Aplmac Posted February 23, 2010 #1 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Trinidad & Tobago is a one-nation, twin-island state at the Southernmost extreme of the Lesser Antilles island chain. Tobago is the little sister, at just 116 square miles, quite scenic with your typical touristy scenes including turquoise waters, coconut palms and all that other cute stuff North Americans expect on a Caribbean Cruise. Trinidad is the big brother, a far larger island at somewhere around 1,860 square miles! ..with a rip-roaring economy based on Oil, manufacturing, agriculture along several themes,etc. and to be honest with little interest in promoting tourism(other than over at Tobago) simply because they already have oodles of money from the large mound of hydrocarbon petroleum reserves the island sits on!! :) __________________________________________________ I'm trying to bring you around to what you might expect and what not to expect, on Trinidad. It's not yer typical small turquoise-watered Caribbean island like St.Maarten, Antigua and Barbados. It is however a large South-American-offshore island that really could take you a week to begin to see some of the stuff they have there! It's got mangrove forests, four hundred species of South America species of birds and is the home of the steel band,where this amazing musical instrument was invented and perfected! But enough talk: let's get on with the pictures. They say so much more.. Crews Inn Marina at Chaguaramas Local kids learn the art of sailing, at a Chaguaramas yacht club. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted February 23, 2010 Author #2 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Offshore at Trinidad's N-Western end is a group of small scenic islands generally referred to as Down the Islands -or Dong de Islanz in local parlance. Monos, Huevos and Chacachacare are the names of the three larger islands ..where weekend boaters do their Sunday thing -this shot at Chacachacare Holiday home on Huevos. Holiday homes on Monos Isl. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted February 23, 2010 Author #3 Share Posted February 23, 2010 . Mayaro is endless-coconut-plantation territory! Look, Ma -NO footprints! A bamboo raft from South America has washed up on the Mayaro beach -most likely from the Orinoco delta somewhere . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted February 23, 2010 Author #4 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I don't have much from Tobago, the smaller sister isle but here it is.. Maybe you have others? Please post your Tobago pics! Store Bay -not far from the airport. Beach umbrellas at Store Bay. You might want to take a drift dive along Tobago's South Coast. I did one -travelled about 1.5 miles, just going with the current!! The boat follows you, overhead -a very cool dive! No effort to speak of yet you cover lots of ground. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted February 23, 2010 Author #5 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Trinidad's upside down Hilton starts at the top of a hill overlooking Port of Spain and the world's largest roundabout -and goes down (to your room). Quite the opposite to your regular hotel that starts on the ground floor. ;) Here's a view from their balcony, looking towards the downtown area. Another view, just to the right of the picture above. Hilton's pool area. Hilton's sun-deck: it gets very hot out here!! -and here's a view from the lobby, heading out towards those balcony views shown above. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneclear Posted February 23, 2010 #6 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Great Pics. The tourism minister ows you for your services. Looks like i now have to get a camera to add to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted February 24, 2010 Author #7 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Inland and upslope of the St.James section of Port of Spain is this commanding fort -and view! An American Turkey Vulture or 'Corbeau' wheels high above the city of Port of Spain. Looking Eastward, up the Diego Martin Valley! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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burrma Posted August 6, 2010 #10 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Fabulous pictures. Can you give me more info on where or who to contact to do the drift dive? Thanks but here it is.. e -travelled about 1.5 miles, just going with the current!! The boat follows you, overhead -a very cool dive! No effort to speak of yet you cover lots of ground. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted August 7, 2010 Author #11 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Fabulous pictures. Can you give me more info on where or who to contact to do the drift dive? OMG that was many many Mango Seasons ago, so the old grey matter is in no shape to recall thatbut I should imagine that any dive operation on the island might offer such a dive along the South Coast of the island where you end the dive just off the Crown Point airport. Used to be a dive shop right at the entrance to the Pigeon Pt. park thing but it's been awhile since I was in Tobago! I'd try Google-ing it, seriously. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrma Posted August 8, 2010 #12 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Sincere thanks for answering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted November 10, 2010 #13 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Wondering about that drift snorkel myself. Did you remember any info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 15, 2011 Author #14 Share Posted March 15, 2011 No-one's been to Tobago -or Trinidad- in awhile, it seems. You need to look thru your holiday pics and post a few nice ones for da people, huh? We came across this odd (Amazonic-type,river?) boat moored at one of the small out-islands just offshore Port of Spain. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erdoran Posted April 3, 2011 #15 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I did a weeklong catamaran cruise to Tobago through Tradewinds Cruise club in fall of 2009. Here are some of my more interesting pix: Storm over buccoo reef I think Castara Bay https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_S4HJKn9Sfgs/TU1NMm3wMFI/AAAAAAAAKVo/jprqAYSxhTk/s640/IMG_1428.JPG No man's land (near Nylon Pool) Supposedly Ian Fleming's house, near or on Goat Island, near Speyside King's Bay Random Speyside area shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcuchio24 Posted April 19, 2012 #16 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Thanks for the pics--we're looking to do a land based vaca in T&T...looks fantastic!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 19, 2013 Author #17 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Lovely views! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB2788 Posted April 12, 2013 #18 Share Posted April 12, 2013 At Pigeon Point in Tobago, if you meet the right person, you can arrange a day tour or overnight stay at the supposed Ian Fleming house. It's really a unique place to stay. The light fixtures are accented with coral and there is a giant mural of an underwater scene in the kitchen of the house. The bedrooms up on the top floors have awesome views of the sea! They charge a hefty penny though; something like $600 US for the night and no food was included in the price, but it was still a once in a lifetime experience! Used to stay at Hilton in Trinidad but switched to Hyatt-- the atmosphere is a whole lot more upbeat than Hilton.. There was a nice write-up on visiting Trinidad and Tobago in the Wall Street Journal recently: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323419104578374840987543034.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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