Turtles might well be the only fresh meat on the island other than fish, so one can only hope they exploit the resource conservatively. At least they are still there, with tracks of Ma laying and babies leaving. Ports we have visited so far are really villages, with a few streets, dry goods stores, a bakery, a couple of bars, small hospital. Sidewalk vendors of fresh goods appear on the day that the ferry arrives. Most active establishments seem to be hairdressers.
Houses are mainly solid concrete.
No excessive consumption. Trash isn't a big problem. Daily dose of Inmarsat C news is just about enough to keep up with the election palava. We feel sorry for you all having to live through what must be a near terminal case of media indigestion. I hear from my brother that the UK have cancelled independence though US inability to select a president, and all kinds of new imperial edicts will shortly be forth coming to control the anarchic ex-colony.