Category Archives: Trinidad

Howler Monkey Noises

By B.J. | Published January 30, 2014

The other day I posted about some Howler Monkeys and the noises they make.  I never posted about these monkeys on Trinidad – not having good video or photos I suppose I lost them in the shuffle.  This is a brief post to highlight a video we took while we Read On..

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Trinidad to Panama

By B.J. | Published January 20, 2014

Trinidad to Panama is about 1,100 nautical miles.  Conveniently, there are a few islands en route like Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao (known as “The ABC’s) that are about halfway across and make for a convenient stopping place.  Inconveniently Venezuela and it’s territorial waters stick up rather in the way. Venezuela Read On..

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Farewell to Trinidad

By B.J. | Published December 10, 2013

As much as we loved Trinidad, the time to leave came much more quickly than we wanted it to. To a cruiser schedules are an anathema.  This is something that is hard to convey to the non-cruiser, after all they rarely commit themselves to the land-bound equivalent of a passage Read On..

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A Taste of Trinidad

By B.J. | Published November 24, 2013

We finally arrived in Trinidad a few weeks ago, and we like it a lot!  More on that later…by the time this huge post gets put up we will have been gone for a few weeks already. When Kathy’s brother Alan joined us in Trinidad with his son we took Read On..

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Our First Divali

By B.J. | Published November 15, 2013

Up front I must confess that I’d never heard of Divali (or Diwali or Duvali or Duwali – why do words from Hindi have so many spellings in English??) before I heard it was a holiday coming up in Trinidad.  Not being Hindu and not having spent much time in Read On..

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The Caroni Swamp or Dancing with Ibises

By B.J. | Published November 14, 2013

The National Bird of Trinidad is the Scarlet Ibis.  Picking a national bird for Trinidad seems a challenge, since apparently they have around twenty different species of Hummingbirds alone.  But the Scarlet Ibis does stand out since it is bright red enough to make the College of Cardinals feel a Read On..

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Pleasant Surprise in Trinidad

By B.J. | Published November 14, 2013

Approaching Trinidad through the rain. So we lingered in Grenada a long time.  Perhaps a little too long as it turned out.  Why?  Several reasons, friends and other kids being at the top of the list.  The other reasons had more to do with what we’d heard about Trinidad.  They Read On..

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