Great Race

The Great Race was held this past Saturday.

It is a race from Trinidad to Tobago. 

It started just outside our apartment. Different classes of boats but all very fast and very loud. 

They had a mass start, did a quick (very quick) loop in front our place and then blasted off to Tobago.

 

The winner (Monster) got to Tobago in 1 hour and 22 minutes. 

Some of the bigger/faster boats had support helicopters following them.

 

Some advertising cruising by before the event...

These folks were either looking for a front row seat or were in the 'slow boat to Tobago' category.

 

Only 15 of the 26 boats made it to Tobago.

 

B. 

I have heard of a shark attack....

.....but not a beer can attack.

 

This Carib SuperduperCan was seen stalking this perogue at Maracas Beach today.

It might explain why the Coast Guard was cruising the beach. 

 

No injuries were reported.

 

B.

Birthday!

It was Friday at the office.

We had a lime. We also had a cake. It had my name on it!

And it had the grandkids on it too!







 

I enjoyed the cake with a number of my staff....

The funny party about a cake like this is....no one can bring themselves to cut the kids up!

So - we ate around them!

B.

Promotional pairing for hurricane season

Lots of products are paired together for sale.

 

Chips and dip, rum & Coke that kind of thing. 

Here we usually see products like milk or cream that is about to expire taped together and sold 2 for 1.

 

But this one was I hadnt seen before...

You can get a combo pack of Duracell batteries and sardines sold as a 'survival' kit in the event of a hurricane.  

They probably wont sell many here because Trinidad is below the hurricane belt  - unless you really like sardines AND you need batteries. 

 

But as a sweetener,  they even throw in a free flashlight. Now we are talking - I bought two!

 

B.

Trini Travelling Zoo

Or a mobile farm.....or more likely, off to the market.

 

Not my clearest photograph but I can make out goats, ducks, chickens....

 

B.

Deja vu

The floor tiles in our office just failed (ok, we have had a few fail but finally a bunch popped - just like in our apartment). Time to be a bit more persistent with the landlord.

 

Being a 'worksite', one of my engineers marked the problem area with caution tape. It was a good idea.

 

The landlord of our office is NOT relocating us while he does the repairs and I know he cant match the tiles. I look forward to the patchwork solution he is going to come up with.

 

 

I should get some caution tape for future use in the apartment.  : )

 

B.

We're back!

After nearly 8 weeks of being out of our apartment for a 3 week tile floor replacement job, we are back home.

They did a nice job on the new floors and a nice job putting the place back together. 
After making 5 trips to haul our 'stuff' back to La Riviera and unwrapping all of the items we wrapped up and stored away, we settled back in to our apartment.

A couple of lumpy bits - the morning we got back, the defrosting of a bagel caused the microwave to pack it in and the bottom fell through on one of our deck chairs.

I borrowed one of our rig microwaves until it gets replaced.....and we have other chairs to sit in.

The place we were staying in temporarily was palatial, had a great gym but it was not home.

It is nice to hear the birds and tree frogs and see the trees out behind the apartment again.


B.

Rules and guidelines

Licence plates here in Trinidad have black letters on a white background......

 

 

and there are also licence plates with white letters and numbers on a black background.

 

 

But I dont believe there are licence plates with black Sharpee letters on a beige background.   

In fact, I think cardboard licence plates are frowned upon ...or maybe not.

This may fall under the difference between a rule and a guideline. 
Having a real licence plate in Trinidad might be just a guideline.
 

Just like the 80 kmh highway speed limit - again, just a guideline. 
A guideline that costs me dearly when I drive back in Canada where it is, yes, a rule.  A very expensive rule.

 

B.

A promotion 'cut short'

A local store is providing a unique 'gift with purchase'. 

Buy 'back to school' adidas gear and get a free haircut. 

 

I remember bad haircuts when I was a kid.

Imagine a free bad haircut.

 

B.