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Birding in Trinidad
... surely) was "does clay pigeon shooting count?"
So Pedro and myself were somewhat social outcasts amongst this secluded world of the long socks brigade. However, I have to admit I had more chance of fitting in than Pedro. Whereas everyone else would be reading "Flora and fauna of Trinidad and Tobago" or "Migratory birds of the Lesser Antilles" my choice of after dinner book was the ...
Our Day in Trinidad
... know how to throw a party in Trinidad as we payed $25 for a full bottle of Rum and some mixers. This lasted us a good 2 hours until it started raining and they called the match of. Fortunately they didn’t tell us to leave so we kept drinking, and drinking, and drinking till we had no more Rum left! The rest of the night is better left for another book and I think if you ask Holly nicely she might tell you the rest of the ...
Day 4 - Started off well...
... was the last day of Australia vs West Indies match– and unfortunately the game was rained off and resulted in a draw. Unfortunately also, the boys managed to polish of TWO bottles of rum in about three hours. What resulted is something I’m still not quite ready to write about, but lets just say I was not a happy camper because of those boys and I don’t think I could ever look at a plate of bbq chicken nachos ...
Day 3 - Did we make it to Trinidad this time?
... we arrived. By the time we got through customs and paid for our visas, it was about 9pm.
Adam greeted us at “The Inn at 87” an old house converted into accommodation. A tube of Pringles and glass of rum and pineapple later, we headed out for a dinner of chicken and salad then headed home to ...
Our first weekend
... a fallen tree and had to turn back. We’ll take our machete and try again next weekend…..it is supposed to be an amazing beach. Pigeon point was our second choice and it was beautiful. This is one of the two beaches here that have the white sand and the turquoise water. Again…amazing.
We are very lucky to be living here. It is extremely surreal to be able to swim in the Caribbean ocean whenever you ...