Our trip to Tobago just didn’t seem to go our way from the very start. Everyday we would get up and try to track down our luggage. It would always end with disappointment. We would then try to cheer ourselves up by trying some activity, sometimes it would work, a lot of the time it didn’t. Just when we’d hit a high, like our accomodation in Charlotteville, we’d reach a new low, like discovering we were missing $100USD. By the end of it DawnO was deaf in one ear (due to snorkling) and sobbing daily. I looked about 30 years older and my underwear was beggining to eat itself. We needed a vacation from our vacation.
On our last day in Tobago, I was heading to the pay phone to make one of our many calls to the travel agent, when a local guy asked me how I was enjoying my vacation so far. I was honest and told him that it wasn’t going very well. He introduced himself as Jeff and told me he wanted to give me something for luck. It was a carving he made on a piece of husk. He carved Dawn’s name into it and then decided he was going to make me once from scratch. I watched as he took a small piece of metal and carved a turtle into my piece of husk. I gave him a dollar because I felt it was a really nice thing for him to do. He then asked for more money and I had to remind him I didn’t ask for the charms in the first place… I’m ruining the story. Anyway, the point is, since we got our carvings we have had no more troubles. We got on the first flight out of Tobago, and this morning our luggage arrived at the Trinidad International Airport. I decided to name my turtle ‘Lucky Jeff’.
We are currently staying with Harold Babuik in Port of Spain and we’re making good use of his washing machine (and dryer!) His place is absolutely fantastic and he has been more than accomodating.
Tomorrow morning will make our way to Venezuela. We learned a few lessons in Tobago that will help us in our future travels. For instance, if you turn your underwear inside out, you can get 4 days wear out of them… Just kidding. You can get 5.
Here are some pictures from Tobago.
