The Sister Island

Last weekend we successfully hosted our first embassy wine and cheese party-- complete with a visit by the Ambassador to our home! The rest of the weekend we relaxed, cleaned, and tried to catch up on sleep. It was all to gear up for this weekend though, our first trip to Trinidad's sister island--Tobago! We took the ferry across so that we could bring our car as well. The ride was a little rocky but all in all went fairly smoothly. We woke up Saturday morning to pouring down rain, but fortunately after breakfast the clouds began to break up and we were able to enjoy a nice weekend.



Fort King George

view from Fort King George

lighthouse

at the beach--Pigeon Point

the benefits of arriving early--our own cabana

the water was beautiful and calm

at the pool at our hotel.... why is our beautiful innocent baby boy raising the Dr. Evil finger??!!??

at the private beach at Bacolet where we stayed

the "treadmill" staircase... hmmmm.....

view of Bacolet from the top of the hill

the beach house and the pool

we took a drive around the island--in addition to mud and rockslides from all the rain, sheep, cows, and dogs were frequent road blocks as well

pretty lookout

more sheep

typical road signs

another pretty overlook

view of Bloody Bay

tropical rainforest

eating adventures--Nicholas is not a fan of pre-packaged baby food

mosquito netting--very necessary

our cutie getting lotioned up after his bath

testing out the lifejacket, fortunately it wasn't necessary!