Blogs from Trinidad & Tobago, Central America Caribbean - page 15

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

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

Ran out of writing steam so photos tell the story.... read more

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

And those birding people take that pretty literally. I can't remember the last time I woke up after 8. But after a very uneventful week I decided I would do anything there was to do on Saturday. So I was up at 4:30 to go birdwatching. The last time I was up at 4:30 was before I had slept, not after. Anyways, you may laugh about my birding...but apparently I was in the presence of greatness without even knowing it. My guide for the day was Roger Neckles, one of the leading wildlife photographers in the world. Apparently he's a National Geographic regular and all the pictures in the airport...along with most anywhere else are his. It was just me and Roger, which luckily didn't end up being as weird as it sounds. Although when I ... read more