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Bermuda

Ok, so here are some photos from my trip to Bermuda.  I used a Holga 120N with flash as needed.  This simple, plastic camera is from China and has very limited controls.  I brought it on vacation so that I could be free from worrying about protecting my usual cameras.  Here is what we first saw as our ship entered the cut by the town of St. George.

st-george

This island is gorgeous and the water is so blue.  Not what I’m used to with Pittsburgh’s three rivers!  While there, I found that I love snorkeling!  I slipped my Holga into a Ziploc bag and found some beautiful fish in Tobacco Bay.  Focus was a bit of a challenge through my clunky goggles and adjusting the focus ring through the Ziploc bag, but here’s a lucky shot.

fish

There was only one downpour of rain while we were there and the skies were overcast, a photographer’s delight!  Here are the dockyards through the window of a ferry.

dockyards

Here’s a Gombey dancer.  The Gombeys perform a native dance for tourists from the cruise ship docked at St. George.

gombey-dancer

Here is an unfinished church.  During its construction in the 1870s, the church suffered sever weather damage from a storm and the congregation split after dissention about whether to continue building the church. 

unfinished-church-1

unfinished-church-2

I love Bermuda and would recommend it for those looking for a simple and remote island with British culture.

Bermudian Wares

Here are two treasures from my vacation in Bermuda: Petals eau de toilette by Lili Bermuda, a sweet perfume that just debuted at the end of June; and rum cake in the Rum Swizzle flavor, a popular Bermudian drink made of dark rum and fruit juices.  More photos of the actual vacation to come…  I took a Holga 120N for those who are familiar and if you are, you know that the camera’s limited controls mean I will, no doubt, be surprised at how they turn out.  I took the camera because 1) it’s cheap and I wouldn’t feel bad if I lost or broke it and 2) because of its capacity for 120 film and endearing aesthetic quality! 

Petals

Rum cake