essevan
Evan Joined: December 9th 2008
Logged in: October 11th 2009
Logged in: October 11th 2009
Travel Blog Posts
The Scarlet Ibis
Time for another blog spot. There are those whom have been badgering me for some time now to post more of my travels. Now that my last wave of papers and presentations has past, I have the time. I do study and work while I’m down here, but do you really want me to talk about that? And so I will start with Easter. Carlos, Abbie and I went down to the Wild Foul Trust to stay with my roommate, Isaiah, at his second home. We left Port of Spain for Point-a-Pierre, the bus cost about 65 cents and took us all but 2 blocks from the place, it's a good drive too. We stayed in a nice little duplex on a lake with cayman and tons of birds. His home and the preserve are located ... read more
Phagwa!
March 16, 2009 Hello all, Thought it was about due time to update my blog. I’ve got three weekends of excitement comin right up. For starters, the weekend after Carnival a group of us set sail for Tobago, a small island off the north east coast of Trinidad. It’s part of the country of Trinidad. Very friendly. One of the girls on hall is from there and she used a hookup to secure a couple villas for us, real cheap, as in hostile prices. We had a couple small pools, a dog named Shiloh, and a peacock on the grounds. The beaches on Tobago were amazing. Small waves lapping the shores, big waves breaking on the reef a few 100 metres out, locals giving ‘deals’ on glass bottom boat tours and jet ski rentals, and the ... read more
Post-fete Coconut Water
February 21, 2009 The other day I went up the mountain to make some reservations at the PAX guest house with another student for her grandparents. The owner is good friends with one of the professors at the UW – Madison. They’re both big ornithologists. Before we knew what was going on, he had invited us in for tea and cake and we were sitting on the back veranda. There are tons of birds, not quite hundreds, but a lot. Off in the distance various birds of prey are soaring the thermals. A little bit closer to us we saw a variety of humming birds, one of them the smallest in Trinidad, the Tufted Coquette. Brittany and I also saw a pregnant Black-throated Mango hummingbird. But the most amazing thing we did up there was feed ... read more
East of Maracus
Yo everybody, I figure it’s about time to update everybody back home of my travels. Before I jump into anything, I can confirm my address now…as awkward as it seems coming from the states, that is as much info as needed to have a letter or box or chocolates find it’s way to me, some Lehman’s French onion au gratin would be good too. The cheese down here is wack…they’ve got Land-O-Lakes and Crystal Farms and fresh milk from somewhere in Pennsylvania along with some other my American type dairy products, including Yoplait yogurt. What really threw me the other day was finding cheddar, I don’t know if I kept walking by it or if it had just been out of stock the past few weeks (yes, that happens…it was rough going without peanut butter for ... read more
Golf?
January 25, 2009 So it has been a week now, I am holding up quite well. The weather is still hot, transitioning out of the rainy season to the dry season (aka – the hot season). It has rained sporadically every single day. Day to day life is pretty chill here, but people don’t seem to be lazy. Things are more so just less organized. For instance, it took 8 hours for us to register for classes after having been pre registered for them. The girls did not handle that well, I still have yet to get my computer working on the internet. Oh well, there are computers everywhere. I got a phone a few days ago. 200 TTD ($34) and international on the weekends is 8 cents a minute. So pretty cheap, I dunno how ... read more
Welcome Rainbow at Orientation
TRINIDAD IS HOT! We happened to come right before it rained, so it was wicked humid. Probably only 75 or so, but it was like the middle of July. Our flight came in right on time, the UW Trinny kids were there to meet us. A fantastic surprise. They treated us to some local fried chicken, like KFC with out the gross factor. They use this hot pepper sauce…looks like mashed up pickle relish…which is amazing, on everything. I think its garlic, cilantro some kind of pepper and a special blend of curry. Pretty awesome. The next morning, we had Subway. Yeah, I know…what the hell is up with this American cuisine. Don worry, ‘m breakin’ away a ready! After a short introduction to campus life by the Ag director, Richard (funny guy, crazy black santa…I ... read more
