In the middle distance a white stone building covered in purple bougainvillea stood on a hillside amid gardens.

The myriad shades of green are brightened by purple bougainvillea and red hibiscus blossoms.

Not that anything about the care home was romantic, other than its Spanish architecture and lattice-shaded sidewalks draped with yellow and purple bougainvillea.

It was surrounded by stone terraces brilliant with geraniums and purple bougainvillea.

Twin pillars covered in purple bougainvillea stood like sentries at the driveway entrance.

The wild yellow Carolina jasmine and the purple bougainvillea cover fences and walls.

In an alley off the square, beyond bursts of purple bougainvillea and a white church, is the house where Columbus lived.

Verges were neatly trimmed and edged with purple bougainvillea.

The women sit at home, occasionally walking out onto patios covered with grapes or deep purple bougainvillea to stare down at the tanks.

Guards with automatic rifles lounge in the front yards under splashes of purple bougainvillea and rose bushes.