Trinidad and Tobago, is officially known as The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost country in the Caribbean. The republic is known as having great fossil wealth-oil and natural gas. It consists of Trinidad and Tobago and numerous smaller islands. The country is 81 miles from Grenada and 7 miles off the coast of Venezuela and shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast, Grenada to the northwest and Venezuela to the south and west. Trinidad was first settled by pre-agricultural people 7000 years ago. The Amerindian People lived on the islands for centuries and Columbus “discovered” the islands in1498 for Spain. Trinidad has 1841 square miles and is 50 miles long and 37 miles wide. Tobago is 120 square miles and is 25 miles long and 7.5 miles at its widest point. Fauna and flora are similar to South America as the islands were once connected to the continent. There are 400 species of birds, 100 species of mammals including the ocelot, Guyanese Red Howling Monkey, The largest snake species in the world, the Green Anaconda and Leatherback Turtles. There is both a rainy season and a dry season. The population is 82% Christian.
Trinidad was conquered by the British fleet in 1797 and during the same period Tobago was conquered, re-conquered and fought over by several European countries. Trinidad and Tobago were ceded to The United Kingdom in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens as separate entities and unified in 1889. They became independent in 1962 and a republic in 1976. The republic has a high income economy ranked only after the USA and Canada in the Americas. Its wealth is not derived from tourism but large deposits of oil and natural gas. Trinidad and Tobago’s culture is heavily derived from Africa and India as reflected in large and famous Carnival, Diwali and Hosay celebrations as well as being the birthplace of Steelpan, the limbo, calypso and soca. Trinidad and Tobago has a population of 1,275,000 mostly living in Trinidad. The two main languages spoken are Trinidadian English and Trinidadian English Creole.
Doubles Vegetarian sandwich-street food
Bake and Shark Fried dough and shark
Pelau Marinated chicken
Aloo Pie Chow Soft dough filled with mashed potato
Saheenee Rolled taro leaf in batter
Curried Crab and Dumpling
Corn Soup
Pholourie Chickpea and flour
Callaloo Leaves and stem of the dasheen plant
Buljol Salted cod
Pastelles Similar to a tamale
Black Pudding Sausage
Roti Pastry sandwich
Curried Crab and Dumpling
Gyro Sandwich
Trinidad:
Maracas Bay 40 minute drive from Port of Spain
Asawright Nature Center and Lodge Bird watching
Caroni Bird Sanctuary
Mount St. Benedict Monastery
Pointe a Piarre Wild Fowl Trust
Fort King George and the Tobago Museum built 1780
City of Port of Spain:
Queen Park Savannah mansions
Red House Parliament Buildings
Royal Botanical Gardens
National Museum and Art Gallery
Tobago:
Englishman’s Bay
Pigeon Point Heritage
Little Tobago Island bird sanctuary
Main Ridge Forest Reserve Tobag
Beaches:
Pigeon Point
Manzanilla
Maracas
Las Cuevas Englishman’s Bay
Cities
The City of Port of Spain Is located on the Gulf of Paria on the northeast coast. It is the retail and administrative center of the nation and a major source of financial services for the Caribbean. Its population is 81,000 but 250,000 people are working/living in the city daily. It has been the capital of the country since 1757.
The City of Chaguanas origin was that of a sugar plantation and it is located upstream from the Caroni Swamp. It has a population of 101,000 and tourist attractions are:
The Lion House
Caroni Swamp with lush mangroves
Divilanagar
The City of San Fernando is a coastal city and the industrial center of the nation. It has a population of 83,000.
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