Originally Posted by
Chris_in_Miami
I dig the shots in the park across from the Masonic temple. When I was a kid, I used to work part-time for my dad and we were frequently in the small marina that used to be where the park now stands.
In that marina and others, there were always scores of creaking wooden freighters bound for Haiti with loads of bikes piled on top (along with loads of mattresses, barrels, etc...) The going rate was somewhere around $5 a bike for the crackheads selling them. My dad bought a few back from the exporters when he saw something that caught his eye.
I wonder how many nice bikes are now hauling cargo in Gonaives and Cap-Haitien...
I worked at Bertram Yachts back in the 80's and I remember seeing the Haitian freighters when we were testing boats. What always caught my eye were all the 5 gallon buckets. I figured they used them for hauling water back to their homes.
I also remember watching the police fish a body out of the water not too far downriver from where those shots were taken! Welcome to Miami!
