Trini Doubles

This is one of my acquaintances here on the island.  I don't even know her name.  But, I do appreciate her.  She is almost always standing at this umbrella stand off of the Coast Road and Rendezvous Rd.  I appreciate her because she treats me as someone other than an "expat".  Like today, driving back home around 10:00, I decided that I wanted one of those trini doubles - and stopped.  She immediately started talking with me saying that she hadn't seen me in a while.  How was I doing?  I like that.  She most always has a smile on her face, too  - as you can see.

So, trini doubles are the ultimate street food!  The food originates from Trinidad.  After you have had one, it is hard not to want one daily.  I guess trini doubles down here is similar to a hot dog stand in New York.  Their very cheap and usually served warm and they are very filling.  Today, I paid 3.50 Barbados dollars for this treat.  Which is equivalent to 1.75 USD.  It is made of this wonderful bread called a bara.  She puts two baras together to form the "sandwich" and then the filling is with curried chick peas.  There are some delicious toppings that can be added to this - like a cucumber relish and a Bajan hot pepper sauce.  Just writing this makes me want to go get another one.  (giggle)

I ask this girl if I could take her picture - and she immediately said yes.  I like it when people don't mind their picture being taken.  These days more and more people don't want their picture being taken - they don't want it ending up on facebook.  I don't really understand this.  It is very frustrating for me at times, because I want to put this stuff in my blog and I know that words are good to read, but let's face it - pictures speak a thousand words.

I remember 2 years ago, when Gary and I visited St. Lucia for a weekend trip - that I was taking pictures soon after we disembarked from the airplane and we were driving in a cab up to our resort.  This man yelled at me from the roadside that I needed to pay him for just taking his picture.  It really spooked me.  Now, here in Barbados - I don't dare take someone's picture without asking their permission first.  I know I'm not perfect, so I guess I need to understand these people and have patience with them.  There are probably many reasons why they don't want their picture taken - and I need to be understanding of this all.  It is kind of like these people that have blanks on their facebook profile pictures - why?  Don't they walk out daily into this public world - where people see them face to face?  What is so different then about posting your picture on facebook - it is the "new age" way of friending people.  More so, than a telephone call or a mailed letter.