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After arriving pretty late in Tobago last night we got a good nights sleep in our new apartment before waking up to the beautiful sights and sounds of Tobago. The day was spent looking around store bay which is our base for the next week, visiting the local shops to stock up on food and of course checking out the beach! We had been told that the beach had crystal clear blue waters and Sam was so excited to finally see blue sea. She was however quite disappointed when we got there to find the sea was in fact crystal clear green. Apparently the rainwater in the past week turns the sea green. It was absolutely beautiful despite this and so we spent the rest of the day snorkeling around the reefs, swimming and generally being quite lazy. The day as always flew by and so our minds turned to food once again (I'm sure we just end up eating a lot of the time as the food is so good!). Matt and I decided to go for a romantic meal to the local seafood restaurant but because everyone else's plans fell through it ended up being our first nice meal out as a group. The restaurant was called Dillon's and they served a really good rum punch. I'll just tell you about mine and Matt's food just to get your mouths watering. Matt had the fish platter which was three of the islands best fish, the red snapper, flying fish and King Fish. The King fish was absolutely amazing and I think it is definitely one of the best fish Matt has ever eaten as it was all he went on about for the whole night. I had the seafood platter which was King Fish, Lobster and Shrimp. The only word to describe it is WOW! The food really was amazing.
After dinner we went on to the Pelican Reef which has live music and BOGOF Rum and mixer. Sam and I went home after about an hour but the others decided to go on to the casino where Matt won 600tt which is about 60 pounds. In this money that is a small fortune and paid for the boat trip and his meal!
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