Trinidad and Tobago

Greets all. As you may know, I like to share some views on real life happenings from a perspective you may not have thought about. Just recently, an inspector of police and a female doubles vendor appeared before a judge in Trinidad. In case my foreign friends don’t know, “doubles” is a tasty fast food […]

“Wrong and strong” that is what we say in Trinidad and Tobago when someone does something that is not correct, discourteous, or even not lawful. Yet the wrong and strong individual wants to be taken as though they are right in what they said or did. In other words, they cannot be told anything and

Are Trinidadians really a greedy people? I hear and see this word use often by some Trinis to describe other Trinis but let’s define the word. The first definition of greedy from Oxford is an “excessive desire or appetite for food” However, it can also be “an intense and selfish desire for wealth or power”

When people hear about the Caribbean they think of beautiful beaches, coconut trees and easy living. They may also think about the slow pace at which everything is done. Delays, postponement, and neglect is not uncommon in Trinidad and Tobago. Except for driving every aspect of life in this country is done without any urgency

A worrying trend of talented people leaving Trinidad and Tobago. So I came across this picture of a guy known to organize athletic races in Trinidad. In the selfie he took, it was a picture of him – of course – and a plane in the background getting ready to be boarded. He took this