Category:Travel
Back in October I posted a series of images from a street theater that I happened across while wandering the streets at night. I came back around the following day, later in the afternoon to find the stage abandoned. The players had moved on and taken their sets with them.
I’m guessing the movie was called ‘Club Girls’ but I’m not really sure as the poster refers to ‘Clu Girls’. There were several things that drew me to this poster. Chief among them was the hand-drawn nature of it. Having been used to the slick, Hollywood style of movie poster this almost home-made poster was quite extraordinary in my experience.
These tricycle rickshaws were a common sight in Georgetown back in 1989. I don’t know if they still are. I don’t recall ever riding on one. If my memory serves I rented a Honda 90 to get around when I wanted to go further afield. But most of the time I just wandered the streets.
Wandering around the outside of the temple I happened across this scene of a woman making an offering to her god. Clearly this furnace has been has been in service for quite a while. If you look closely you can see that it’s raining – you can see the water running off the roof line at right. My guess is that the worshiper is trying to keep the rain off her face with her hand.
I was always struck by the ornate roof decorations of these buildings. Like the great cathedrals in Europe, there’s a lot of attention to detail in these places of worship, and also an air of decay.
I had walked back down through the park to re-take my shot of the Park Central Hotel. I then thought I’d walk back up the surf line to where my wife was lounging under a Boucher Brothers umbrella. That was not my best idea! Years ago when I worked in Libya and Oman, hiking through the sand was normal. Now, many years later my muscle-memory for this activity has long since faded and I found I had to head back up to the firmer sand away from the water to make decent progress.