Coblentz Inn Boutique Hotel Port of Spain

I decided to take advantage of my paid vacation and spend two weeks in Trinidad and Tobago. My good friend Kevin Fortune, who I met in college, is from Trinidad and was a phenomenal tour guide. I stayed away from computers, cell phones and any reading materials related to the economy and/or the environment. <br><br> <br>

... and morphed into treasure. So for the past few days, the hard-working Nature Seekers employees would spend their nights guiding turtle tours on Matura Beach, and then arrive at the Nature Seekers office early the next morning to learn how to make glass jewelry. By the time we would roll out of our bunks and wander upstairs for brunch, these awesome young guys had been melting bottle glass with propane torches next-door for several hours already. Within a few days, the guys had ...

... my kayak up into the air, and then bursting over the top of me and past me. It was fantastic, and I'm fairly certain that Ronald and I shouted "whoop!" and "yeehaw!" at deafening volumes, over and over. Rodger and our guide were in a double kayak up ahead, with Ronald and I both gunning for second place, followed by Peter and Lee who were in another double, and Richard bringing up the tail in a single. The chasm widened and between the great swells of the sea ...

... Christopher Mitchell how much of a crime problem is in Matura. Christopher said, "There is no crime."<br><br>I didn't know this until just recently, but every evening when the volunteers leave Suzan's Guesthouse for the beach, Suzan's husband, Baptiste stays behind. I thought it was because of Baptiste's bum knee and one-eyed status, rendering him challenged for beach patrols. But I found out that the reason Baptiste stays behind is to watch the house. Apparently everyone ...

... It was so amazing to listen to them play - totally memorized, and way past energetic. Words can't adequately describe the experience. The Dimache Gras show included the finals of the Women's "Mas Band" costumes and the Calypso contest. We learned that Calypso music holds some sort of political, social or sexual message in the lyrics. The locals seemed to enjoy the stories, but after the first 14 or so (each lasting around 12 minutes) we were ready to call it a ...

... may not be my favorite item on the menu, but there's plenty else to choose from- oxtail, etc. Yes, there's a real cowheel in there. Yes, it's disgusting. Yes, the soup is tasty. But there's plenty of Indian and Chinese food, and the bakeries aren't half bad. Street food is second to none. If roti is the Trinidad burrito, then 'doubles' are the Trinidad taco. This is fast food par excellence, the same kind of curry thing but smaller ...

... a steel drum band, or handing out alcohol and massive amounts of paint or mud, which everyone throws on everyone else. Pure chaos. Everyone is marching and dancing at the same time, having so much fun just celebrating fun. After the march, we ended up in this park where these ...

... for the year (equivalent to about 11,040 for England if the population was the same) - a dangerous place ! - They drive on the left, thanks to the Empire, and they try to speak proper English - They dont like the American people or America but just like the dollar, they love the UK. - They follow an English education system and appear much better off than South American countries - They like the music even louder than the South Americans !! - The carribean prices are better value than Venezuela

... of my friends' smiles is a rare thing in this world. Their smiles aren't even smiles like little kids; rather, their smiles are ones of people who've lived to their mid-to-late twenties and the fun in their lifes has only steadily grown with the years. There smiles are rare things in this world. However, among the greater Venezuelan student community in Trinidad, they seem to be quite normal. There's cute Gabriela with her braces that ...

... hair hasn't been cut in months, and it's as overgrown as Dave Spivy's frontyard. (Dave Spivy, for reference, was the slightly irksome, lazy lawn-care commercial character notorious for his shoddy landscaping.) "Johnny's Magical Hair", I call it, because if it has a nice name then at least there'll be something nice about it. Secondly, I have a new necklace. My artist friend, Sarah "Johnny" Burns, mounted a crocodile battle-beast onto some hemp for me. Battle-beasts are tough-looking ...