Ants: Sam and I spent the morning just chilling in the hotel trying to get a bit of rest after the busy fews days we had just had. We met up with the others after they finished at the hospital and grabbed some doubles for lunch (two flour pattys with chickpea curry an pepper sauce inside) Sam tried them for the first time and cried even though she didnt have the pepper sauce it was so funny! We set off to try and find a maxi to take us down to maracas beach. Af...

Ants: Yesterday was definately one of the most spontaneous days we have had yet. Everyone else in the group was going down to Maracas beach which is on the caribbean side of trinidad an is meant to be the most beautiful beach on the island. I decided to stay at the hotel so I could go to church in the afternoon and it would also give me a good chance to have some time on my own which in a group of 6 never happens. Anyway the others all set off to fin a maxi tha...

Starting the day with some of us (who will remain anonymous) slightly hung over after our previous nights exploits we decided to visit some of the more remote sights the Island has to offer. We hired a rather unsuspecting Maxi driver for a modest fee of 60 pounds for the whole day, little did he know what day we had planned. We visited 2 waterfalls right in the heart of the rainforest, both requiring some nifty driving to avoid the potholes and sheer 100 foot d...

The weather in the morning looked really good so we decided that instead of going to the rum factory we would go Kayaking at Chaguramas. We walked all the way into town and waited a good hour before finally managing to get on a free Maxi (taxi but bigger and goes on a particular route). The journey there was quite long an yet it only cost 40p each just to give you a faint idea of the costs out here! We finally came across the man in the middle of nowhere with a s...

Had an interesting day yeasterday went out in the evening to some local bars which are basically a shop front with chairs. We were drinking rum and coke and for some reason they sell the rum by the bottle instead of the drink so we were buying a bottle of rum an a bottle of coke for uner 3 pound. I think that explains why I am feeling so bad today as well as the fact that for dinner we ate these gorgeous things called doubles which are chick pea curry with hot sa...