transportation – A Tangled Mind In Motion

The Knack Of Flying Lies In Learning How To Throw Yourself At The Ground And Miss

April 21, 2013July 2, 2016Posted in SabaTagged 747, airplanes, airport, aviation, Caribbean, clouds, jet planes, ocean, Ocean views, outdoors, panorama, photography, Saint Maarten, Sony NEX-6, transportation1 Comment

Many tourists on Sint Maarten like cram themselves into a small stretch of beach across the street from the airport landing strip, where large jet planes come in over the water and land dramatically. Moreover, it’s even crazier to see them line up to align with the jet wash from planes taking off, and get blown all over the sand and into the turquoise waters like human beach balls, kinda like that scene from the movie Pushing Tin, where Billy Bob Thornton entices John Cusack’s character to get thrown into the air by jet wash.

It was a stormy, overcast Easter day when I left Saba, which is a 12-15 minute prop flight over to Sint Maarten. Since i had a few hours before my plane took off, I walked over to this a beach cafe with the Canadians Ingrid and Harry (they come to Saba to help Crocodile James maintain the trails), who were also on their way home, and we sat back and watched the fun.

Leprechauns Are Redundant Rascals In The Emerald City

April 8, 2013July 2, 2016Posted in SabaTagged Caribbean, dutch caribbean, ferns plants, Flora, flowers, gaming, Hiking, jungle, Mt Scenery, nature, outdoors, panorama, photography, Saba, saturation, Sony NEX-6, stone walls, transportation, Tropical, views, Volcanic stone3 Comments

The Path To Mt Scenery, Saba, Dutch Caribbean

Generally speaking, for Saba jungle images I took while I was there, I have to reduce the saturation of the color green, because it’s so incredibly green on your way up, it tends to blow out your eyes ability to pick out detail. I let the green be in this picture, so you can really get a sense of the kinds of jungle flora around you, on trees, ferns, plants, and the man made volcanic stone walls that line some of the hike to Mt Scenery. It’s the most strenous official trail on Saba, and I summited ten times during my four months there. I always discovered something new and delightful.

For those of you who’ve summited Mt Scenery, this particular structure is very distinct and unique on the scenery path. Care to guess where on the path it is?