The one thing I observed on the short length of my trip before COVID stopped me in my tracks was the horrid amount of plastic trash. Plastic trash seemed to be everywhere, the most omnipresent was on most beaches. I did manage to find a beach here and there without plastic trash, but it wasn't easy.
My photos and the photos of most overlanders are typically carefully framed to give the appearance of a beautiful place. The following photo is one I had to work particularly hard to hide all the trash in the photo and give the appearance of a pristine Caribbean beach. Truth is that just below the short drop to the beach was a lot of trash and behind the van was more trash. Unfortunately, the trash is what drove me from this otherwise idyllic spot much sooner than I would have cared.
I find it rather sad to see all the trash in beautiful places.
So, to do my little part in minimizing my contribution to the problem I am doing my best not to use single-use plastic bottles. Not to say I'm perfect and don't use one occasionally, but I try.
I ask you, the reader, to also try to avoid using single-use plastic bottles. There are so many nice re-usable bottles available and the world got along pretty well before bottled water was a thing.
Thanks and I'll get off my environmentalist kick now ...
