Tomas touches Tobago

Ten days ago Tropical Storm Tomas was heading towards Trinidad and Tobago. The day before it was to hit, I sent the staff home early to prepare for some significant flooding and damage. Within hours of being forecasted to hit here, it veered north and made a big mess in St Lucia and other Caribbean islands.
Before it headed north it just 'touched' the island of Tobago. We had scheduled a couple of days in Tobago this past weekend. We called and they said there wasn't really any problem so we flew over.
The island is not that big so we rented a car with the intention of driving around the whole island. The car rental folks didn't say a word. The first 40 km were very nice. Beautiful vistas looking down on great beaches....including Bloody Bay. We then saw signs that Tomas was not so kind to Tobago. It has been a particularly wet season so a Tropical Storm can smack an already saturated island quite easily.. As we drove further north, the signs of Tomas' touch got nastier.

A slump here, a collapse there, a downed tree.

Then there was a 'bit' of a wash out of a road. We figured if we got past that we would be ok....nope. Just 300 meters past this tricky bit of four wheeling, we came upon a landslide that had completely wiped out the road. No signs, no barriers - nothing. The only evidence of a problem was the complete lack of traffic coming the other way....and the slumps, the collapses, the downed trees and the washed out road we had already driven by.

I am not very observant, am I?

We turned around and retraced our steps and stopped at the Glasgow Bar overlooking the Parlatuvier Bay and as Mimi said 'enjoyed an ice cold one'.

We cut across the middle of the island and caught a part of the Atlantic Coast, Scarborough and a great little spot called the Shore Things Cafe near Lambeau - we highly recommend it.

B.