Exploring Trinidad's north coast

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Philip Fearnhead
Sat 2 Feb 2013 01:57
2nd February 2013
 
We took a car to explore the north coast of Trinidad, which we already knew from our sea arrival is bounded by steep forested hills.  However, the tortuous roads and dense undergrowth were still a surprise.  Bamboo clumps grew 30 feet high. Along the way we encountered some very poor housing with good quality developments interspersed.  Our objective was Maracas Bay, a well known and popular weekend destination for local people.  Here was a lovely sandy bay well provided with restaurants, small shops, beach tables and well-kept public conveniences (yes – we tested them!).
 
The vultures (“Corbeau”), which abound on Trinidad, found the refuse containers irresistible.
 
The local fast food speciality is Bake & Shark, a fancy name for fried shark fillets in a bun.  Still, it made a change from the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants which are common in the towns.

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