7:30 am Route Taxi to Boys' Town: I hitch hike to work everyday

Picture courtesy of Jamaica Gleaner

I'm on the way down to the government yard. I stand in a common area outside a parking lot made into a market place, a car pulls up, I get in and I say where I'm going. This is the informal taxi system of Kingston.  I have come to enjoy the 3 minute cruise up White Road that connects Cross Roads to Trench Town. I never know if I'm going to hear the latest dance hall mix, the news, or crooning of Anita Baker. Once I got over the fact that I get into a random car with 2-4 other individuals and pay a man with no official title a dollar, I appreciate the ride to work.

Trench Town Reading Center Thursday Motivation

Route Taxi to Canada Day: Painting Schools and Pruning Shrubs

“This is the hardest you probably ever worked in your life” Good ol’ Mr. K. Good

Painting Schools

No Water

The Canadians come

Paint the school

With no paint

No brush

No water

Only the photographer

From Jamaica Gleaner

Observe

Water soon come

Blue truck hums

Fill the tank

Now water

Special delivery from the Caribbean Sea: Mo and Bo

Two days ago Mo and Bo were two happy doctor fish swimming in the Caribbean Sea with their friends Jo and Ro. Last night Mo and Bo became my dinner. Prior to yesterday evening, all of my fish came filleted in vacuum sealed packets from the grocer. So, I had to face little Mo and Bo staring at me as I prepared them for my Jamaican steamed fish dinner. 

Mo and Bo, scaled, gutted, and cleaned

Vegetables and spices that made Mo and Bo taste yummy

Dinner: I had to cut their heads off just to finish the meal.
Don't yet have the chef's touch for display :) 

The meal was delicious. If anyone out there in cyber world needs to get over beheading innocent animals, find a scotch bonnet pepper and pimento seeds. I think I might fry Jo and Ro.

The recipe can be found on YouTube here. Pepper sauce is a substitute for Scotch Bonnet if you can't find it and I did not add crackers.