Barbados Prison...the cells

Recently someone asked me about the cells in the new Barbados prison. This is a typical 3 man cell with just enough room to turn around in. There's a stainless steel toilet and sink with a steel mirror attached to the wall.

note: no flatscreen tv's! just 2 other snoring, farting room mates to keep you company

this cell is in the female wing

Chester wondering what it'd be like. This is a cell for one lucky permanent resident. Yup, solitary confinement in maximum security. Can you imagine twenty or thirty years living between those 4 walls??At the end of the corridor in this cell block is the room with trap door and hangmans noose. And then out the back door is the cemetary!

this is maximum security recreation area and will have fencing on all four sides and roof plus asphalt pad making escape impossible. The blue door on the far left is where the deceased will be brought out to the cemetary for burial.

Not the kind of place I'd want to 'hang' around very long. To make matters worse, the sewage lagoon is up wind of the facility and theres a constant breeze!

Svetlana from Omsk

Svetlana worked on the Sakhalin 1 project with me and I have very fond memories of her. She likes to travel and has been to Thailand and Turkey. She lives in central Siberia in a city called Omsk and commutes to work on Sakhalin. I keep reminding her that Canada has some wonderful sights too and she needs to come for a visit. Plus, we don't have snowbanks like that where I live!

Jet off Starboard..somewhere over South Korea

Just because I like this photo! Starting the descent into Incheon after the 4 hour flight from Yuzhno Sakhalinsk. The sky was so beautiful and then the other plane appeared. Just a magical moment.

room full of mirror's

This scene never ceased to amaze me every time I rode the train on Sakhalin Island from Yuzhno to Nogliki.I suppose over the course of those 2 years travelling the route I spent about 250 hours on this train and several of those hours were spent gazing into the infinite mirrors.It was just such a weird scene but so very cool and mind bending. No need for drugs on this train... just stare into the mirror!

Banks Brewery

Well folks, the sign says it all. Banks, exactly! Now I may be way off on my calculations but I'm thinking between the 10 or so expats on this project we must have polished off one or more of these tanks! Its true that some of us drank the occasional Carib beer and of course Mt. Gay and Cockspur rums were also popular and CHEAP!!! Come to think of it you could very easily become an alcoholic in Barbados without trying very hard or spending a lot of money! Having a bad day at the office?? Mt Gay to the rescue! A few shots of sugarcane brandy and the world is a happy place again! Trust me, it works!

Hobbit Heaven

Richard G was my assistant on the Barbados Prison Project and we spent countless enjoyable hours together. One day we decided to check out the ravine where the monkeys lived and discovered this old bridge that was covered in vines and just seemed like the perfect hobbit house. Upon entering we could hear this peculiar clicking sound coming from the other end. I had visions of big spiders or snakes but Richard assured me there was nothing that would harm us so we carefully made our way through the tunnel towards the sound. On the floor we discovered these Soldier Crabs engaged in battle or love, not sure which. The crabs find these old shells to call home till they get too big and have to move out and find a different shell. 

ah, the life of a crab under the bridge where its cool and shaded

Soldier Crabs busy doing what Soldier Crabs do. Pinching and pulling each other around till somebody gets hungry and bored. What a life!