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The fisherman keeps on in spite of wrecks, to bring up his family. And patiently stands bidding his time to sail again, in Badagry Laggoon. In the background, the "Point of no return".
Badagry was the main slave harbour in Nigeria for centuries. Often starving tribesmen would sell their best friends for anything that might help them keep their families alive. Their alternatives were to starve, or get a loan and become slaves if they couldn't pay it later, or be sold out by their friends first, or be taken by slave catchers.
Slaves were taken across the laggoon to work restlessly on the fields under exhausting conditions. No one could escape from there, hence it was called "the point of no return". Well, that is, no one could get out, except to be sold to slave traders.
Badagry now is a decadent harbour that strives to keep alive the memory of that dark past, in the hope new generations will learn and those horrors will never repeat again.
I like to think these people do have a future to hope for.. and worth waiting for.
As rightly commented by jrvalverde, "Point of no Return is actually beyound the coconut groove shown in the picture. The wreckage of the gate is by the Atlantic Shoreline, which puts the coconut groove behind the camera. I will be glad to provide the pix of the 'gate' and other recourses and other slavery artfacts.
My trip to Chile in '97, and the visit to Atacama provided the opportunity. Plus, at 5.592m height it was an calling challenge.
That day we (the guide, two Belgian guys and me) started from San Pedro de Atacama, at 4.321m and went up in a 4x4 to Laguna de Legia (where I took this photo) and then to the foot of the volcano (no acclimating to height), then started climbing.
The day had started crystal clear (as can be seen), but became cloudy (mind you, in the driest desert in the world) and cold, and I guess because of that, convection currents at the summit of the volcano were terribly fast due to the contrast between the hot air in the crater and the cold outside. On top we could hardly resist the winds laying spreadeagled on the floor.
To top it off I had broken my ligaments on an ankle the previous week in Machu Pichu (in the silliest of forms) and was relying only on the boot to hold it (I wasn't to stop my holidays for such a "trifle").
I must say, it was all worth. And plus, I did it without needing to use Oxygen.
I had a second opportunity to go up a couple years later, with the volcano in eruption, but this time I could not find people enough to mount an expedition to climb (the guides were pretty confident it was not dangerous though), so I had to give up.
Now I have a family and responsibilities, who knows when shall I be able to return.
An amateur photographer who happens to travel because of his work.
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The fisherman keeps on in spite of wrecks, to bring up his family. And patiently stands bidding his time to sail again, in Badagry Laggoon. In the background, the "Point of no return".
Badagry was the main slave harbour in Nigeria for centuries. Often starving tribesmen would sell their best friends for anything that might help them keep their families alive. Their alternatives were to starve, or get a loan and become slaves if they couldn't pay it later, or be sold out by their friends first, or be taken by slave catchers.
Slaves were taken across the laggoon to work restlessly on the fields under exhausting conditions. No one could escape from there, hence it was called "the point of no return". Well, that is, no one could get out, except to be sold to slave traders.
Badagry now is a decadent harbour that strives to keep alive the memory of that dark past, in the hope new generations will learn and those horrors will never repeat again.
I like to think these people do have a future to hope for.. and worth waiting for.
Excelente toma con una luz muy bonita y una generosa profundidad de campo. Enhorabuena!
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As rightly commented by jrvalverde, "Point of no Return is actually beyound the coconut groove shown in the picture. The wreckage of the gate is by the Atlantic Shoreline, which puts the coconut groove behind the camera. I will be glad to provide the pix of the 'gate' and other recourses and other slavery artfacts.
I had always wanted to climb an active volcano.
My trip to Chile in '97, and the visit to Atacama provided the opportunity. Plus, at 5.592m height it was an calling challenge.
That day we (the guide, two Belgian guys and me) started from San Pedro de Atacama, at 4.321m and went up in a 4x4 to Laguna de Legia (where I took this photo) and then to the foot of the volcano (no acclimating to height), then started climbing.
The day had started crystal clear (as can be seen), but became cloudy (mind you, in the driest desert in the world) and cold, and I guess because of that, convection currents at the summit of the volcano were terribly fast due to the contrast between the hot air in the crater and the cold outside. On top we could hardly resist the winds laying spreadeagled on the floor.
To top it off I had broken my ligaments on an ankle the previous week in Machu Pichu (in the silliest of forms) and was relying only on the boot to hold it (I wasn't to stop my holidays for such a "trifle").
I must say, it was all worth. And plus, I did it without needing to use Oxygen.
I had a second opportunity to go up a couple years later, with the volcano in eruption, but this time I could not find people enough to mount an expedition to climb (the guides were pretty confident it was not dangerous though), so I had to give up.
Now I have a family and responsibilities, who knows when shall I be able to return.
Picture taken with a Ricoh KR10x, a Sigma 18-200 zoom and Agfa film. Digitized.