime, the perpetrator stares blankly and eventually walks off. - 10.45 a.m.-Vagrant is eating out of garbage bin on Independence Square. - 1.26 p.m. -Man drops empty plastic juice bottle into drain on Henry Street-he moves off before reporter can reach him to alert him to the crime. - 4.06 p.m. -Small boy is begging for money outside ATM on Independence Square. Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 8.20 a.m.-Maxi-taxi in which reporter is travelling performs death-defying stunt to overtake several vehicles on Old Southern Main Road. - 9.56 a.m.-Well-dressed, 'respectable'-looking man is peeing against wall of a business on Henry Street. He is exposed to pedestrians and traffic. -11.45 a.m. -Vagrant is swearing and throwing garbage outside Woodford Square. Friday, May 18, 2007 [b]- 8.15 a.m. -Man throws empty water bottle onto roadway at Curepe Junction - when alerted to his crime, the perpetrator mutters an obscenity and walks on. - 11.07 a.m. -Young man breaks line at fast food restaurant on Independence Square-when alerted to this, young man 'steupses' and carries on. - 2.05 p.m. -Man approaches reporter on Frederick Street with obscene proposal. - 8.01 p.m. -Man is urinating against wall of Express Building on Charlotte Street. The man is exposed to pedestrians and traffic and urine is streaming down the pavement. - 8.03 p.m. -Reporter is jostled by group of drunk young men on Independence Square. They shout obscenities when they are not entertained. - 11.05 p.m. -'Scratchbomb' is detonated outside neighbour's house, setting a patch of dry grass on fire. 2.15 a.m. -Reporter's house is shaken by astoundingly loud music, coming from a car that has stopped at nearby 24-hour burger joint. |
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