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Take the time to smell the flowers
kyoub Says: In the rich, humid air of Trinidad and Tobago tropical trees and flowers abound.look around you and enjoy.
Visit Comte de Loppinot Historical Complex
kyoub Says: Compte de Loppinot Historical Complex or Count Lopinot's House (the area is now known as Lopinot rather than Loppinot) is located at the top of the Lopinot Valley in East Trinidad. The area, famous for its Spanish roots, was so named for Charles Joseph, Compte de Loppinot, a...
Take a drive and do some sightseeing
kyoub Says: Take a drive through some of the towns and see the hussle and bustle of everyday life.Watch out for the very narrow streets as you pass by. Trinidad's population is a blend of Indians, Africans, and Europeans. A mix that has produced some very good looking people. There is...
kyoub Says: The first place on our list of places we wanted to see was the Asa Wright Nature Center.The center is a former cocoa and coffee plantation that has been turned into a 200-acre nature reserve. It is set in gorgeous mountain scenery at about 1200 feet.More than 100 bird...
kyoub Says: If you would like to get a great view of the Coroni Plain and Piarco Savannah, take a drive up to the top of Mt.St.BenedictIt is 800 feet above sea level so you can get a nice panoramic view from there.The monastery and chapel are there as well as other buildings.There is...
Villa valsayn: Villa valsayn is "malsaine"
labator Says: I just want people to avoid this horrible place. The owner is an awful women whose only objective is to pick up all the money she can despite a very poor level of quality. For example, for the carnival last two days, she told us that she knew someone who can pick us up to...
Valsayn Villa Guesthouse: Guesthouse near airport
kyoub Says: We were looking for a nice guesthouse located not far from the airport when we happened to find Valsayn Villa guesthouse.It is located in Valsayn, a middle-class residential area which is 15 minutes by car from the Port-a-Spain airport.We also wanted a driver to drive us...
Valsayn Villa: Relax in the gazebo
kyoub Says: The grounds around the guesthouse were beautiful with many trees and flowers. There was a gazebo near the pool with chairs for relaxing. I especially enjoyed all the beautiful orchids that were on display there.
Helpfulness
When you are in Trinidad the best food does not come from a restaurant but for the vendor selling "doubles" on the street corner.
Our driver knew the very best ones and would stop early every morning to buy us some for our lunch.
Doubles were invented in Trinidad and still are sold exclusively there with the exception of a few of lesser quality in Tobago.
"Doubles" (curried chick peas on fried flat bread with mango chutney) YUMMMM
Written Jul 1, 2005
kyoub Says: BWIA flies from Miami to Port of Spain International Airport. After a 1 hr stop it will also take you on to Tobago.
kyoub Says: We thought it would be best to hire a driver that knew the streets since they have very few signs outside of the city.Lucky for us, the guesthouse where we stayed furnished a car and driver on request.It cost a bit more than driving ourselves but it was well worth it.
Scarlet Ibises coming home to roost
kyoub Says: Flat bottom outboard motorboats ply the narrow channels of the Caroni mangove swamps. At almost dusk the boatman will take you out to a large opening and you will sit very quietly and wait.Eventually the birds start to arrive in large numbers. Soon the bushes are full of red...
kyoub Says: Onwhat seemed like every street corner in Trinidad you will find venots selling coconuts.They have a sign saying COLD NUTS.You pay them and they will slice of the end so you can drink the cool liquid inside.
Statue of a Trinidad sugarcane worker
kyoub Says: Indian immigrant Siew Dass Sadhu has become somewhat of a legend in Trinidad and Tobago. He has a $1.5 million temple in the sea named after him and a pristine statue of himself clad in a dhoti, (loincloth) standing reverently at the top of a pedestal at the entrance to the...
kyoub Says: One late October or early November night, Trinidad sparkles with tousands of tiny flames and electric lights strung on trees, buildings, and porches.The festival of Deppa Divali is celebrated by hundreds of thousands of Hindus on this religious holiday.Prior to the night of...
Helpfulness
Trinidad’s Caroni Swamp features densely packed nesting colonies of cattle egrets, snowy egrets, and scarlet ibises. These are just a few of the species associated with mangrove forests. Others include blue and green herons, black-bellied whistling ducks, and jacanas.
This makes for some excellent birding but do be careful of getting to close to the branches in the mangroves because a snake may be sleeping there.
Written Jul 1, 2005
Helpfulness
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Lightweight cotton clothing is the most comfortable thing to wear.
June to August are the wettest months so if you are coming at that time it would be best to bring a poncho.
Miscellaneous: Due to Trinidad's southerly location temperatures do not change much from month to month. Highs are around 88 F(31c) and lows are around 72F(22C). Humidity ranges from 78-83% most of the year.
Written Jul 1, 2005
kyoub Says: I know you think I have lost my mind by telling you to go to the oil refinery for the day but behind all those tanks, down a dirt road, there is a surprise in store for you.Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust is hidden back there. It is a research and conservation centre...
kyoub Says: You could go to the Petrotrin oil refinery for the day.You will have a problem getting past the guard unless you have called a couple of days ahead to make arrangements.The only way we were able to get in was our driver was very persuasive and told the guard that my husband...
The thing that is etched in my memory of Trinidad is the evening that we spent in a boat at the Coroni Swamp. Sitting there as it turned from dusk to nightfall and looking back toward the city and...
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