Last weekend we made a short but special trip to Trinidad. I'd never been there before so everything was new to me. We did lots of internet research before going and our friend and friends of friend showed us some of the surrounding areas....the ride up into the hills to visit
Asa Wright Sancutary was just as much fun as seeing the birds and forest.
On the way back to Port of Prince we made a quick stop at Maracas Bay....
We thought that finidng vegan food would be tough as all the restaurants that were advertised as vegan were only open for breakfast and lunch but we found a great restaurant for Friday evening,
Veni Mange. An email inquiring about vegan options led to a special menu on our table, typed up just for us! The food was delicious, home cooked style with lots of flavor. We also found that the buffet at Asa Wright offered enough side dishes that were vegan including eggplant, rice with veggies and lentils. Our
hotel was also very accomadating, ordering soy milk for our coffee and breakfast and letting us know what was in each of the intriguing dishes we had not seen before. I was very surprized to find some wonderful flavours as I'm not usually a fan of the hot spicy flavors of local Indian restaurants here in Florida.
Our Saturday night dinner was also delicious at BUZO Osteria Italiana. I had the best pasta dish, simply pasta, tomatoes, basil and amazing flavour! And the coconut mint frozen dessert was the best.
Before heading to the airport on Sunday we took a quick stroll around the Queen's Park Savannah near our hotel. The jacaranda trees were in bloom, first shot near the Botanical Gardens.
Soccer in the Savannah...
Some of the mansions around the Savannah....
One under going renovations or upkeep...
Another waiting it's turn....
Then there was the modern architecture....
And just a fun shot for the color....
And another for the color.....
It was a fun whirlwind weekend!
Oh, anyone know the name of this bird? We saw several of them in the Savannah.
Update: Thank you to our friend Ronald from Trinidad for inquiring about this bird ... it is called a Southern Lapwing. Interesting reading about this bird at
wikipedia.
Last weekend we made a short but special trip to Trinidad. I'd never been there before so everything was new to me. We did lots of internet research before going and our friend and friends of friend showed us some of the surrounding areas....the ride up into the hills to visit Asa Wright Sancutary was just as much fun as seeing the birds and forest.
Don't know the name of that last bird, but I see that you caught a hummingbird in flight. Oh and the jacaranda tree also grows in Australia. What a wonderful way to have spent the weekend.
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