Crews Inn Marina

Sunset at Crews Inn Marina

Despite all the comments we heard about Trinidad; that is dangerous, that you need to walk looking around all the time, etc. We got there, rented a car, travelled all around, took the local transportation, got mixed between the crowd in down town and never had any problem. Trinidad is a big island, with 1,5 million people. Is a melting pot, you can find west Indians; east Indians, with their saris, British descendants  Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and more. From Indian to Mexican food, very interesting. We were staying in Crews Inn Marina, in Chaguaramas, very nice place with all the facilities.

There was a very interesting group of cruisers there. Those who come every winter to get the boat ready and sail and those who don't go any where out of that marina. This was the first place we met with a very active political rehearsal. Because a lot of them have been there for so long that they are fighting for the Major position. There is a competition to be the first to talk to the new arrivals, giving them the advantage of votes. In our second day one of the ladies in our dock came to us, gave us a map, a telephone guide for all the businesses in the area and suddenly filled us up the scoop about an English lady: “You have to be careful, she will come to you very nicely, hand you a map and try to become your friend, but she hates Americans”. In short words, the place is a soup opera set.

We stayed out of the drama, talk to everyone and accepted help from everybody, finding out that the English lady was a very interesting character. One night we went to a sushi bar with one party and the next day we sat on a coffee shop with the other, because we are citizens of a peaceful world and social animals.

AnechyNotes

Maracas Bay from the hill