I woke up exhausted, which is odd because I slept a lot on the planes yesterday. So we slept in, but only until about 8:30. It was dark when we got in the previous day, so we saw our first glimpse of the ocean out the window. It was beautiful.
We spent this day exploring the immediate area. It is also muggy and warm, and that takes some getting used to. The beaches are everything you could want. There are areas where the ocean is crashing on rocks. There are also tannish sandy beaches. I took lots of pictures of flowers and plants as well.
We also picked up our rental car. In Tobago, you drive on the left. We thought we might get a car with a steering wheel on the left, but that was on the right (backwards), too. It was really weird to drive on the left hand side of the road, even for the passenger. But you usually had enough time to think things through – the speed limit for the whole island is 30 mph.
We tried some local cuisine, conc with dumplings and crab with dumplings. The same curry sauce was on both dishes. The dumplings were like very large, very thick ravioli (with no filling).
I also tried panorama mode on my camera for the the first time. I think it is really cool, and I’m probably going to take many more pictures in panorama mode from now on. The picture you’re seeing below is my first. If you want to see all my pictures, you should really go here. There were too many to blog about it.
