Old Grange Inn Scarborough

... Grenada, Nevis, St Kitts, St Lucia and Tobago.<br><br>This company has sent our clients to the island of Tobago for many years now and it is always a pleasure to revisit the island. As with many Caribbean ...

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 ...

... however, had different ideas and ended up further away than the starting line. In the evening the party began. In Tobago this means big speakers out in the street and plenty rum. We were with a group of mostly Norwegian girls and it was incredible to see the attention they got from the locals. The guys would just come up behind them and start 'wining' (a dance of grinding ...

... 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

It's interesting to learn more about the language here. Although it is English, many words have different meanings. For example, we have been amazed at the lack of any real variety of fresh fruit. We expected to see all kinds of fruit, but have not. Other than some basic bananas, a few pinepapples, and the occasional paw paw, there is nothing! Unfortunately, there are mangos, but they ...

... haet. hahaha Wos daenn hell worde isch, simmer hei und will mer gad bim Meer gwohnt haend, simmer daenn im Meer schnell de ganz Dreck go abspuele. Daenn gaht de Tag aber au scho wiiter. Mr gaht sich daenn go umzieh, go schminke und sis kostuem go alegge und zieht daenn mit sinnere Tanzband id Stadt. Bis id Nacht ine tanzt mer daenn. Am Ziischtig staht mer daenn am Morge frueh uf, tacklet sich nomal uf und tanzt nomal ...

... 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...

... which takes years to prepare. With themes, costumes, and culture, there isn't a festival like it in the world. T&amp;T has had a change in history and culture beginning with the indigenous people having interactions with the slave trade. When the slave trade was deemed illeagal, the indentured servants from India were trafficked through T&amp;T. the T&amp;T culture has gone on a roller coaster ride ...

... blacks and who like to call themselves "Tobagonians," though I think it's more funny to call them "Tobaggons" and explain that a tobaggon is something we ride down hills on in Michigan during winter; the Tobagonians, however, don't have much of a sense of humor about this.) I waited near an old Tobagonian lady in a brown tribal shirt and hair-cloth twist. She had coke-bottle glasses and a cane. With age, her mouth had sagged to be ape-like. Her skin was lizard-like. We ...