Merry Christmas.

Season's Greetings.

Here's some photos of our Christmas.

Trini Christmas

Walking in the woods.

As well as beaches, Trinidad also has a lot of green spaces. Below are photos from some of our short afternoon treks.

Forest Walks

North Coast Beaches.

Photos of us on beaches. This is the Caribbean after all! We've been over to Maracas, Las Cuevas and Blanchisseuse a few times now. All beautiful, although the weather is unpredicatable, and the sea can be rough. I'm learning to boogieboard - but am quite inept. Wisely, Carrie prefers to lie on the beach and doze.

North Coast Beaches

Autism Christmas Party

Here's some photographs from the Trinidad Autistic Society Christmas Party.

Christmas Party

Trinidad

We're staying in Trinidad until the end of February 2009. The reason we're here (apart from dodging the english winter) is that Carrie is volunteering with the local Autism Society.

The society organisers are looking after us well - we're staying with them, in the annex (granny flat) at the end of their house.

Home in Trinidad

We're close to Arima, in the center of Trinidad. It's quite built-up and suburban around here, but it's only a 30 minute drive to get into the mountains, or an hour to get to the beach. Carrie is working hard in the week, but we've been having fun at the weekends - more photos to follow.

Soufriere, St Lucia

On our way to Trinidad, we stopped off at St Lucia for a few days. Very green, very friendly, very mountainous island. It also rained a lot - but we managed to get out a bit - although it wasn't really beach weather.

We stayed in Soufriere, the old french capital. Folk here still speak a lot of french patois. The food is good - we tried proper barbeque chicken, breadfruit, green banana, cassava, roti, plantain; and the nightlife is great - soca and rum.

St Lucia