Trinidad and Tobago Travel Blogs

... . When we were told the price was 300 "titis" caroline simply could not stifle her giggles .. sounds rude but means TT`s (Trinidad and Tobago dollars).We were surprised when locals on the plane warned us not to go to Maracas Bay because it is over 1 hour ...

A travel blog entry from Maracas Bay by caznjasonescape
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... stop anyone.." well it's friday and i'm checking out of my guesthouse in a couple of hours, i'm not sure if i'm gonna stay in trinidad and head to maracas bay for the weekend but i've heard the weathers gonna be a bit crappy or jump on a plane or ...

A travel blog entry from Port of spain by kris
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... since christmas so the wasn't to much choice.. it's be good having a phone back, i've been able to locate friends in trinidad easier and chatted to pals back in london and oz.. For new years i managed to meet up with the cutest of the 3 uni girls i ...

A travel blog entry from Port of Spain by kris
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... taxi took us over the hill, giving us our first real insight into the economic and social state of Trinidad and Tobago. There is obviously wealth here and many of the inhabitants seem to maintain a relaxed lifestyle that wants for little, however ...

A travel blog entry from Turtle Beach by technotrekker
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... sandy beach and sea encircled by the bucoo reef.. on one end theres a pier which is apparently the most photographed in trinidad and tobago, the other end the reef comes close to shore and beyond that the sand turns craop, with debris all over it.. so ...

A travel blog entry from Crown point by kris
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... tar, a hindu temple built in the sea and spent christmas/birthday on a remote northern beach... if anyone wants to come to trinidad and wants to rent a car, i'd definatly try to grab a 4x4 jeep, the roads are crazily pot holed and have big ridges ...

A travel blog entry from Port of Spain by kris
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... adventures. It's easiest to just mix them up together. Hope you like it! Once you leave Great Courland Bay and Tobago's second largest town - Plymouth - which overlooks it, you're quickly surrounded by a sprawling and sometimes oppressive ' ...

A travel blog entry from Trinbago by technotrekker
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well i finally left barbados and arrived to a hotter trinidad this afternoon.. it was 33cel. when i arrived and the sun was blazing, when i left barbados it was all moody and cloudy.. that night when i met donna she was well late. we arranged for 10pm ...

A travel blog entry from Port of Spain by kris
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... and bustle of POS.. and got talking to a woman, i think her name was Omeleye, who's just relocated from london to trinidad and her friend Ron who is trini through and through.. i wasted an hours worth of internet credit time because we were blabbering ...

A travel blog entry from Port of spain by kris
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well the last update i was undecided whether to stay in trinidad and head to maracas bay or jump to tobago, so i did both.. first i headed to maracas bay, which is ment to be trinidads famous beach, in the guidebook it says "you'll be greeted with smells ...

A travel blog entry from Maracus bay and pigeon point by kris
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Rice an' peas and crab and dumplings staple diet of the tobago people. very friendly, speak english and drive on the left, just like home. Well, we are way more sunburnt here than you could ever get in UK. Not much to say as not much done, just ...

... un-writen rules of the road apply. If their boat is bigger than yours, you have to get out of the way! Trinidad is also very close to Venezuela and this was pirate territory so the last leg of the journey was fun. However, we are here, safe, in one ...

... the wildlife off the hull. For all you yachties it was three foot deep flat hull with a 10 foot keel. Hundreds of local fish swam around us eating the falling coral. Very cool. Off to Trinidad on wednesday. Big Love dan & Kat Cooper Out

Hey, guys. Wonderful news. You get to hear now about the friends I had in Trinidad. I did meet some wonderful friends in Trinidad. That's because, as impossible as it was to make friends with the Trinidadians, it was equally impossible not to be ...

A travel blog entry from Port of Spain by modernoddyseus
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... " means to complain, and she knew many people in Venezuela always complaining. I asked if she knew anyone like that in Trinidad. "Yes--you!" Her cue-ball brown eyes had an ultra-serious look. She then laughed and showed her broad, brown-cheeked smile ...

A travel blog entry from Maracas Bay by modernoddyseus
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... the "maxi-taxi" shuttle to Maracas was nearby. Tony said one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Trinidad was only one street over, and a drug-dealer had been killed there the other night. This tells you something about trying to find transportation ...

A travel blog entry from Maracas Bay by modernoddyseus
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... In her defense, she hasn't seen me wearing my most-prized possession. That's because one of the shoes went missing and didn't make it on the plane to Trinidad with me. We can all only hope my friend, "Johnny" Anderson, has since found the lost shoe in a ...

A travel blog entry from Port of Spain by modernoddyseus
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"Public transportation in Trinidad is a disaster!" is how my Venezuelan roommate David put it, one recent failed beach attempt. I was un-deterred. Being a genius, I devised to make my own way to the ocean by battling two miles through a road-less ...

A travel blog entry from Blue Range by modernoddyseus
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... during the ten-hour trip to Tobago. I enjoyed exactly ten minutes of it; I joined Sandraīs family on the top deck and watched Trinidadīs foresty north coast over the rocking waves. And waves. And waves. I felt queasy and lied down in the cabin. I got ...

A travel blog entry from Store Bay by modernoddyseus
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... 1. HOW PEOPLE TREAT EACH OTHER - Being a person who respects himself, I look back on some of the ways people treated me while in Trinidad and can hardly believe it. If I were to make a list of the worst people I've met during my 22 years, the top of ...

A travel blog entry from Chaguaramas by modernoddyseus
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Tobago is to Trinidad what Shannon Durando was to Davin Durando in the high school I went to. There could be no better comparison. Davin Durando, to be exact, was an oily, greasy-haired troll who relaxed in his seat and spoke through his chins ...

A travel blog entry from King's Bay Waterfall by modernoddyseus
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... : Lester Kelvin Joseph "Fu" "Octopus" "Johnny" "The Caped Avenger" "A Girl's Best Friend" "Ike" Chang Foung, from Trinidad. He had many names - and a HUGE octopus-like fold in his head. We also called him "Fu the Iguana Smuggler" because he used to tell ...

A travel blog entry from Speyside by modernoddyseus
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... night, a taxi transported me and Dexter's family after a day-long "incredibly boringction" at the Tobago Hilton. I was delirously desperate to hear somebody - and it looked like it was going to have to be me - say something interesting. My mind ...

A travel blog entry from Store Bay by modernoddyseus
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... cried. There's no shame in this, though. I'm twenty years older than Celine, and I was possibly going to clutch Tobago and cry before leaving. If only everywhere in the world was like Tobago. Hopefully, when I'm good old, blue angel-loving ...

A travel blog entry from Mt. Irvine by modernoddyseus
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... . We spent the past few days relaxing in Crown Point and had a couple of great experiences, having met a a great gentleman from Trinidad who took us to a place where a friend of his was playing Calypso music, which was great! We also enjoyed being ...

... The guys starts waving and yelling and you realize he wants some help. You head down, grab hold of the boat, wait for a wave and haul like hell. Sometimes this is repeated over and over again until the boat is far enough ashore for the guy to clean at ...

... paddles and water bottles and sundries that I'd saved from floating off to Venezuela. Suddenly, like another episode of Baywatch, a sleek and stylish speedboat came cruising toward us out of nowhere. It was Baptiste and his army, swooping in to save the un ...

... back on the travelling circuit and head to Venezuela. We booked ourselves on the ferry to Guirua in Venezuela which leaves once a week from Trinidad and after getting loads of US dollars to change up we were ready to go! We arrived at the port to find a ...

We have setled into life in the sleepy little village of Charlotteville...it really is delightful. And although we have had our share of challenges thus far (no luggage for several days, problems with the rental vehicle, the unreliability of the local ...

... isn't going to be letting up for the next 5 days and every day the weather forcast has been the same. Things I've learned about Trinidad: If your going anywhere just stand on the side of the road and wait for the Maxi-taxi to come along. They only cost ...