Day 9

Part of the falls

And then there was Tobago, the last island to visit on our cruise. Trinidad and Tobago are linked together as a Federation and we were in Tobago, which is the smaller of the two islands.  It is the most fought-over settlement in the Caribbean and there are some interesting forts on the island.

Tobago also has a traditional rain forest and the island is very volcanic in nature with very steep mountains but the beaches are wonderful fine white sand.

We walked off the ship early and found a delightful young man with his own car to take us around the island and to several places we wanted to see.



In the plantation house

We started out by visiting Fort George, an 18th century fortification – a huge fort guarding the original main harbor.

On the way to the rain forest, we stopped a man’s home who had beautiful gardens, lots of wildlife and a wonderful restored house.

Then it was a one hour drive through the country-side to see Argyle Falls – a 600’ series of falls coming down the mountain. We had to walk about ½ hour through the rain forest to get to the falls, but it was well worth it.

After the tour of the falls, we stopped at the only remaining plantation house on the island and had a tour by the caretaker of the grounds. It is also a bed and breakfast and had amazing accommodations. We also had a very enlighting discussion from the caretaker about slaves and slave owners.

Pigeon Point Beach

Then it was onto Pigeon Point Beach, a private beach resort with all kinds of services and we spent the rest of the afternoon on the beach until our guide drove us back to the ship.

At 5pm we left port and headed north to Puerto Rico.

Tonight is our second formal night and everyone looked great in their formal wear.

The show and casino were also great and it is 2:30 am and time to pick our pictures, post it and go to bed.

Ready for formal night

Tomorrow is our last day and a sea day.

Night for now.