Trinidad New Years

[this is part 3…]

Well actually there is a little more from Tobago  (was tangling with Blogspot to upload pix and it won).


Seen in a bar in Tobago:

Bye beautiful Tobago

On to Trinidad, and the capital city, Port of Spain.  There is some great architecture, some dating from colonial days

note: person in foreground does not date from colonial days

Steel pan drums were invented in Trinidad  We stayed in a guesthouse behind this place. Unfortunately no concerts were on, but we saw/heard lots of practicing.

"Shark bites" for dinner--yes, real shark

Cubans for New Years

Ben had to leave early on New Year's Day. After gorging at the Hyatt breakfast buffet, Cam, Tom and I hopped a minibus ("maxi taxi") to Chaguaramas just outside the city, and had a short hike.  Seen:

on the bus

FYI, we obeyed all the signs.

Up at 3:30 am for our four flights back to Baku.  Minor miracles:  made every connection AND SO DID OUR BAGS.  Duration: around 30 hours,1 8 of which were in flight.