In the shadow of the lighthouse, far away from any type of civilization, there is a small dirt road that drives along the coast. The view changes from shallow, green blue water that is the stuff of dreams for the tourism marketing board to a sort of deep blue sea, with dark rocks ringed with white foam of the waves that splash against them.
When you drive on that road, you will eventually see this view, of a dead tree with right next to it a green-ish tree. The dead tree is called the fututu, it is a sort of mangrove, according to the experts.
The fututu used to be green, with leaves and everything. The banner of this site illustrates how it was. It was the only picture I could find online, I suppose the other tourist sites have already taken it down, becuase the tree is well, dead.
Now, how did that happen? Nobody knows who or why, but about a year ago somebody took a machine saw and tried to saw the tree in half. I can't even imagine the motive for doing such a thing.
This is the stuff that makes me bang my head against the wall. Why, why, why. Why try to destroy such a beautiful thing? I know that there is plenty more to be frustrated about, such as politicians, economy, and education. I'm aware of that. But by some luck of the draw we get to live on this beautiful island, that has beautiful things such as this tree.
Why somebody would want to destroy this gift to us is beyond me.
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