On the weekend of December 1st, I attended the Pirates in Paradise Festival in beautiful Key West. It's an annual event to celebrate the world of the buccaneer. The festival was full of a wide range of events. There were battle re-enactments on land and sea, treasure dives, nightly parties and piratical seminars including one by keynote speaker Dr. David Cordingly, author of Under the Black Flag. There were also a fair number of vendors and great entertainments.

The previous description and all these wonderful images are brought to you by Frank Hui. Because of his devotion, I have nothing to add. --Robyn Sotherby

For information regarding the faire, check out the Pirates in Paradise's Official Website .

As Always... click on the image for a larger view...

This house is part of the southernmost tip of the continental US	Perkins & Sons, a great place to find nautical & piratical antiquities	This image personifies the relaxed Key West culture. Note the mouse on the cat's neck	What can I say?
Morgan relaxing under a palm	Gibbon the Troubador	Will Teach & his lady Patsy	Corsairs loved ones
Black Caesar	The guys performing on the ship The Western Union	A night concert at the Schooner Wolf Bar	Some of the pirate captains introduce themselves
The Corsairs also perform	A party at the Conch Republic Bar & Restaurant	Morgan & Anne Bonny indulge each other	These parties went on for quite a few hours

The pictures on this page were initially captured at a resolution of 2048 x 1536. Though they are presented by Robyn's Roost at a maximum of 640 x 480, the larger image files can be supplied for prints (does a great job at 8x10 and larger) or other things. For those I have captured a picture of, I'd be happy to supply prints via mail or other exchange for the cost of materials (printed off of an HP-970Cse). This service, of course, is intended to supply a copy of the images to the subject of the picture. Distribution for any other use (in any media format), common sense dictates, will need to be okayed by faire management and/or the subject(s) of the picture.

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