A Taste of TobagoPart 1

Barbados Bay

Barbados Bay: Our Morning Walk. We walk a full hour each morning. It is important to go early before the sun gets too hot! (6-7am is best). Can you

find Allan walking barefoot in the sand! The Arrow shows the location of our apartment.

Nice surprise this morning. The walk in the mist was cool and lovely, then a rainbow!

Sandpipers winter over here (good choice!).

The fishermen leave very early (5:30am). Here is the little dingy that the Rotary Club of Truro had

built to take fishermen out to their boats.

Looking across to Grandby where we do our evening swim near sunset. Grandby is more sheltered. The water is bathtub warm, clear

and beautiful.

Just to bring one back to reality, this bill board is one that ‘Donald Trump’ should know about!

Two Great Places For Lunch in Tobago

TTHTI and Shore Things

TTHTI was our very first CESO assignment 16 years ago. The campus has been spruced up with paint but is basically the same as it was in 2000. The campus overlooks the

sea-beautiful location.

Here is Veanne at the cafeteria at TTHTI. Veanne

is a very talented person whom I met and have followed for 16 years.More later on Veanne.She led the way to our

meal.

Dumplings

Stewed Fish or Pork

Provision: Dashine; Sweet Potato; Cassava ; Plantain

Stewed Lentil Peas

The BEST of Flavors! True Tobagonian Food! TTHTI is training well to prepare the real foods of Tobago.

This is the saw mill pond at the bottom of the hill up to

TTHTI. I wonder if the ‘caymans’ (alligators) are still in this pond that were there

in 2000.

Shore Things: A Favorite Café of Ours

My Choice: Pastelles: Trinidadian/Tobagonian

pastelles are small meat-filled cornmeal pies stuffed with

meat, fish or vegetables seasoned with fresh herbs and

flavored with raisins, olives and capers wrapped and

steamed in a banana leaf. As you see, Allan ordered a pizza from the menu.

The best was watching this iguana eating leaves on a nearby tree.

Bamboo Framed Lobster Traps Tobago Style

Fisherman Edison Ready With Supplies For A Day

Fishing

Fishermen Work Together. One Takes The Little Dinghy (Rotary Club of Truro) Out to Bring One Of The Boats In To

Shore. Edison Will Get A Ride To His Boat.

Edison On His Boat Organizing Buoy Lines.

All Metal Lobster Traps On Way To Be Set For Lobster Fishing

Lobsters are expensive in Tobago. Notice no front claws. The shell is very hard.

A Vegetable to Eat With: Callaloo-A delicious mix of Dashine Leaves, Okra, Onion, Garlic, Hot Pepper (remove whole-don’t

eat!), Pumpkin, Milk or Coconut Milk.

All Cooked. Ready For a Gourmet Meal!

We were fortunate to attend a celebration of Black History Month on our last night at Grandby where we swim! It was fantastic!

As the sun rises over the deck, we leave Tobago with very warm feelings about our three weeks here!