Adventure Eco Villas Tobago

... Europe (Spain, Portugal Italy, Cyprus, Malta and Greece), the Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, La Palma, La Gomera, Lanzarote and Tenerife), the Greek Islands (Corfu, Crete, Santorini, Mykonos, Skiathos and ...

... 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 fish and chasing after them. I was a little dissappoointed that i didn't see any (non-aggressive) sharks, moray eels or octupii but that just leaves them for another time. The coral was beautiful and it felt like another adventure. Another day we went to some waterfalls, led by a grumpy guide who left us there. The falls were very nice and ...

... someone's groin). They wouldn't stop just because the girl said no or said she wasn't interested or pushed the guy away. When they did give up they'd go to the next girl in the group. As soon as one guy left a girl there would be ten to take his place. I was glad to be a boy. The party stopped when a policeman with a shotgun raised in the air ordered everyone to turn the music off.

... so he could buy some for me. very kind. anyhoo, i'm in tobago now having found my idyllic beach. i'm in castara staying in a small hotel right on the beach. stunning clear blue water and the beach surrounded by rocky cliffs. today i snorkle! i have brought my snorkle gear. it takes up a lot of room in my backpack so i'd better get some use out of it. i'm off to granada in a few days... i send you all lots of love! tin tin

... else. In many places there are people selling "doubles" out of the backs of trucks...for example at the airport in Trinidad. A double is two pieces of fried dough filled with a concoction of curry and spices and pigeon peas, covered in green and hot sauces...and doubles are fantastic. A double double (two doubles) costs a little more than $1.00 and is a very filling breakfast!

... sich vo une bis obe mit Dreck iischmiert (demit alli gliichusgsehnd) und daenn hindereme Musigtruck dur d'Strasse tanzt bis es hell wird. Das isch d'Eroeffnig vom Carnival. Mir sind also au detane und chum simmer det acho haends ois mit schlamm und rote Farb beschmisse vome truck us. De schlamm isch eigentli no ganz fein gsi, wills under de Dreck no schoggipulver gmischt haend und s'ganze richtig schoen nach schoggi ...

There is a reason they call it the rain forest! Unfortunately it has been raining pretty much non stop since we arrived. We did finally get our luggage which in and of itself was miracle. We have toured the leeward side of the isalnd and the beaches at Castara and Englishmen's Bay really are ...

3 Taeg haemmer ois am am Carnivalstress welle entzieh und sind z'Tobago an Strand. Das isch wie scho gseit d'Nachbarinsle vo Trinidad. Det gits luuter paradiesischi Sandstraend, viel Sunne und feins Aesse... mmm.... Aber lueged doch d'Bilder saelber ah...

... of the jungle). As we weren't twitchers (bird watchers) we got the full round up including tail-less whip scorpions, trapdoor spiders, tree snakes, giant land crabs (well spotted by Karen actually) as well as dozens of colourful bird varieties that Tobago has become famous in the birdwatching community for. The trapdoors were most interesting of ...

We could feel it looming - like the promise of Argentina's paved, painted, signed-posted roads after the torturous, dust and gravel roads of Chile - the return of English to our daily lives. Of course, in Tobago it's not quite English that's spoken, mon, but we got by. We were tired. Fatigued from too much Spanish, too much must do this, must see that, too much manaña, manaña. Tobago was to be an easy ...