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Photo: 11 of 82, Album: Bonaire 2005
More slave huts. These down near the Willemstoren lighthouse. The orange pyramid is a signal to the boats that would load up the salt for export back in the old days. They have these tall pyramids (they call them obelisks, but they are actually tall skinny pyramids) in several locations on the island. There is a red one, a white one, a blue one, and an orange one (corresponding to the colors in the Dutch flag and the orange is part of their "royalty" color). The ships would be notified as to which one to anchor close to for loading. Then the slaves would load the ships.

picture #11