About to leave "Trini" !
Moonbeam
David and Lynn Wilkie
Sat 1 Dec 2012 23:59
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We have stayed rather longer than
anticipated- waiting for new sailcovers ordered in May!
Thursday we went for a day trip to Asa Wright National Park ( www.asawright.org ) where we were captivated
by all the different birds feeding just feet away from the veranda where we
relaxed after a short hike in the rain forest.
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Honey
Creeper
Kiskadee
The Honey Creeper and Kiskadee were just
a sample of the birds spotted.......... pictures were taken from the web
site www.asawright.org as my
camera couldn’t do justice to the birds we were seeing
   
Ants on the move
  
    Then off to the Caroni Swamp and
Bird Sanctuary for a boat trip to see the Scarlet Ibis returning to their
evening roost. Their colour is amazingly vivid and as they return to the
mangrove island the green gradually turns red; an impressive sight.
   The Scarlet Ibis flying in but again my
camera couldn’t do justice to the sight so hopefully this link will give you a
much better picture of what we saw.
We do enjoy
the friendly people of Trinidad and the interesting fellow ‘yachties’ we meet
but the temperature and humidity is too high and perhaps that explains the lack
of urgency among the indigenous population – “ now” literally means “ sometime
soon “ !
Sunday we
plan to head north to Grenada and beyond with the plan to visit favourite haunts
and explore some new places
too. |