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
time still flies int the third world....
... details. the first thing that pops into mind is my adventure of crewing on a delivery of a chater catamaran from the BVI to Trinidad... via Margarita (Venesuala). the boat was a 50 ft Admiral cat, she was used for charter in Tortola BVI and was being ...
Family Vacation
... I tell people that TT is luxurious, I really mean it. Everyone looks at me crazy, but it's true. AC, backyard swimming pools, conventional washers and dryers. Come on, life doesn't get any better than this. I must have really adjusted to living in ...
Trinidad
After 10 days of enjoying the greek connections in Panama-City provided by Dimitri, I took off once again. This time for dreamers place Trinidad and Tobago, the southest country of the caribbean and the closest islands to ...
Culture Shock
... for a month, it certainly wasn“t the most expensive lunch I“d ever had. After another 20 minutes in the air I arrived in Tobago and headed to the tourist office to try and learn a little about how this place worked - my travel guide doesn“t include ...
Tobago
... though the locals are not especialy fond of turists and dont treat them right! I got lots of disrespect in Tobago as well as Trinidad but I also met some wonderful people who treated me like brothers. Tobago is where i got my first all inclusive gheto ...
Road Rage!
... for downtown Port of Spain (POS). With around 1.5 million people on this island, opposed to about 85,000 on Tobago, the roads are much better, faster and crazier! The people here are also less laid back, and a sense of urgency became apparent as I ...
Our destination
... luxury (responsive steering and decent brakes) we completed our tour of the Island with a trip down South to San Fernando (Trinidad's second, and main industrial, city) – not pretty, but we did manage to see the “Last Train to San ...
R & R
Attractive though Trinidad is, especially off the beaten track, we decided to spend a few days in Tobago for the full R & R experience. We found a pleasant hotel on the beach – something of a rarity here and had a thoroughly enjoyable time ...
Turtle Watching
Peter writes … Well we had just got over the Trinidad carnival and had decided to head North towards the US coast so that we could get out of the Caribbean during the hurricane season when the 'unexpected' struck. Unfortunately Bridget hurt her back ...
Trinidad, Part Two: Indian Food
... just going to show us around but has decided to give us accommodation too after hearing about the robbery. He took us on a tour of Trinidad south. Whilst we've been here we've been loving the Indian food available and during the tour we went on a binge to ...
Easter in Tobago
... , had different ideas and ended up further away than the starting line. In the evening the party began. In Tobago this means big speakers out in the street and plenty rum. We were with a group of mostly Norwegian girls and it was incredible to see the ...
DREAMS OF CONGO SQUARE & A TACO THAT ATE TRINIDAD
Pictures from Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years (Backpackers' Guide to the World and the Soul) by Hardie Karges, more info at ...
Trinidad, Part one: Toco Police Station
... the night. They all lived in the same neighbourhood in Arima. They said it was way too dangerous to camp anywhere in Trinidad and pointed out a couple of guest houses we could stay at. Then we all got off where the guy was working. It was a ...
Tobago and back
... health permits. We hope everyone is well and having a good time. Bridget writes… We have continued to enjoy our time in Trinidad and we had great fun on two trips that were organised for cruisers. One was a trip inland with a walk through the rain ...
The parents visit
... ), hired a car, and went on two boat trips. The boat trips were my highlight of the week. I'd never done snorkelling before and had never really seen the point. Here was a pretty good place to start though and I really enjoyed finding all these exotic ...
Carnival Time !!
Bridget writes… A special update!! We came to Trinidad for the carnival but hadn't realised that the party was spread over several weeks ending in a parade called "The Greatest Show on Earth" and boy, do they know how to party!!! We had five nights ...
Carribbean Style
... flights total since the beginning of April. Yikes! Now I have found my way to the coolest place in the Carribbean.. Trinidad! Vishala is getting hitched and I had to be here since I missed the Austin wedding. I'm still in a bit of culture shock since ...
The Valley Oasis Trinidad....tranquility
Well after a rather eventful flight to Trinidad and not Tobago, the tourist information office at Trinidad airport were very helpful and organised a room for us at Valley Oasis. It was $90 and included continental breakfast and airport transfer. ...
RTW Experts - what a total joke
They call themselves experts, yet they think Trinidad and Tobago are the same place. So yesterday we landed thinking we would be in Tobago....no we are in Trinidad where the Holiday Inn Express is $200 a night. Spent £25 ringing their emergency helpline ...
Stop #4
Today, 3rd period skyped with Piper's dad who is currently living and working in Port of Spain, Trinidad. His office was rather quiet today since it was a national holiday...Trinidad's Independence Day. They gained their independence from Britain. ...
Blog from Martin
... interesting last 24 hours.All watches had their busiest time so far. Overnight we encountered many squalls with varying wind directions and speeds. Saw 48knots wind speed at approx 04.30 this morning! Taboo handled it well and those asleep didnt notice. ...
Off to the tropics, mon
First trip to the Caribbean in many years. The hotel was absolutely beautiful and I found myself hanging out at the infinity pool after work each ...
Martha's Day
... us as Sherida is usually the responsible type for telling us what is going on. Then we remembered way back when herself, Dianne and Mel had a great time in the Dominican. After waiting a day, Martha shows up totally exhausted and in no way shape or form ...
JellyFish and Goat racing, oh my!
What's new with the Finney’s? Nothing.! We survived our trip to Trinidad. Let me tell you that driving in down town Port of Spain, on many one way streets was CRAZY! We did make it to the medical appointment and we didn’t kill each ...
Mummy has arrived!!!!
... We're off to the rain forest and water falls again on Sunday....my its tough being us....lol Monday we're heading over to Trinidad to shop. Martha is enjoying the sun and many beverages by the pool. Our pool boy is amazing. Till next time The Finney's ...
Tobago here we come......
Rob and I are off to Tobago to look at houses. Quick flight there.....look around...and then quick flight home...... We`ll keep you posted ...