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Matt and Ant's Travels
Hi all,
Had a really good day yesterday, we went on a boat trip along the north coast of Tobago. Had many stops along the way to have some snorkeling fun and a gorgeous barbeque. Unfortunately on the first stop Ant caught a glimpse of an eel curled up on the ocean floor and kind of ruined the other snorkeling stops for her but at least we both managed to swim with stingrays in a quiet lagoon, only reachable by boat. The coast line is absolutely gorgeous, with miles of cliff tops gently sloping into the water with the occasional bay lined with golden sand or a hotel peering over the water. We stopped at a place called no-mans land for our food which was gorgeous, only ruined by a storm which came and left to leave blue skies in only 10 minutes! Caribbean weather really is quite random! To end the trip we were driven to the Nylon Pools, a sand bank expanse over a mile out to sea with water only waist high. We enjoyed a few beers here for an hour or so before heading back to get ready for Sunday School. This is a beach party at buccoo bay which occurs every Sunday evening until the very early hours. It starts around 8ish with very touristy attractions like a steel band and souvenir stalls (where we bought each other a necklace mine was a shark tooth apparently over 2000 years old). Later on in the evening the locals turn up and have a party on the beach trying their best efforts to score with one of the many foreigners there! We didn't stay long as the days festivities had sapped all our energy and we just didn't have enough gas in the tank to last the night! One down side was that after over 3 weeks of being away I have been burnt by the sun even after many applications of factor 50 sun block!! Take care, Matt
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