Blogs from Trinidad & Tobago, Central America Caribbean - page 12

We woke up early - 3.30am and this time it wasnt to take a lorry to London, we were off on HOLIDAY! We arrived at the airport after a fairly pain free journey - one of the first to check in. We had posh tickets- Premium Economy, which meant big seats (a must for Wayne and very nice for me!). As we were the first to check in we managed to get the Exit seats, so had heaps of legroom. We had a lovely cooked b'fast and did some last minute shopping before boarding for the 8 hour flight. 3 films later, lots of drinks and food and we had arrived. The plane landed and we looked out the window to see a turrential downpoar - great! Lets hope it wasnt a sign of the week ... read more

So I'll go ahead and send this email since it was all queued up in drafts before the internet went down. But just know that, and I don't even know how to get into it now, because I'm so tired from all this liming, tomorrow's email is going to have some interesting info. S It's quite hard to sit here in this office day after day, staring out the window at all the activity going on outside. At least Trinidad isn't like Tobago, in that it isn't a resort. Trinidad is where the industry is… But today, I got out for a little bit. The driver, who is right up my alley because everyone and their cousin knows him, and he knows the best gossip, took me out for a little drive. Even more up my ... read more

While I've been here I have taken a great interest in what is known as the Queens Park Savannah. Also known as the largest roundabout in the world, I think the area inside the roundabout (traffic circle to those of you not in the know) may be similar to Central Park and whatever they call the one in Spain, I can't remember, I think it is El Retiro. It is huge and essentially a park with a one way street all the way around it. Except for you can't see across it or to the end of it. Everyday when I go by in the morning, in the evening, whenever, people are out there playing soccer, playing what might be rugby, but I don't know exactly how rugby is played, jogging, walking, sitting and talking, whatever. ... read more

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

We drove to Roxborough, then drove back down to Scarborough where we got tonight's meal. We drove back to Bloody Bay via Hillsborough Dam. We got onto this very rocky and bumpy unmade road and drove quite a distance, and we found the dam, but no water! Mum thought saw a crocodile, but I didn't see it! We drove round in a massive circle and ended up back at Bloody Bay for lunch. We went for our last snorkel off Castara today too (BOOOOHOOOOO) and we saw 3 Stingrays! I think it was a Mum and baby, then a Dad on his own! Awwww the baby was soooooo cute! Then we came home and had tea.... read more