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Tuesday 2 Cents: Warren Solomon Gives Up the Best Dive Spots in Tobago

Courtesy Warren Solomon

If you wanted to get the lo-down on the best dive spots in Tobago, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better person to talk to than Warren Solomon. Not only is he the island’s Director of Tourism, but he’s also an avid aqualung.
Actually, avid doesn’t quite describe Warren’s fascination with scuba diving. When I met his wife during my last visit to Tobago back in March and asked her about Warren’s favorite hobby, she shot me the look of a woman scorned before shaking her head and wistfully sighing, “He has a problem.”
Those of us who have known Warren for some time understand that this is but one of his many “problems”, but for the sake of protecting the innocent we’ll stick to the scuba diving today.

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Another Option for Auto Racing Action Under the Warm Caribbean Sun

VK-Sportsman (Vivek Maharaj) via flickr

Recently, I wrote here about my surprise at learning of a professional rally race in Jamaica and my desire to head back to JA to check it out. Well, now it seems I’ll have to expand my travel plans as I just heard there’s another Caribbean destination where I can get my auto racing fix – Trinidad & Tobago.
The Trinidad & Tobago Rally Club actually puts on a Championship Series each year, with 7 races contested between February and October. Their biggest race, Rally Trinidad, is held in March and attracts an international field of drivers from Barbados, St.

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My Close Encounter with Tobago’s Elusive Naked Boy

notna via flickr

Okay, let me begin by saying it’s not what you think. This is not an X-rated account of a sordid, off-the-beaten-path Caribbean adventure gone wrong. Nor did I switch teams on my last trip to Tobago - not that there’s anything wrong with that.
No, this is a somewhat innocent and certainly instructional tale that illustrates how a little curiosity and openness can go a long way toward enhancing your travel experiences, and maybe even the rest of your life.
Our story begins, not surprisingly, at a bar. Specifically, the Khambi Jungle Pub pictured below, which sits on the side of the long and windy road between Scarborough and Speyside in Tobago.

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Friday Happy Hour: The Curious Taste of Royal Extra Stout

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With summer temps rising across the U.S. and the Caribbean, a stout may seem like an unusual choice for today’s Friday Happy Hour. Dark, heavy, strong and filling, stout beers are the polar opposite of the light, thirst-quenching lagers more commonly found and enjoyed throughout the Caribbean.
Trinidad’s Royal Extra Stout, however, is different.
A product of Trinidad’s Carib Brewery, Royal Extra Stout carries the trademark full-bodied flavor and texture of a traditional stout, but it’s also surprisingly refreshing. Surely the good folks at Carib, among the best and best-known Caribbean lager beers, added some of their tricks to the Royal Extra Stout formula when they acquired the brand from Walters’ Brewery, formerly of Port of Spain, in 1952.

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On-Site Tobago: A Caribbean Version of Hollywood’s Walk of Fame?

Tobago Walk of Fame?/SBPR

As some of you may have noticed based on my earlier post on the John Lennon statue in Havana, I kind of have a thing for seemingly out of place monuments. We’re actually pretty good about paying tribute to our heroes in the Caribbean, be they royalty, politicians, musicians, etc., but some of the ways in which we honor them are, shall we say, curious at best.
The structure pictured here is a good example. It’s located along a lonely stretch of windy road in Rockly Bay, just outside of Tobago’s capital, Scarborough. Rockly Bay is a nice enough beach, though its grey sands and poor underwater visibility certainly keep the crowds away.

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Wish You Were Here

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Collecting sea shells along Pigeon Point Beach, Tobago.

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On-Site Tobago: The Churchill Downs of Goat Racing

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It would be quite easy upon visiting Tobago to surmise that little here is taken very seriously. The entire place seems geared around having a good time, which was all well and good for me when last I visited in March.
That summation, however, would be fasle, and the photo above is proof.
You’re looking at the new state-of-the-art racing facility located in the small town of Buccoo, on Tobago’s Leeward Coast. That racing would be taken seriously to the tune of $100 million (the facility’s cost of construction) somewhere in the Caribbean is not altogether unusual. Horse racing, sailing regattas, triathlons and other tests of speed and endurance are contested throughout the region each year.

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