You even have to be careful about where you place your billboards as nature can overwhelm your message....
B.Sunday, November 20, 2011
Tropical growth rate
The rate at which things grow down here is incredible.
You even have to be careful about where you place your billboards as nature can overwhelm your message....
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You even have to be careful about where you place your billboards as nature can overwhelm your message....
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Getting ready for Christmas
Remember Kes?
As the country starts rolling out the costumes for those that play mas here at Carnival, the popularity of Mimi's favorite Soca artist is apparent all over the country.
He is bigger than life on billboards everywhere....
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He is bigger than life on billboards everywhere....
B.Rainy season flooding...again
Time to get back to blogging.....
A bridge near our apartment was damaged resulting in gridlock that took us 90 minutes to drive what usually takes 10 minutes.
Along the way, there were stalled cars that had gotten flooded out and lots of folks out inspecting the damage. Locals said they hadnt seen flood damage like this in 35 years. As we drove past the collapsed wall, the streets had water running across them.
This is the access to the parking lot of an RBC bank. The security guard is there to prevent anyone from driving in to use the ATM. The parking lot had over 2 ft of water in it.
The damage to the wall has actually become very political. It's design was initiated by the previous government, built as part of the redesign of the busy intersection around the corner by the current government and now the blame game begins - was it poor design, poor construction or just a nasty flood that would have knocked down anything in its path?
We went off to Maracas Bay for a bit of a break on Saturday. After a quick trip to PriceSmart (the local Costco) to buy a new microwave for the office, we drove up to Maracas. The rain had started but the weather can often be very different on the other side of the Northern Range so we continued on to Maracas.
When we got there, the rain had stopped but there were dark clouds off in the distance. We lasted about an hour when the rains came. We packed up our stuff and drove back to town. While were at Maracas, Port of Spain got hammered by a huge rain storm.
The rains had left quite a mark on parts of the the city.
This is a 15 ft wall that was built just 6 months ago along the back of the Country Club (an old club owned by our neighbor). 
The flood waters from the rains pushed the wall over onto the road. It happened maybe 30 minutes before we drove by.
The flood waters from the rains pushed the wall over onto the road. It happened maybe 30 minutes before we drove by. A bridge near our apartment was damaged resulting in gridlock that took us 90 minutes to drive what usually takes 10 minutes.
Along the way, there were stalled cars that had gotten flooded out and lots of folks out inspecting the damage. Locals said they hadnt seen flood damage like this in 35 years. As we drove past the collapsed wall, the streets had water running across them.
This is the access to the parking lot of an RBC bank. The security guard is there to prevent anyone from driving in to use the ATM. The parking lot had over 2 ft of water in it.We woke up Sunday to a beautiful sunny morning. The newspapers were full of flood damage homes, roads and....walls. The raining season continues for another 6 weeks here. It has become a soggy place to live.
The damage to the wall has actually become very political. It's design was initiated by the previous government, built as part of the redesign of the busy intersection around the corner by the current government and now the blame game begins - was it poor design, poor construction or just a nasty flood that would have knocked down anything in its path?
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
A lost homing pigeon
We were preparing to BBQ when we noticed this guy on our BBQ. 
He thought he was home.
He thought he was home. He was not afraid of us....until I tried to 'shoo' him with a broom. That's when I scared the crap out of him....all over my BBQ cover.
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Kes and the Stanley Cup
It is the Stanley Cup finals - game 5. I have two guys here from the Calgary office. We went to Trotters (a local sports bar where we had watched the Olympic Gold Medal Hockey game).
There was a big cricket match in town that day (India vs West Indies) at the Queen's Park Oval and Trotters was full of post-match beer drinkers. We got a table in the back and we had 4 of the TV's showing the Boston-Vancouver. All good.
We noticed a couple sitting a few feet away. Mimi recognized the guy immediately.
We mentioned it to our server, who knew who he was as well. She asked if Mimi had a piece of paper that he could sign. We didn't have anything so he came over, introduced himself, signed a strip of paper from the cash register 
and then sat down with Mimi to chat for a few minutes. 
The reason Mimi is holding her phone is that her ringtone is Kes' Soca monarch-winning song 'Wotless'.
and then sat down with Mimi to chat for a few minutes. The reason Mimi is holding her phone is that her ringtone is Kes' Soca monarch-winning song 'Wotless'.He is up on Digicel billboards here in Trinidad but he impressed all of us with his graciousness with Mimi that night.
What was even funnier was that she ran into him last week having lunch where they exchanged "Really, I am not stalking you" comments.
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Trini J'Ouvert
You cant explain it, you just have to experience it....
Friends from France, canada and the U.S. enjoying the allnight adventure called J'Ouvert.
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Friends from France, canada and the U.S. enjoying the allnight adventure called J'Ouvert.
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