Millenium Golf

Golf really is 'a nice walk spoiled'.
The local Millenium course is quite beautiful.
On the course there are large areas of lotus flowers. There are also lots of lily pads. Lily pads mean lots of water....not good for my game.The two signs say 'Next Tee This Way' - they really do want to spoil your walk! My game sucked and I lost 6 golf balls but it was a lovely walk in Trindad.

B.

Canine Update

This pooch is named Danger. He belongs to friends of ours who have a place in Collins Bay. He watches over those that go for a swim.

These dogs are our security team at the office.
They remind us to close the gate to the parking lot otherwise they come in and crap all over the place.

B.

Chicken on De Way

If this truck full of chickens drove down the road in Canada, it would be frozen chicken pretty quickly. Here its half-cooked after a couple of hours on the road.

B.

Firemen on Parade

I was in Port of Spain when I saw bunch of firemen in full gear just walking down the street. I grabbed my camera out of the bag in the backseat and I dropped it. I took the picture anyways. I looked at the image and wondered why it was a little blurry......... This would explain why. When I dropped the camera, it landed right on the lens.

Luckily it was just the lens filter that broke.

B.

Lantern Festival

We went to a local celebration. Given the size of the island - when any kind of event comes up, you check it out.

It was the Lantern Festival and Chinese Que - what's a Que, you ask? It's short for Bar-B-Que (now you know).

Lots of lanterns hanging from the ceiling but then there were the ornate designed lanterns...

Farmers planting rice...

Dragons............

Monkeys......

Budha....

B.

Shut up and drive

Trinidad hasnt yet instituted no use of a phone will driving. But Digicel, a local communications company has an awareness campaign going on at the moment.



If there was a place where texting and driving is a really bad idea, it is here in Trinidad. You would end up driving into someone's back seat in a heartbeat if you arent paying attention.

The new government should have legislation in place by the end of the year.

B.

Maracas Road Block

About once a month we head up to Maracas Bay for a couple of hours at the beach. One Sunday, on our way home it started to rain - a classic rainy season storm. About 5 km from the beach we got stopped in a traffic jam. After about 15 minutes of not moving, I got out of the truck and walked up ahead. When I got to where the problem was, there were 8 guys all wielding cutlasses (what they call a machete here) chopping away at a tree that had fallen across the road.
For a few minutes, I helped pull debris out of the way but with all those guys whacking away with cutlasses, I figured I would step back.
Finally, a fire truck showed up to clear the tree away.
Here, I am thinking they would have a chainsaw. Nope. Three firemen starting chopping with their own cutlasses.

B.