Bijou des Caraibes Tobago

... of swimming and watersports opportunities it really has an ideal location. The Coco Reef offers bed & breakfast and an All Inclusive arrangement. Further along the Caribbean coast is the Plantation Villas ...

Last week my parents came to visit me. It was very nice to see them again as it was the first time in over 8 months. Dad didn't believe it was me when we met because of my bleached hair and 'castaway' beard. Mum could finally relax and I could finally go to a restaurant again. I was very pleased to be on easy street again. We ate out (spending a week's budget on a meal), hired a car, and went on two boat trips. The boat trips were my highlight of the week. I'd never done ...

Tobago celebrates Easter by holding their famous (to them) goat races. When we got there i was worried to hear that the goats had jockeys. Fortunately for the goats though, the comical image of a full grown man on a goat was left to my imagination as the jockeys had to run alongside their goat to steer them and spur them on. It was all very fun after a few beers and the comentators ...

... are handsome and play off the differences of the other. the night goes by quickly and i have to retire so i can rest up for my tour the next day. by the by, i seem to have caught quite the cough and have been hacking up my lungs each night. during the day isn't much better but i've been keeping halls losenges in business for the past few days. i hope it gets better but each night brings more misery. anyhoo, the tour ...

... not ripen until we have left. We were looking for some limes for drinks and discovered that not only do they not have limes as we know them, but "lime" more often means "party." When you hear liming, or lime it is always referring to a party or get together and not a fruit. As for double double...in Canada to patrons of Tim Horton's it means one thing...in Trini and Tobago it means ...

... dezue cho sind, haemmer au no chli gschlafe. Es isch scho schoen, waemmer mal de Alltag chan vergaesse und eifach nur chan gnuesse und mal wiit weg sii vo dihei. Jetzt verzell ich oi chli vom Carnival. Mir haend ide Tanzband vo minere Tante mitgmacht zum Thema Traumfaenger/Indianer. Also de CArnival fangt am Maentig Morge a, mitem "j'ouvert-Morning". Da gaht mer am Morge frueh am 3 uf d'Strass und fahrt is Zentrum, wo ...

... and would be even moreso if there was sun! However, this notion that Englishmens' is one of the best in the whole Caribbean is a bit much...it's not even close to Vieques and many other Virgin Islands for example... We are trying to remain up beat but we're soggy and mosquito bitten!

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...

... the fiver to get in (which basically pays for the 'guide' to walk you up the path). Once you're up there it's an impressive three-tiered waterfall cascading 30-40 metres in total, with a small pool at each level to dip in. Karen wasn't so impressed with the crayfish that tried to get into her bikini bottoms (the local creatures have such good taste ...

... had written ´honeymoon´in our Tobago stamp in our passports), and were soon on our way to our hotel. ¨My name is Leroy, welcome to Tobago¨ said our friendly taxi driver, and welcomed we felt. The Enchanted Waters hotel was enchanting indeed, yellow 3-story houses around a landscaped garden and pool, with lots of little waterfalls everywhere. We had dinner at the hotel that night, in their open air restaurant, but jet lag soon got the better of us, and were both asleep before 9pm.