Yesterday we arrived in Trinidad and our dock was located in the Capital, the Port of Spain. Trinidad is 37 miles wide by 50 miles long where as Tobago is only 27miles long by 7.5 miles wide. We are told that 600,000 people live around the greater port area and over 1.3 million through out the island.
We hated this port call as the city was very run down and dirty with lots of people just sitting about street corners and benches, very intimidating. The quality of the shops was very poor so after half hour we went back on board to our little sanctuary.
We were never in any danger as the local tourist officials were out in mass force, every few hundred meters you could see them sitting with the bright red shirts, guiding us to the next group all the way until we reached the town. This morning we met a couple on a organised bus trip, they told us that as they were being driven through the town some kids banged on the bus. The driver stopped and ran down the road caught one and punched him out. Seemingly the German guide on board to escort the passengers face was a picture.<
Goodbye Trinidad and hello Barbados.
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