The Sugar Mill Suites Scarborough

... the Red Sea Riviera (Sharm el Shiekh, Hurghada and Taba Heights) the Arabian Gulf (Dubai, Oman, Qatar and Abu Dhabi), the Indian Ocean (Goa, Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka) the Caribbean Islands ( Antigua ...

... very deep. 'Deep enough to jump from the top' I thought. I didn't want to scare my mum, although of course I did, but it just looked so appealing. In the end I couldn't find a place with a small enough curve that I felt I could safely enough jump from the top so I climbed down a little. My mum was happy about that. She also fell in love with a higher level waterfall which you could shower in. She felt like she was in a film (although I reckon she really meant 'I'm a celebrity...').

... 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 ...

... next day was interesting but mainly because my guide kept pointing out the obvious the whole time. "this road is very wavy" as we dip in and out of pavement seemingly inspired by laffy taffy. "do you see the water? that's the ocean" umm, yeah. i would imagine it would be seeing as we are surrounded by it. he was very sweet though and kept telling me to eat more oranges, which he then slammed to stop in the middle of the ...

... else. In many places there are people selling "doubles" out of the backs of trucks...for example at the airport in Trinidad. A double is two pieces of fried dough filled with a concoction of curry and spices and pigeon peas, covered in green and hot sauces...and doubles are fantastic. A double double (two doubles) costs a little more than $1.00 and is a very filling breakfast!

... sich vo une bis obe mit Dreck iischmiert (demit alli gliichusgsehnd) und daenn hindereme Musigtruck dur d'Strasse tanzt bis es hell wird. Das isch d'Eroeffnig vom Carnival. Mir sind also au detane und chum simmer det acho haends ois mit schlamm und rote Farb beschmisse vome truck us. De schlamm isch eigentli no ganz fein gsi, wills under de Dreck no schoggipulver gmischt haend und s'ganze richtig schoen nach schoggi ...

There is a reason they call it the rain forest! Unfortunately it has been raining pretty much non stop since we arrived. We did finally get our luggage which in and of itself was miracle. We have toured the leeward side of the isalnd and the beaches at Castara and Englishmen's Bay really are ...

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...

... gave us a chance to get around and explore the island, learn to drive on the left hand side, see the tourists sights, and sample some of the local cuisine. We are staying in a villa on a golf course. The house has a main area with a kitchen and three bedrooms, then on the other side of the pool is a small apartment with another kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. This was the perfect set up because we could buy groceries and ...

... t have Tobaggons like that in Michigan. Nor "Michigaggons," for that matter. (OK, I took that wisecrack on people from Michigan quite personally. We're not called Michigaggons, we're called "Michiganders," for pete's sake. Where's the respect?) At any rate, I got a maxi and headed north to small-town Speyside. Speyside rested on a long, muddy beach between two protruding, green mountain capes. Straight out from town sat two big island mounds. In flippers and mask, I ...