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On-Site Trinidad: Exploring the Steep and Storied Paramin Hills

Driving through the Paramin Hills in northwestern Trinidad/SBPR

It’s difficult to describe the amazing beauty of Trinidad’s Paramin Hills. The area stretches across a broad expanse of undulating hills and valleys, resplendent in the lushest, greenest greens imagineable. To the south lies the bustling capital, Port-of-Spain. To the north there’s the sea and a collection of several smaller satellite islets. It’s a scene of utterly idyllic tropical bliss…though none of that has anything to do with why it’s so hard to describe.

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Steve
Steve

Friday Happy Hour: Angostura 1824, the Pride of Trinidad Rums

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Sinbad, Yanni and Fabio aside, the world’s biggest celebrities are often the ones that go by one name only. Oprah, Sade, Renaldo, Rihanna – you get the idea.
In the world of rum, similarly exalted status is often reserved for exceptional blends known in number only. For me, the very best of these special rums is 1824.

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Patrick
Patrick

Saturday Video: Get Blown Away by The Epic Side of Trinidad

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While Steve has been a lot recently, it’s been a few years since I’ve visited Trinidad. On that trip, I only spent one night in Port-of-Spain before setting off in search of our long lost grandmother Steve had recently reconnected with. She was living down south in Point Fortin, so the drive was a great opportunity to get away from the crush of the big city and experience another side of The Land of the Humming Bird… One the video above has me desperate to see more of!

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Steve
Steve

From Pan Yard Practice to Panorama Champs, A Look at the 2012 Trinidad All Stars

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Right now, today, and every day over the past two years of days, there’s been no bigger name in the world of steelpan than Trinidad All Stars. The massive orchestra reigns supreme as the two-time defending champs in the Large Band category of the World Series of pan, better known as the National Panorama Competition, held each year as part of Trinidad’s epic Carnival celebrations.
This year’s victory was the eighth in All Stars’ history, their first win coming way back in 1973 with Rainorama, composed by the legendary Lord Kitchener. Like all Panorama wins, the latest All Stars triumph was also born of some seriously hard work.

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Steve
Steve

Friday Happy Hour: Trinidad Traffic Jam Cocktail

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Ground Zero for the mixology revolution going down right now in Port-of-Spain may be the trendy bars and nightclubs along Ariapita Ave., as noted in this spot several weeks ago, but the movement is certainly not confined there. In fact, I got my initial taste of the city’s ultra-mod creative cocktail scene at my host hotel, The Hyatt Regency Trinidad.
What’s that you say? There’s no way a Hyatt can be uncommon?
Generally, I’d agree…but this Hyatt is different.

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Steve
Steve

Saturday Video: Carib Pilsner International Surf Festival 2012

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The comical misadventures I enjoyed while surfing (or rather, attempting to surf) during a 2010 trip visit to my Dad’s place opened my eyes as to how big the sport really is in Trinidad & Tobago. Today’s video post opens my eyes even wider… and not just because of all the skimpy bikinis either.
The video showcases the Carib Pilsner International Surf Festival, which by all appearances is a sexy good time where the hot action out on the waves is matched by the sizzling sights and sounds on the shore.

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Steve
Steve

Taste of the Caribbean: Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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We couldn’t let our Month of Rum festivities end without a few words about the iconic bottle pictured here. If you’ve ever spent any time behind a bar, or you love to mix cocktails at home, then certainly you’re familiar with Angostura Aromatic Bitters, right? There’s arguably no other home grown West Indian product better-known throughout the world of mixology, if not the entire world in general. Most EVERYBODY knows Angostura Bitters, but on a recent visit to The House of Angostura in Trinidad I learned that ONLY FIVE PEOPLE know the real secret in this sauce, and NOBODY knows all the ways in which it’s used.

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