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ripebanana (56)in #photo • 10 months ago
A Returning Expat's First Snow
After living in Trinidad & Tobago for over 20 years, I returned to the UK in 2021. Over the last two years it's been a wonderful experience getting re-acquainted with this beautiful island nation,
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ripebanana (56)in #merrychristmas • 11 months ago
Merry Christmas All
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Hivians throughout the world. God Jul og Godt Nytt År, Feliz Natal e Próspero Ano Novo, Glædelig jul og godt nytår. Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année. God Jul och Gott
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ripebanana (56)in #photo • 11 months ago
About The Last Two Years : Scotland November 2021
After living in Trinidad & Tobago for over 20 years, I returned to the UK for the first time since 2001. Over the last two years it's been a wonderful experience getting re-aquainted with this beautiful
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ripebanana (56)in #travel • 3 years ago
Reaquainting one's self with Blighty.
After living in Trinidad & Tobago for over 20 years, as soon as the borders of Trinidad & Tobago re-opened on 18th July 2021, I flew out. Returning to the UK for the first time…
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ripebanana (56)in #travel • 4 years ago
RInse. Repeat. Rinse. Repeat. Run out of ideas.
There's an old adage. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Our illustrious Prime Minister has put us back into three more…
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ripebanana (56)in #haveyoubeenhere • 4 years ago
An Age we could wander. Raining On The Rock
"Raining On The Rock" Once your feet have walked upon that ancient red soil, and you've slept under the Southern Cross, a part of you will always remain there. Like a footprint…
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ripebanana (56)in #haveyoubeenhere • 4 years ago
Before Mandatory Masks, There Were Masques.
In April 2020, the Government of Trinidad & Tobago implemented the first of it's Covid response lockdowns. Initially meant for just two weeks in April, restrictions were…
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ripebanana (56)in #monomad • 4 years ago
A Collection Of Allegorical Statues
A collection of allegorical statues taken in a variety of locations between 1989 and 2014. Shot on E6 slide film, and Digital SLR. Zumbi dos Palmares revered in…
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ripebanana (56)in #monomad • 4 years ago
An Age we could wander. Scraping the skies
New Yorkers say you can easily spot a tourist in Manhattan. They're the one's looking up. I must confess, when i first walked the streets of NYC in 1990, as much as i tried, i…
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ripebanana (56)in #haveyoubeenhere • 4 years ago
Closed Borders. Ghost Towns. Not Normal
In April 2020, the Government of Trinidad & Tobago implemented the first of it's Covid response lockdowns. Initially meant for just two weeks in April, borders were closed…
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ripebanana (56)in #monomad • 4 years ago
Brother's Keeper, where art thou?
In April 2020, the Government of Trinidad & Tobago implemented the first of it's Covid response lockdowns. On the first day of what became a three month lockdown, I walked around…
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ripebanana (56)in #travel • 4 years ago
An age we could wander. A City of Gods
In 1992, having returned from the tranquility of Nepal, I arrived in Calcutta during the Babri Mosque riots. Some Hindus who believed the disputed site was the birthplace of…
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ripebanana (56)in #travel • 4 years ago
An age we could wander. Critics
I arrived in Cambodia during April 1993, the first free elections since Pol Pot were drawing closer. Cambodia's scorching sun, high humidity, and political heat were tipping the…
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ripebanana (56)in #travel • 4 years ago
An age we could wander. Barefoot workers
June 1992, UN peacekeepers were sent in to Cambodia. Their aim, to combat the Khmer Rouge destabilization efforts designed to prevent Cambodia's first free elections since the…
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ripebanana (56)in #travel • 4 years ago
An age we could wander. Akha Kush.
Across the border region of northern Thailand and Myanmar, live the hill tribe of Akha people. The Akha originate from Tibet, but following persecution, in the early 20th…
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ripebanana (56)in #travelphotography • 4 years ago
An age we could wander. Travel memories. Cold Carib .
At the southern tip of the Windward Islands lies the twin island nation of Trinidad & Tobago. Birthplace of carnival, calypso, and Carib. I first arrived in the capital, Port…
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ripebanana (56)in #travel • 4 years ago
An Age we could wander. Synergy .
In Australia's Northern Territory, just south of Tennant Creek, lies Karlu Karlu, the Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve. Of great cultural and spiritual significance to the…
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ripebanana (56)in #introduceyourself • 4 years ago
A time we could wander. 3190m in Nepal.
In November 1993, trekking the renown Annapurna Circuit of Nepal. The earlier monsoon season clears dust from the air, leaving it crisp, and making August - October the favoured…
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ripebanana (56)in #introduceyourself • 4 years ago
A time we could wander. Introduction
Hello all, Originally from England, United Kingdom, I am an Old School Backpacker. Back in 1986, aged 18, when big hair and shoulder pads were in fashion, before the…
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