Country Info
- Port-of-Spain
- Capital
- Trinidad and Tobago Dollar (TTD)
- Currency
- 1,169,682
- Population
- TT
- Country Code
Trinidad and Tobago Slideshow
Trinidad and Tobago
Travel Blogs from Trinidad and Tobago
Tobago News Flash
... their report that a blonde female, 5'8" 130 lbs (husband to get brownie points for this) claiming to be a current resident of Tobago attempted to gain access to the premises at approx 9:30 am. this morning. When questioned the young lady indicated she had ...
BBQ
... and over 800 people have been arrested on gang, drug, and warrant related charges. The police are seizing many guns, ammunition and other gang related contraband. It's scary to think, but at night the streets are deserted with only heavily armed "Defence ...
Again nothing!!
... up to move. We're not sure when, still waiting for him to get home from work to tell us. Lets hope its soon Robynn and I are off with Curtis tomorrow to see Fort George. I plan on keeping my eyes closed during the drive up. Its pretty much a one ...
"D" (departure) Day
... ;Poor Robynn is just sitting there counting the days till she can be with people her age. Seriously other than Robynn, Mike and I were the youngest there. Average age was 80….party on…lol I've added some new photos of what's been going ...
Rob's B'day
... ;.thank goodness for Curtis. We went out for supper for Robynn’s big 18th birthday. We had a great time Mike is off to Tobago…..let’s see how that goes. Here's hoping that we all get to make the big move soon. Until next time The ...
Hurricane Season
Just thought I would let everyone know that today is the start of Hurricane Season. They are saying that this year will be one of the worst on record. And you thought you had bad weather.....lol ...
A Tobago Merry Christmas
... flown here cheaper. Seriously, our lobsters that we’re going to have are cheaper than that crazy butterball. Check out Tobago's version of the Enchanted Forest in the videos, the pictures don't do it justice, absolutely beautiful. We got a video ...
What a fabulous week with Great Friends!
... from Winnipeg at the Goat races, he saw the Rider jersey. See there are other rider fans out there….lol. Even in Tobago. Goat races. I'm not sure where to start with that one. Sort of like a community fair. There was tons of food vendors and ...
Home for 3 weeks!!!!!!!!
... I. Mike is coming home on the 19th. Derrick's convocation is on the 22nd. Back to the land of civilization......Tim Horton's, Costco and the gym...lol. The one thing that Rob and I are looking forwarded to the most is.....wait for it......a ...
Curfew Implemented!
... Canadians Abroad Service. Please share the following information with all the Canadian citizens that you know. The government of Trinidad and Tobago has declared a limited state of emergency due to high crime rates. A curfew is in effect between ...
Back to Tobago
... (it has been the same since we got her in Feb). There was a big boat show on the island last weekend. They race from Tobago to Trinidad. At first we thought, big deal, but as we were heading to the beach on Saturday we ran into the parade of boats. You ...
The water is too cold
... we never thought we would do. Being that we are as old as we are....this is tough on our bodies. We have to go over to Trinidad on Tuesday for ALL of us to get physicals for Mike's work visa. Now if that doesn't sound scary. Be afraid.......be very ...
Dove the Tobagonian Titanic
... . Then you take that money and put it in a bag! A bag! Like really, what is wrong with a cheque? Go figure. And with all the crime in Trinidad right now, I can't imagine walking out of a bank with that kind of cash. Craziness I tell you. He should take ...
Long Weekend
... not sure what we're going to see there....but it sure sounds exciting. I'm sure we'll see some beaches...lol. Do some snorkeling and catch some rays. We're going to pretty much what we do at home, except on a different island. I'm adding some more ...
Shift in the Universe
... at Barry's age). Be assured that talking about it will occur every time the Finney Team meets up with the Not the Finney Team! A MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to the "Killer B's" and the "the Not Finney Team" from the Finney Team ...
Go Riders!!!!
... of two weeks of work. As you can see....this is our life...lol. I've started cooking all of the recipes in the Trinidad and Tobago cook book (at least the recipies that we'll eat). Sort of like Julia and Julie, but with weird stuff....lol. So far ...
Still Here!
What can I say? We have done nothing blog worthy…..lol Last weekend we attended the Tobago Food Festival. It is the equivalent to The Taste of Saskatchewan. The food was amazing, and the entertainment was great. If you can imagine, there was only ...
Survivor
... and heads to the surface (poor Mikey)…and the Manta Ray follows to see what he’s doing. They are a very curious and docile creature. I wish that I knew that before……I might not have been so terrified…..lol. He just kept ...
Just another day in paradise
... we could do all his work in about an hour. Everyone is definitely on island time. Also, Mike never made it over to Tobago. Surprise!!! Really I’m shocked they got us this far. There are people in the office that have been here for years, and their ...
Our First Full day in Trinidad
... lived here for over three years. We told them that we are only here temporarily, moving over to Tobago and they were jealous. You have to understand that Trinidad is like living in downtown Toronto, or Vancouver, but with crazy ass drivers. It's very busy ...
Rats Anyone?
... paper) so Mike has decided that he isn’t going to do anything today. He said he was not doing any laundry, no cooking and absolutely no cleaning. Robynn and I said that is just like every day…lol We went for our normal stroll on Grafton ...
What's for Supper
We are undecided on what to have for supper tonight. Here are just a few of the choices at our local grocer. What would you choose? Decisions..... decisions ...
Christmas has come and gone
... truthfully, I didn`t even know that it was Christmas. Down here it is really different. We only have one mall and of coarse Stumpy`s (Tobago`s version of Wal-Mart) so shopping is pretty easy. Everything here is just so ``island``. Relaxed and laid back, ...
Crime Rate Sky rockets!!!!
This was in our newspaper last week. And we wonder why crime is out of control here in T & T. Go Figure.....lol ...
Nothing new
... like Trinidad. We drive all over the island….literally. It takes ten minutes max to get anywhere. Robynn and I are now volunteers at the Tobago SCPA. We walked four dogs today. They walked amazingly well considering they are street dogs. I can say ...
Our First Day without Mike
... off to Tobago this week to see the new/old hospital. We're hoping to all be moving over there really soon. Trinidad is great but Tobago is truly paradise. On a side note...the birds/dogs/rosters are extreamly LOUD!!! Another reason to get off this ...
We're Moving!!!!!!
... of our stuff in. Robynn and I are off on Friday to buy all the essentials that we’ll need in Tobago. Things like mushroom soup, certain spices and honey are extremely hard to find. And if they’re hard to find here…they will be ...
Mike's first day off
... I couldn’t finish it…..ewwww; Mike has supper for the week. We had a pretty boring weekend. Mike is finally off to Tobago tomorrow to check things out. He has his ticket so we know that he’s actually going. Here’s hoping that we ...
Our first weekend
... We were invited to our neighbour’s house for supper. As it turns out, our young neighbours at the apartment in Trinidad’s parents live here. Small world. Everyone here is very hospitable. We enjoyed an evening of Toboggan food and fun. ...