While the past week has been filled with news of protests over bad road con­di­tions in the south­ern part of Trinidad, the north­ern part of the is­land al­so is fac­ing its own chal­lenges—es­pe­cial­ly in the cap­i­tal city, Port of Spain.

On Wednes­day, Guardian pho­tog­ra­ph­er Nicole Dray­ton was able to cap­ture a cou­ple price­less im­ages in the ‘ho­ley’ cap­i­tal.

A plant was placed in a hole at the corner Chacon Street and Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, to alert motorists to the presence of a deep hole. (Image by NICOLE DRAYTON)

For ex­am­ple, some­one placed a plant in this hole at the cor­ner Cha­con Street and In­de­pen­dence Square, Port-of-Spain, so mo­torists will be aware of it while dri­ving.

Mo­torists of­ten find them­selves play­ing an im­promp­tu game of ‘chick­en!’ as they en­counter the city’s ‘ho­ley-ness’.  These mo­torists try to avoid this hole in the road, where a tyre was placed in it on South Quay, Port-of-Spain.

Pedestrians walk around a sign used to cover a gap in the pavement, on Chacon Street and Independence Square, Port-of-Spain. (Image by NICOLE DRAYTON)

Pedes­tri­ans al­so have a rough time in the ‘ho­ley’ city. These two ladies walk around this sign that alerts per­sons that the pave­ment is miss­ing its cov­er, on Cha­con Street and In­de­pen­dence Square, Port-of-Spain.