Holiday Inn Exp Stes Trincity 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>

... hatchlings in his hand and presented me with one. "Q, for your last night, we're going to have a turtle race." We kneeled down in the sand, set out our two mini-Leatherbacks, and watched them twiddle across the sand, looping this way and that, catching their teeny flippers in bits of seaweed, and finally getting swept away by the incoming tide. My hatchling kicked ass.<br><br>My last nesting leatherback was in an area called "Paradise," which is a misnomer because Paradise is the ...

... bumbling and un-athletic people who had ever braved the high seas in a plastic kayak.<br><br>And then, as we decided to abort our mission to visit the island, disaster struck a second time. Peter and Lee got swamped by a giant swell as they floated sideways and both of them went into the drink. I happened to be close by when this happened, and it was actually the first moment I was truly worried. As Lee hit the water, she landed face down....and stayed there. It ...

... shouting at the young guides and shouting at Suzan in the cut-off Trini-English that's so hard to understand but you can tell that something crazy and threatening is being spoken. They started to walk down the muddy road toward the beach. The beach where some of my teammates were still out recording turtles. There was more yelling, more posturing, and, at one point, one of my teammates made a too-loud announcement that "Q the Police Officer" would do something about it ...

... contente de ne pas avoir ete dans la parade. Maintenant je comprend pourquoi ils se saoule pendant le Carnaval, moi aussi j'aurais besoin de prendre un coup pour me promener en bikini en pleine rue pendant 2 jours de temps. Sinon, la semaine derniere j'ai eu ma voiture je peux donc maintenant me promener plus librement. Ca prend un peu plus de concentration car ici le volant est a ...

... the winner was Machel Montano, with the song "Jumbie." And the next day we saw him perform live because we somehow scored VIP passes to this posh niteclub called Zen. Priceless. After the main Mas there were of course more trucks blasting soca, dancing, and craziness than one can ...

... And here I was able to see the sunset that I had missed the previous night at the monastery. However, the drive to the airport the next morning wasn´t quiet as relaxing...with the confidence of a full week behind the wheel, and running a little late for my flight (can you believe it?) I pushed the little 1.3l motor to the limits along the highway and in the process managed to get not one, but two angry waves from other motorists! Missions accomplished, I returned to Venezuela.

... chance. So now I'm sitting on my back deck enjoying the warm sunshine as I'm looking out at the water. This is the life! Now I'm looking again for some longer term accommodations. I was shown two places in Westmoorings. Both were studio apartments. I can't believe how small they were - and expensive! I want to stay where I am!!!

... fans to continue heckling. The game went on. And on. The West Indies bowled out the Indian batsmen four hours into the day. And on. The West Indies began batting, aiming to try and match the high 300-plus run total India had amassed. Since any cricket player on any cricket team dresses equally - in loose white pants and a white long-sleeved shirt - the only way to tell the home was now batting was because the stadium's music session heated up. Not to take anything ...

... on the kneeboard, and boated through a rough, very bumpy, fun island gap called the Bocas. Dexter's friends were all very cool, especially a little guy named Johnny who managed to stay positive a week after his mom died. But the Trini social order is very aggressive. When liming in a big group, say what you have to say or forever hold your peace. Nobody's going to ask for your input. Nobody's ever going to ask when they can "tell." The good times continued the next night, when ...