Settling in Trinidad

Welcome to our blog! 

Our hope is to use this blog as a way for us to document our experiences in Trinidad, where we will be staying for the next 2 months, and to share all of our experiences with you! 

Make sure you visit our blog as we will try to share all the cultural lessons that come our way and to learn of the places, foods, music and nature that we experience in our time in Trinidad.

So far, we have heard ALL about doubles, roti and shark and bake - none of which we have had the chance of eating yet! We are waiting for the chance to hit the beach, specifically Maracas beach - which is located on the north side of the island - as it highly recommended as the best place to eat shark and bake, we'll keep you posted! 

We have been privileged enough to have a car to get around the city, which Ava has taken the courage to drive so far. The Queen's Park Savannah (a.k.a. the Savannah) has been our main site of orientation. If we're not sure where we are or how to reach a key site of destination, "let's go back to the Savannah and we'll go from there." We have found some delicious tropical juices on the Savannah and many people enjoy and take the opportunity to get some exercise by jogging around the Savannah - which, I must say, would take a good 45 min jog to get around and with the humidity and excessive heat, it would probably take us a good 2 hours. 

We are also very lucky in that we are close to the Immortel School and Pre-Vocational Centre as well as to the supermarket, Hi Lo. 

View from the entrance

Our kitchen

                                                                 

Dining room 

Liming (chilling) area

We have already taken advantage of the amazing kitchen space to start making our breakfasts, lunches and dinners - which Ilyse has taken great initiative! That's right, Ilyse DOES cook, for all of those who thought otherwise!

Mariana's Room

It didn't take very long for us to call this apartment our new, loving home :)