Cuffie
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Tue 29 Jun 2010 22:35
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Cuffie River Nature
Retreat
 Our room above
right of the main entrance. Jump was far right obscured by the trees or
next door but one to us
On the edge of Tobago's rainforest,
surrounded by wild heliconias, bamboo groves and ancient forest trees, is Cuffie
River Nature Retreat. We had a special two night stay - arriving on the 27th of
June, for me to wake on my birthday and leave the day after. Set in the midst of
raw nature and the promise of adventure, this ex plantation house is owned and
run by Miss Regina Dumas Sanchez who greets her guests, settles them in, and
ensures their stay is a wonderful experience. All the food is grown on site only
the meat is brought in. Everything is prepared on site and tastes so
fresh.
  Visitors come in all shapes and
sizes
  This nocturnal
visitor was accused of being a hedgehog, not in these parts
Jump
 The main attraction other than the
peace is of course to see birds, of which there are
many
 The
hummingbirds come in their herds to the feeders put out each
morning
 One or two bigger
birds visited the feeders as well
 The only other guests were Peter and Suzannah, we very much enjoyed their
company
  A blue crowned mot mot after it had rained and then drying
off
  It turned out that Peter was a keen photographer and took many beautiful
shots. He knew my ultimate was to get a shot of a collared trogon. On my
birthday I went off for half an hour up into the forest to see if I could
achieve my goal. On my return Peter showed me what I thought was a great shot of
the very creature I had been after and failed at. The next morning he put the
bird in the bush for me to get my snap. He had taken a picture of the Cuffie advertising brochure, the cover of said item
features this chap. I had been got, really got, so as a good sportsman I bought
Peter and his wife Suzannah a beer.
    We had a lot of fun watching the parrots, especially the one who landed on a
twig way too skinny, ending in a loss of balance and street cred
  It was lovely to
get up to the birds having breakfast
  Sadly the closest we got to a
crested oropendola but a nice rainbow after the afternoon storm
  Jump Jet seeing
if she could still dive
 The untamed
forest was the backdrop to Cuffie - swimming pool back left behind the
main house
  Regina
receiving one of the many awards Cuffie has been given. Desmond, bird calling - who took me trogon
hunting on the 29th - sadly with no luck, but we had a lot of fun
trying
 The best fun was watching this wife
giving her man grief for going out in the
rain
  ALL IN ALL A
WONDERFUL PLACE
STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL FOREST
RETREAT
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