Colourful dressed masked man in the Carneval (Carnival) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Colourful dressed participants in the Carneval (Carnival) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Long necked masks, Carneval (Carnival) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Colourful dressed masked man in the Carneval (Carnival) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Colourful dressed masked man in the Carneval (Carnival) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Colourful dressed masked man in the Carneval (Carnival) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Belmont Walkway, Port Elizabeth, Bequia, The Grenadines, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

A motorbike in a typically colourful colonial street in Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Outdoor market, Clifton, Union Island, The Grenadines, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Brittania Bay beach, Mustique, The Grenadines, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Saltwhistle Bay, Mayreau, The Grenadines, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Local men walking past typically colourful colonial architecture in Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Whale hunters. Note the typically small boat and home made harpoon- an adapted rifle. Eastern Caribbean

Whale hunters. Note the typically small boat and home made harpoon- an adapted rifle. Eastern Caribbean

Spinner dolphins(stenella longirostris). A view of the typically dark tipped beak of a spinner dolphin. Eastern Caribbean

Short finned pilot whale (globicephala macrorhynchus).The typically deep fin and blunt head of a pilot whale. Eastern Caribbean