Making Some Headway

Maryhelen Shuman-Groh

I feel a lot like this truck making its way through the capital city of Roseau (pronounced row-zo).  There are four guys on top of the truck to hold up the electrical wires in order for the truck to pass.  I took this photo after I’d climbed off the mini-bus for my third of my series of cancelled/delayed/rescheduled meetings.  After sitting in the office for an hour and being asked to return yet again, I went to the main road to catch a minibus back and found that the truck had barely moved another block.  It rains a LOT in Dominica, you see, and it wouldn’t be a very good thing for the guys to be handling huge electrical wires so the truck just stopped allowing barely enough room for vehicles to squeeze by …

BIG Truck moving through Roseau

Guys on top of the truck must hold up the electrical wires so the truck can pass!

I wish this photo showed just how close to my elbow the truck passed!

Roseau River

But at last I have a meeting with HR and learn that I am going to be interning with the water quality lab that is located in Goodwill and I have my first day.  Arriving early, I took my time walking to the facility and passed over the Roseau River.  I’m afraid my camera does not adequately show the amount of trash, particularly plastic, in the water.

Roseau River looking down from the Great George St. Bridge

Roseau River west from the Great George St. Bridge

Roseau River east from the Great George St. Bridge

Roseau River south from DOWASCO Water Treatment Plant

Not that I'm found of KFC but I thought the contrast was interesting...

Seawall at DOWASCO on mouth of Roseau River