The Rough Guide to Trinidad & Tobago 2

by De-Light, Dominique; Thomas, Polly

• ISBN13: 9781858287478
• ISBN10: 1858287472
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. x
The Basics	p. 1
Getting there	p. 3
Red tape and visas	p. 10
Money, banks and costs	p. 11
Information and maps	p. 13
Insurance	p. 17
Health	p. 18
Accommodation	p. 23
Getting around	p. 26
Communications, post and phones	p. 32
The media	p. 33
Trouble, harassment and drugs	p. 35
Women travellers	p. 36
Disabled travellers	p. 37
Food and drink	p. 38
Festivals and public holidays	p. 45
Outdoor activities and adventure tours	p. 48
Competitive sports	p. 52
Shopping	p. 54
Directory	p. 55
The Guide	p. 59
Port of Spain and the Western Tip	p. 61
Port of Spain	p. 63
Maraval and Paramin	p. 109
Diego Martin and Petit Valley	p. 113
Chaguaramas	p. 116
The Bocas	p. 126
The North	p. 131
Maracas Bay	p. 137
Las Cuevas Bay	p. 140
Blanchisseuse	p. 142
The north coast bench trail	p. 147
The Arima-Blanchisseuse Road	p. 149
Asa Wright Nature Centre	p. 151
The East-West Corridor	p. 153
San Juan	p. 154
St Joseph	p. 154
Mount St Benedict	p. 159
Lopinot	p. 161
Arima	p. 162
The Northeast Tip	p. 168
Matura	p. 169
Grande Riviere	p. 174
Central Trinidad	p. 179
The west coast	p. 183
Caroni Swamp and Bird Sanctuary	p. 184
Chaguanas	p. 185
Waterloo Temple	p. 190
Point Lisas	p. 192
The Central Plains	p. 193
The Arena Dam and Reservoir	p. 195
Navet Dam and Reservoir	p. 198
The east coast	p. 198
Sangre Grande	p. 199
The Cocal	p. 199
Manzanilla	p. 201
Nariva Swamp	p. 202
San Fernando and the South	p. 204
San Fernando	p. 206
The southwest peninsula	p. 216
Oropuche Lagoon	p. 218
Siparia-Fyzabad	p. 218
La Brea and the Pitch Lake	p. 221
Cedros and Erin	p. 223
Devil's Woodyard	p. 229
Moruga	p. 229
Rio Claro	p. 231
The southeast	p. 231
Mayaro Bay	p. 232
Galeota Point and Guayaguayare	p. 234
Trinity Hills Wildlife Sanctuary	p. 234
Tobago	p. 236
Some history	p. 238
Crown Point	p. 248
The Runway to Store Bay	p. 261
Fort Milford to Robinson Crusoe's Cave	p. 262
Buccoo	p. 278
Plymouth	p. 284
Scarborough	p. 285
The leeward coast	p. 296
Englishman's Bay	p. 301
Tobago Forest Reserve	p. 302
The windward coast	p. 304
Hillsborough Dam	p. 307
Argyll Waterfall	p. 308
Roxborough	p. 310
King's Bay	p. 310
Speyside	p. 312
Little Tobago and Goat Island	p. 315
Charlotteville	p. 317
Tobago Listings	p. 321
Contexts	p. 325
A brief history of Trinidad	p. 327
A brief history of Carnival	p. 334
Religion	p. 336
Music	p. 341
Flora and fauna	p. 348
Language	p. 355
Books	p. 360
Index	p. 365
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