Country Info
- Port-of-Spain
- Capital
- Trinidad and Tobago Dollar (TTD)
- Currency
- 1,169,682
- Population
- TT
- Country Code
Trinidad and Tobago Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Trinidad and Tobago
The Day Everyone and their Dog Fell into the Ocean
... , expertly grabbing the bobbing paddles and water bottles that were floating nearby. To the rescue!! Whoop!! Yeeeeeehawwwww!!!! Within minutes, Peter and Lee were once again seated in their double kayak, and Richard was perched atop his single. Ready to ...
New Year and Elliot´s birthday in the Caribbean
... 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 ...
Visiting the Caroni Bird Sanctuary
... Sea fishing which I realise I love tremendously and get very excited. There are many little islands dotted at the North Western Tip of Trinidad and they are very popular for vacation get aways especially for those who can afford it. But if you do visit I ...
Birds, Bats and Butterflies
... of challenges thus far (no luggage for several days, problems with the rental vehicle, the unreliability of the local public transportation, and accommodation that is not quite what we expected) we are making the most of our time here. The real ...
Our gear is here!!!
... 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 ...
There's a reason they call it the RAIN forest
... was miracle. We have toured the leeward side of the isalnd and the beaches at Castara and Englishmen's Bay really are beautiful ...and would be even moreso if there was sun! However, this notion that Englishmens' is one of the best in the ...
TOBAGO'S BEAUTY
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Fish and Funerals
... curries were made and the tarp was up, that meant no sleep for us! We have never heard so much chanting, singing, clapping and drumming in our lives...quite a send off for the old doll! We are settling in to life in the rural Caribbean and are ...
The Trini Update!
... all the problems that has been happening. I did manage two trips but no pics. I did get some shots from Tobago in October as my friend and I annually celebrate our Birthdays. I will share some of those! Carnival 2011. Thats what I am all excited about! ...
Our Day in Trinidad
The sun rose on Trinidad and brought a lovely overcast day. Nice and humid like Thailand, but still not deliriously hot so that you sweat your clothes out in 10 minutes. Wendy brought us some eggs on toast to start the day with some local fruit, Adam was ...
Drifting in the caribbean...
Well we are on our fourth day in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) and a little bit burnt. I'll run through our journey so far. Our flight from Dublin to London was delayed 2 hours which was great on the Dublin side because it meant more drinks with ...
Xmas 08 into Feb 09
... making progress. I also acquired two pups who I now love dearly! Anyway...its coming down to one of the best times in Trinidad & Tobago...CARNIVAL!! I love love carnival! So much events going on. I managed a few so far. But, partying is getting so ...
FU THE IGUANA SMUGGLER
This is a top pick! ... : 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 ...
MORE SAILING WEEK FUN
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
One meandering road
... ; Speyside lookout was breathtaking...a panorama of the bay's shifting torquoise seas, spray covered islets...you can see Goat Island and Little Tobago. After Speyside the road cut inland and across the north coast to take us to our home for the ...
Rapport från Trinidad
... inte helt spikat för all pappersexercis och hembesök av karantänsveterinären för att inte tala om flygbolagen, framförallt lokalflyget Trinidad till Tobago måste först tillåta transport av hund i kabinen. Det har hänt att de först säger ja ...
Firsts
... like enjoying one part Ouzo, one part black tea, and one part unidentifiable organic dirt herb mix. I sipped my Mauby and noticed that Trinidad had quite the night life at the airport, where large congregations of locals and families were simply loitering ...
Christmas in Tobago
... Sweet and Sour chinken and Won-Tons while watching "A Christmas Story" and the Yule Log thing on the TV. In Trinidad and Tobago they Celebrate Boxing day just like Canada and other countries. Christmas is a religious holiday and then all the gifts are ...
World Trip, Part 1 - Trinidad & Tobago
... of Canada is an impressive building and appropriately named the "Maple House". :) I knew there had to be a beach on Trinidad, and there was - Maracas Bay. This beach as simply awesome, and has a wonderful backdrop of the mountains and palm trees. It ...
MT. IRVINE'S WONDER
This is a top pick! ... leg and 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 ...
Here's Where the Story Ends
... a retired optical surgeon, but JoBean still works and has a glass jewelry design studio on Saba. JoBean came to Trinidad as part of a joint project with Nature Seekers to design and manufacture local handmade jewelry, using materials recovered from ...
I'll be home for Christmas, if home is Trinidad...
... a job to get people down here. We got our orientation and sat through a 10-hour safety class that afternoon. Trinidad just adopted OSHA and now they're working on making the country compliant to help minimize job related deaths on the island. Anyway, so ...
When is English not English?
... is "brain flood," or "to flood one's brain," also assocated with the numbing of one's brain with various substances! People surely move to a different beat and on a different (read non-existent) timetable. We are working at slowing ...
Catching up from last couple months
... trees. For those of you wondering, manzanilla is a somewhat untamed beach that stretches for miles on the eastern coast of Trinidad and extends to mayaro beach which is better for bathing. The scenery is definitly a little enchanting as you drive past. ...
Remember the Leatherbacks
... I grabbed the electronic scanner and kneeled down in front of the girl, where I began to slowly wave the scanner over her shoulders and head to detect a potential microchip. As it was dark on the beach, I couldn't seen the giant mound of sand that she ...
Like forty or fifty years ago
... is a big part of life...there are rum shops every few paces or so. We are going to Crown Point tomorrow (hoping for a 7 am bus but we will believe that when we see it...). That way we will be closer to the airport for our flight back to ...