Continuous Tourist

I was told recently by a young black Bajan that there are 4 kinds of whites on the island!  There are : 1) the St. John whites - don't ask me, I don't know why they are different 2) the rich whites 3) the middle class whites and 4) the continuous tourist.  Now I know what I am - a continuous tourist!  Actually, Gary and I think that fits us - we are indeed continuous tourist to this island.  We are definitely not rich and we have hardly ever met any of the middle class whites - except at church.  We seem to be finding our friends among the other expats.  So, I guess that is what we are - continuous tourists.

Saturday morning, we got up and decided to take our morning walk on the Boardwalk - and since I have already taken pictures of the coconut man and turtles - I almost did not take my camera along with us.  But, there was that little voice inside me that said, "You better take it - you will regret it!"  I'm glad I listened to that little voice, because two different things happened that were camera worthy - actually three - no, four!

First, before we ever left the front door of our condo, Gary exclaimed - "Vickie, hurry get the camera!"  I already had it with me and so started shooting pictures in the direction that he had pointed.  So, we are on the 5th floor and this little fellow was causally strolling along the 4th floor hallway.

I then walked to the end of the 5th floor hallway and this is what I saw, he had decided to jump up on the railing outside condo 412:

 I think he was checking to make sure no one was looking.  Then, the next thing I knew, he had jumped over to the fire escape railing of this apartment:

Then, it was like he was watching what was going on inside this condo - and he was trying to get in!  Craziest thing to watch.

I had actually been leaving my door open to our condo - during the day - it allows the breezes to go through the apartment - which can be very nice  - keeps from having to run the aircon so much.  But, after seeing this - I will not be doing that anymore!  LOL

2 - After we are walking along the boardwalk, I see something in the water that seems to be moving toward shore and at a faster pace than what a wave would gradually carry it in on.  As it got closer, I realized it was an octopus!

Can you see it?  It is along the edge of the rock at the bottom left.  See it's arms outstretched?  It was neat to watch - because it would go in and out along the rocks edge - feeding.  When the octopus would go to a new area of the sea bed - you could see all these small fish come scurrying out from under the rocks - escaping it's next meal!  It was neat to watch this so close to where we were standing.

3 - Since the tide was so low this morning, there were several men out fishing with hand nets.  They would cast the nets out into the water and then slowly gather them back in.  Here is a picture of one such person with the nets in his arms - ready to cast out.

4 - Again, because the water was so far out with the low tide, there was this dog that had walked out into the ocean - along the pebbles of the sea bed - and it really looked like he was trying to catch something for himself.

Ok - that was the end of the pictures.  But, one other thing that we have noticed about the people on this island - is that they do not like to venture from their homes when it is raining.  I found this fact to be very rewarding for myself today.  I went to the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium for the 9 o'clock fitness class which is usually packed with women - at least 25 or so - mostly local bajan women with a few exceptions here and there.  I walked into the room thinking it would be full of peoples - and there was no one.  I looked around at the guy at the reception area - and he said 'Yeah, yeah - the class will meet."  So, when the class started (five minutes late) it was 3 white women - all expats!  No one else showed up because it was raining!  I loved the individual attention from the instructor and the more leg room.  Maybe it will rain more often (he, he).