Lelaine Cottage Trinidad and Tobago

My 1st Birthday in Grand Cayman, thought I missed very much being with my family on my birthday Jane and Tim made it very special for me. I worked my birthday but now having 4 days off at staying at the Ritz, this is my birthday present to me as I was was not able to get home to the UK.<br><br>I received lots of cards from my friends and family and some lovely presents. I went to a ...

... br>Looking at the route thru Colorado and the weather forecasts shows me snow showers and cold conditions. That is what convinced me to wait for another trip. Pity, because I had some good roads picked out. No worries though, I think that there are places in AZ and NM I am interested in, and a few other southern states too.<br><br>

... the warf and Cannery area was just the same, however, there were not lots of sea otters floating about in the kelp like last time. I was really disappointed as I really wanted the children to see one relaxing on its back :-( We wandered down the walking trail and found the very same Reebok shop I had visited last time. They had some really good deals. After spending £120 we had acquired: 3 pairs of trainers, 2 packs of trainer socks, 2 ...

Today was a day off and I went to Rum Point again!!!! with Michelle we also went on a boat trip to Sting Ray city it was a fab day and done things today that I have never done before. It was such a special day doing these things like holding a Sting Ray, kissing a Sting Ray!!!!

... pretty funny and very drunk themselves. In between the goat races they held two crab races. The second was the international race and anyone whose country wasn't yet represented could join. England was taken all too quickly, but I managed to persuade/force katrine to represent Norway. Using a stick, the jockeys had to guide the crabs over a measly two metre course. Katrine's ...

... to get a superb curry dish, with many different varieties. It makes a very pleasant change from latino food. Apart from the food, our tour also took us to two Hindu temples. The first, Waterloo Temple, is quite small but in a good location on a kind of pier in the sea, but most interesting is the story behind it. A lone laborer, when not working, built a temple on the coast. Unfortunately, the coast was privately owned. The government destroyed ...

... managed to hitch in the back of a pick-up where we met a guy, Wren, and two girls, Kim and Beth, who were going there for the night. They all lived in the same neighbourhood in Arima. They said it was way too dangerous to camp anywhere in Trinidad and pointed out a couple of guest houses we could stay at. Then we all got off where the guy was working. It was a small construction site with a little wooden shack built for some of the workers to stay at. We went in the shack and ...

... to have them and take them around. They said I wore them out......but they couldn't have asked for a better experience. We started their 5 day stay on Sunday when I picked them up at the airport in the morn and got treated to some tasty doubles! We then borrowed a friends car..dropped him off at Moka Fete (party and food) and headed to Maracas Beach. The rain came and went...but the day turned out beautifully. Later that night, we drove around the city a bit and ...

... in but had a wonderful time for Christmas. My brother visited us after seven years. It was great having him back home. Too much of partying...and alcohol...which i didn't participate a whole lot in! Feeling very proud about this. The last two months hasn't been the greatest for me. To much social and personal issues taking its toll. So....2009 has not met me in the best of spirits. My efforts to change this however are slowly ...

... balance as I pulled on my socks. During the night, we had crossed the wide part of Nevada and entered Utah. Salt Lake City had slipped by in the darkness when we turned south and entered the Utah Valley near the town of Provo. The town was waking slowly as we stopped for passengers. At breakfast, I was seated with a nice couple from Santa Rosa, California, who reported that "ever since nine-one-one, this is the only way we will travel." Great scrambled eggs ...