Kingston is a village in Leguan, north-west of the island’s dock and bordered by Doornhag and Tewkesbury. The village is mostly rice fields that belong to the 20-plus people who call it home.
The mango trees in Kingston outnumber the population and if you visit at this time of the year, you are bound to see dozens of speckled, bird-pecked mangoes littering the ground beneath the trees.
The first house in the village is vacant, the last one is as well and throughout Kingston this is common. Nearly every other house I found during my visit was locked up because the owners have migrated. Everyone I spoke with confirmed this situation, though there was no agreement on how many people had left. The many empty houses, some overrun with bush, gave the community a desolate atmosphere.
