Top Five Trinidad
Trinidad Carnival:
This is the Caribbean’s first, most artistic, most musical and sexiest carnival. This is the biggest festival in the Caribbean, if not the world.
The steel drum was invented after WW2 in Trinidad, made from oil drums.Food fuel for carnival includes Saltfish, black pudding, coconuts, rum and beer.
Port of Spain:
The capital of Trinidad is an eclectic mix of of wooden Victorian homes and classic Caribbean gingerbread fretwork , block concrete office blocks and gothic churches.
The National Museum is worth a stop to see the display on Angostura Bitters, Trinidad’s well known export since 1824.
St. James – north of the town is an area that ‘never sleeps’. It is Port of Spain’s late night district all night long.
Turtle Beaches:
Leatherback turtles lay their eggs at Matura Beach on Trinidad’s north east coast., which at 16 kilometres is Trindidad’s longest beach . The best time to view this spectacular site is at night during the month of March.
Cricket:
The cricket season in full swing in March too. The cricket ground in Port of Spain is one of the most famous in the Carribean , hosting all the international teams, along with those in Barbados and Antigua
The Food of Trinidad:
Trinidad has the best street food in the Caribbean thanks to its cosmopolitan cocktail of Indian, African, Chinese, Latin American and European immigrants.Some highlights:
- West Indian Creole food
- Callaloo – leafy green spinach stalks of the dasheen plant)
- Seafood with rotis (flat bread rolled around mutton or goat meat, or potato and peas curried enough to make you cry)
- Doubles’ – a wobbly sandwich made from two yellow cakes of split peas filled with chickpea dhal, served with mango or golden apple chutney or with Trinidad’s hottest sauce. You should never pass on the hot sauce it’s bad luck and breaks a ring of friendship.
- Guinness flavoured ice cream is very popular in Trinidad
Destination: Trinidad and Tobago
