Birds, Beach and Rum

Monday 18 Jan 2016

Tobago - Castara

Our last full day in Tobago started slowly, after all, we are on holiday! Having sorted ourselves out, we got in the car and stopped briefly at the gift shop in the hope they might have some stamps. They didn't, but we found out the nearest Post Office was at Mason Hall in the middle of the island, so we set off there.

We found the Post Office but there was nowhere to park ages the road was narrow. As tried to reverse to turn one of the rear wheels dropped into a pothole and I rolled back into a concrete barrier. After a bit of effort, I was able to pull forward to a horrible scraping noise. On examination, the rear bumper has a small scrape mark on it. Tomorrow, I shall be finding a muddy puddle or two to drive through!

We did get some stamps though!

After this escapade, we headed on down to Arnos Grove to visit the Arnos Vale Adventure Park and Farm. This proved to be a house on a hill surrounded by garden. The owners  feed the birds here and although we didn't see any birds we hadn't already seen, it was cool and we were again surrounded by hummingbirds.

From here, we headed back to Castara as we fancied a swim. The sea, though still a little bumpy, was far calmer today. We both got in the water for a swim, but snorkelling was still not really possible. It is at least a good way to cool down.  Lynn managed to climb up the stairs to take the short cut back to the apartment.

At around six, we headed back to Castara Retreats for dinner, cocktails first of course. I can report that passion fruit Mojito was really good. Once again the food was good, Lynn had the kofka as a starter whikst I had gazpacho. For mains, Lynn had grilled Mahe Mahe whilst I had fish cakes. A great location with good food. I finished the evening with a coffee and a fine rum, Angostura 1823. It was very smooth and finished off the meal really well.

The only bad thing was the Internet was not working, so I'm sitting in the departure lounge at the airport writing this!