Posts from Pam

Beach Day!!

Carnival is done, finished for 2017. So what's a person to do? Go to the beach! After all, this is an island and every direction you go, there has to be a beach!

Susan's Cousin Darlene picked us up and we headed to Maracas Beach on the north side of Trinidad-Northwest of Port of Spain, the capitol. Lots of others had the same idea but I'm told the day after Carnival is the worst day to go to the beach. Lots of loud music and crowds of people. This was 2 days after Carnival and all was tame and quiet.

Up over the small mountains and down to the beach area.

Winding, narrow roads!

Looks barely wide enough for one car!

Beautiful overlook!

Beautiful scenery--looks like Haiti with the mountains but more vegetation.

I've been hearing all week about Bake-N-Shark, we have to try Bake-N-Shark. Everyone in Trinidad asked if I had tried Bake-N-Shark. So today was the day. It is the thing to eat at the beach.

Richards is the place to get it! The line was long.

Bake-N-Shark ended up being a lot of fried fish in an oversized bun with lots of garnishes.

No way to really tell if it was in fact shark!

Maracas Beach-Big waves, the tide is coming in, lots of people enjoying the ocean!

Water was cold until I got used to it!

Snacks and touristy stuff for sale at the overlook.

A sudden rain came down and cleared up just as fast.

I'm told it's unusual for rain this time of year.

$1 TT to use the restroom and take a cold shower after swimming in the ocean.

That's about $ .17 US!

After enjoying Maracas Beach we decided to check out Las Cuevas Beach a few kilometers away (La Cuevas translates from Spanish to the Caves-although I didn't see or hear of any caves being nearby).