A different view we had…
As we sailed into Trinidad.

Another Island found by Christopher Columbus. This one in 1496
What remains… is a diverse and colorful ethnic mix.

There seems to be no reason to have fear…
There are 20 foreign Embassies here!

A 250 acre sugar cane plantation
Was used for the creation…

Of a city center multi pose park ….
Where 1.2 million people can frolic from morning till night.

Including Carnaval calypso and steel drum competition
Or any other feast with permission.

Trinidad has a strong economy
Due to the petroleum industry.

They extract daily 100.000 barrels of oil
From underneath their soil.

Venezuela across the bay
Is only seven miles away.

I would have been glad
To stay a bit longer in Trinidad.

Traffic was busy….
The mountain roads could make one dizzy.

But I felt a soothing sedation
As we drove thru the semi rain forest vegetation.

We tasted fresh cocoa beans on the way
To beautiful Maracas bay.

We sailed again at 4:30 in the afternoon
Not expecting to be back soon,

But as we sail away from this bay
I still hear the steel drums from far away.