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Trinidad... Oh Trinidad. The people in Trinidad are absolutely the nicest people on the face of the earth. I want to move here immediately. But first, let me tell you about it... I sat next to a really nice Trinidadian on the plane, not that I really chat it up with people on planes, but we talked toward the end of the flight and turns out she is in policy and her sister works for Deloitte (EMG's former owner) in New York and knows this Trinidadian at EMG named XXX that I know. Everyone on the plane was falling over each other to help with things, and do you know so and so... When I say what I'm doing in Trinidad, they are like, do you need me to take you to the hospital, are you ... read more


Blogger Bec New entrant for the "Top 3 Experiences of the Trip", perhaps even "Top 3 of my Life". Today we had a midnight excursion to see the endangered Leatherback turtles on the beach at Matura beach in northern Trinidad. We were in the incredibly priviledged position of seeing the entire ritual from start to finish. The magnificent ritual that is the cycle of life for the leatherbacks begins with ferocious mating between all and sundry out in the depths of the ocean. Every male and female of mating age (it takes between 20 and 30 YEARS before a leatherback reaches sexual maturity!!) engage in mating that ends in torn flippers and hours of "riding". The female stores all the sperm in a sack and then (by some miracle of nature) at intervals over the next ... read more
A Prehistoric Face


Blogger Bec Hi all, we spent a nice 4 days in the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, relaxing and watching cricket (on TV this time, sadly!) It was stinking hot so we mostly sought refuge in our lovely aircon'd room at our BnB or in a bar, limin' with the locals, talking up the Aussies! However, in the cool of the evening, after we dragged ourselves away from the divine splash pool in the landscaped gardens of the guest house, we managed a few walks around the more wealthy suburbs of POS. (There are lots of places that tourists are told to stay away from - most locals avoid some of the areas as well!!) Below are some pics from Queens Park Savannah - a huge park full of people playing sport, ... read more
Prime property
Evening falls
All Nations


Blogger Dougo Today we checked into our wonderful guest house in Port of Spain called the Gingerbread House. A gorgeous home with three rooms and a splash pool. They made a wonderful breakfast that saw us through until dinner. Today was spent watching the Aussies pumel the West Indies around the park at a local bar called Sweet Lime. 'Lime' in T&T means 'Party'. After the afternoon got rained out we hung out at the guest house playing with their cute as dog, Ollie. ... read more


Blogger Dougo Today we said goodbye to St Kitts and Nevis and flew to Trinidad. We caught the 8:00am ferry that left at 8:30am over to St Kitts and set about trying to find somewhere for breakfast. The place was a ghost town. Being a Sunday everyone was at church. Being the day after all the cricket games had finished no one was around. Ended up having Subway with two Aussies from our guest house, Kyle and David. We all caught a cab to the airport where the fun really began. Now, we booked all our flights in November, months before the world cup. Our airline we booked through was Caribbean Star. February 1st, a month before the biggest even the Caribbean has ever hosted, Liat decided to take over Caribbean Star. NO ONE TOLD ... read more


Here is the rest of my Trinidad adventure... sorry it is all at once. I am writing retrospectively as I now back in Canada and back in school after a wonderful March Break in Trinidad. Here is the next segment... On Monday night we watched the opening ceremonies of the World Cricket tournament being hosted in Jamaica. It was neat to get a feel for the music, costumes, and players of cricket too. Tuesday, I left Tracy for a few days and embarked on the “Road Trip all over Trinidad” part of my journey with my new friend Jesse as driver, along with his friend Kevin for the first part of the journey. Jesse is a good friend of my friend Alex and it was his job to be my tour guide. Our carriage, his old ... read more


Hello everyone, how you going? ( I am going to recap here what happened now after the fact). This morning Tracy and I went to Grand Bazaar a shopping mall that was the largest in the whole Caribbean to recent times. We went into the Carib beer paraphenalia shop to take some photos for my friend Ryan who lives in Texas. We also went into the grocery store and got to see all the local food on the shelves. I think there is a lot to be learned from the shelves-about what ingredients are important, what things are not used and to see how much has been influenced by other nations. We bought a bunch of snacks, vegetables like dashene, yams etc. In the afternoon Tracy and I went for a walk down to Dookie Lane ... read more
Tracy at Mt. St. B
Katy at Mt. St. B's
Katy at the Mt.


Hello everyone, how you going? (as they say in Trinidad). I am back on my travels again and I am currently in D'abadie Trinidad for my March Break. I arrived here on Saturday after a pretty uneventful flight southward. You could feel the change in temperature as we headed southward. In fact as soon as we hit about Virginia it was sunny skies all the way through. I sat with a man from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on my way down who works for the T T express ferry service that goes between Trinidad and Tobago. He told me some of the neat things he has seen and the people he has worked with. I don't think he enjoys it very much working down here, particularly because of Port of Spain. I am not staying near there ... read more


Ran out of writing steam so photos tell the story.... read more
Saf and Me
The Crew
The Men


So I was meant to go to my last wedding on Saturday...but we never really made it. Between running late to start with, getting lost, a huge traffic jam and torrential downpour, the wedding was over before we even made it there. So instead we went straight to the reception...the important thing is that I still got my free food. And I don't think I've laughed as hard as I did stuck in the car in a long time. Clerene's best friend, a crazy 70 year old woman noticed that all the guys in the car next to us were hanging out the window staring. I don't notice these things anymore. So naturally she rolls down her window and strikes up a conversation with these gentlemen. Mrs Barrows: You staring at my daughter? Guy: _____ ... read more
Boa in the tree
Hanuman
Me in the mandap




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