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Trini Treats Stand
On the way through the mountains to Maracas you pass this food stand at a particularly stunning overlook. Everyone pulls over to take photos of the coastline below and to stock up on traditional Trini treats for the beach.
Carnival - a (truly wonderful) Hot Trini Mess
February 24th 2009 My friend Garron (whom you may remember from our travels together during the summer of 2006 and my visit to Rwanda in December 2007) has been living in Trinidad for the last year and invited a bunch of us to join him there for their biggest celebration of the year - Carnival! I used to automatically think of Rio de Janeiro and maybe New Orleans in connection with mardi gras celebrations but, as
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