Yesterday we headed down to Charleston. The great mansions of Charleston represented quite a change from our sea shanty beach community in Pawleys Island. It is a beautiful city; but as we know from recent events, the magnificent buildings hide another side of the culture and heritage down here.
We wandered around in 92F temperatures and 92% humidity and I was wondering whether it was all that different from what Regee was experiencing in Manila. We found refuge in a quaint little bakery for lunch and then braved the afternoon heat again. We also braved monsoonal rains on the way home. It was a relief to get back to Pawleys Island and jump in the pool--at 9.30 p.m.
A few more photos if you click on “Read more” below
Wandering down the waterfront
An old “meeting place”
My next house and car
All the houses have beautiful flower boxes
Another old “meeting place”. What were they meeting about?
Restaurant sign at an oyster bar
A back “alley" in Charleston
Public transport needs updating
This is called “Rainbow Alley” because of the many house colors
A 1726 “double tenement” or what we would call a duplex today
The South Carolina Myrtles line all the streets
Leaving Charleston via an epic bridge
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