Trinidad
and Tobago, the most southerly located islands in the Caribbean Sea.
Land of Calypso, Steelband, Sea and Sun, Rum and Coke, eating Bake 'n
Shark on the beach, Carnival and .......catching yuh nenen, or did you
think we liming here all day with nothing to do ? Man got to eat, man
has to work to eat. Many people imagine the islanders bathing all day
in the sea with calypso music playing in the background, beautiful island
women parading on the sand ( THIS is true though), having a drink on
and off and generally having a great, lazy time, never working, never
worrying.........hah!
De "
honest' " truth is, you get up in the morning (often 4 am) , get
ready to go to work, get your children ready to go to school dressed
in their school uniforms and with packed lunches you prepare the night
before. Then you work all day, pick up the kids from school, take them
to karate, ballet, music lessons, cricket practice, soccer practice
or extra lessons in English, Math, Biology etc. Then home, prepare dinner,
watch a little t.v., go and sleep......... the usual hassle nah. Or,
if you are less fortunate and don't own a car, you take a taxi, a bus
or a maxi taxi to work and often your kids walk miles to and back from
school.
Yes, we
do fête in between and Carnival is a time to leggo (let go)
and all that, but usually we work to make a living, like anybody else
on this planet who is not particularly rich. If you want to know more
about us, our very interesting cultures, music, festivals, foods, please
click on some of the links I have included in these pages.
