The old minaret adjacent to St Nikolaos church is a perfect reminder of the way the East met the West in the town I made my home, Chania, Crete, Greece. The photographs I post all help to tell a part of a longer story that focuses on the town and its citizens, whether they are living there now, or have made their home in other parts of the world. As a newer resident, by writing about the town in this way, I am trying to put some order into the chaos that I seem to be confronted with.
Monday 8 September 2008
Odd shots Monday: deserted funfair
This summer games arcade set up in Nea Hora, an inner-city coastal suburb west of Hania, looks like a garish ghost town when seen during the day: no activity, no lights, no people. As these places are never covered, they can only work at night; during the day, the sunlight is too harsh.
(I'm away on a mini-break - see you again later in the week.)
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empty fairgrounds sure seem odd!
ReplyDeleteenjoy your break!
There is something quite ghostly about an empty fairground! Lovely pic!
ReplyDeleteWhat have you remind me!!! I was very young when my parents took me in a funfair for the first time. I couldn't stop playing in the rocking rowboats! It looked very funny to me! I was laughing all the time and spent all my money in that game!!!
ReplyDeleteSo empty without life...
ReplyDeleteIt looks permanently deserted. Hard to imagine it going full-force at night.
ReplyDeleteMy new project and the fact we out half the day stopped me doing my rounds. This is nicely odd.
ReplyDeleteAll my energies got used up, Stephen and Ceri do these things here when we need them.