Day 4 – The Sun is Back

We were pretty excited to wake up with some sunshine this morning. I was starting to worry. We spent the morning shooting some island broll before meeting up with Suki on the top of Cherry Tree Hill for a long chat. Sunscreen is no match for the Bajan sun. I got scorched.

Keith and Roger, South Coast

Speightstown Marketplace

Beachside Snacks, South Coast

Setting Up on Cherry Tree Hill

Tonight was a spectacle. Bajan track and field star Ryan Brathwaite  recently won a gold medal at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin effectively making him the World Champion in the 110 m Hurdles. The nation of Barbados threw him a huge celebration at Kensington Oval Cricket Pavilion upon his return home. Music, speeches some dancing….and then more speeches. The Barbados Government was kind enough to grant us access to the event.

Kensington Cricket Oval

Feelin’ it Barbados style.Keith notes that this man looks very much like Cap n’ Crunch. I agree, I’m sure you will too.

A nation celebrates

School children line up to receive dignitaries

none of the journos standing next to the stage realized that this marching band was going to cruise through and kill all of our shots of Prime Minister Thompson and Ryan Brathwaite arriving. That’s Ryan in the blue suit, the PM wearing sunglasses and a clarinet player in red and white. Guy blew a mean clarinet.