Yesterday morning I flew to Tobago. Its the only domestic flight that Trinidad has. In the airport the cricket match was on TV, it was very interesting to watch. It took about 20 minutes to get to Tobago by air. There is also a ferry, with a fast ferry (2.5 hours) and a slow ferry (5 hours). When I arrived, I walked around and found a hotel. I got a room, which I didn’t have a good feeling about, so I decided to look around some more. So my adventure began as I walked through the area of Crown Point. I was looking for the beach and some food. I found the beach and some friendly “Tobago”ans long the way. Being that I was by myself, I didn’t think it would be best to talk a walking tour of Crown Point, as I was making many “friends” along the way. So I wandered into the nicest looking hotel I could find, which had a private beach, and took up residence there instead. I had to pay more than I would have liked, but I figured this was my best bet as it had a really nice room, pools, and a beautiful beach. I only had one night in Tobago and decided to make the most of it. I had lunch and a couple of delicious drinks. I heard the waiter tell the bartender to put an extra shot of alcohol in my drinks, so I only had two and two was plenty. When I was checking into my hotel I met a younger couple from England and we all bought tickets to go out on one of the glass bottom boats. We paid 90 TT ($15 US) to go out. When we arrived at the beach we were expecting the boat to be docked at the beach, but instead had to walk out to the boat. I had my bag with me that had all my wallet, my ipod, my camera, and my phone, so I had to hold it about my head to get out there. The boat “Cool Runnings”, had seen better days, the ladder to get on was pretty splintered up and the boat was painted red, green and yellow with a picture of Ziggy Marley on the side of it. Over the loud reggae music that was on the boat I could hear was my Uncle Paul saying “Ya man” which he had been saying before I left for Trinidad. The crew of the boat was 3-4 twenty year old guys. They took us to look at the corals in Buccoo Reef and the fish which was pretty cool. At this point you could get out and snorkel but I chose not to and was content to look from the glass on board. The next stop on the tour was the Nylon Pool, which is in a spot in the middle of the ocean where the water is only 3 feet deep. We were able to get out and walk/swim around for a while, which I chose to do. Apparently if you swim in the nylon pool, you are rejuvenated and you feel 10 years younger. Overall, the boat trip was an interesting experience. The guys on the boat broke almost every rule in Boating 101. I was in the back of the boat and so was the extra gas and oil tank. These guys were lighting a cigarette next to the tanks every 5 minutes. One was actually pouring oil into one of the tanks, it ran all over his hands and the tank and then he lit a cigarette. Needless to say, I was glad to reach land again. After that I had some dinner, watched Seinfeld for a while, and fell asleep very early as I was exhausted from the week.

Today, I arrived back in Port of Spain and am at the house for the day. Its nice to not have to do much today. I think I am going to watch the Yankees-Red Sox game tonight.