Tobago Sauce

Thursday, February 13, 2025

For breakfast I tried the Dutch breakfast plate. I liked the herring, but didn’t know what to do with the rest of it. Was I supposed to make a sandwich, a salad, or just eat it like I would eat a cheese plate?

Trinidad and Tobago is a country consisting of two main islands, namely: Trinidad and Tobago. The primary industry in this country is not tourism, but petroleum. 

The capital, located on the island of Trinidad, is Port-of-Spain, a reminder that these islands were once controlled by Spain. In fact, Christopher Columbus was the one to claim Trinidad for Spain, in 1498, and he gave it the name Trinidad. The name of Tobago comes from the shape of the island. It resembles a cigar, hence it was called “tobaco”and that drifted to “Tobago.” Before Spain colonized these islands, of course, they were occupied by indigenous peoples, and they had other names.

Today we are visiting the city of Scarborough, on the island of Tobago, a reminder that the British controlled these islands from about 1802 until the country gained independence in 1962. Scarborough is the capital of Tobago, and has a population of 17,500.

We did not find any of the tours offered for Tobago to be of interest. (We try to avoid bus tours.) Our plan was to just walk around Scarborough.

And we did. It was very hot. The walking was difficult due to lack of sidewalks in some place, crumbling sidewalks in other places, lots of traffic, complete absence of way-finding, and not much to see. We walked parallel to the shore until we came to the “end” of the area where we felt comfortable.

When you stand behind the G, the cannon points straight at you. 

I am not sure why people are wearing costumes. I think it has something to do with Carnaval.

The heart looks like the flag of Trinidad and Tobago

Elongated pineapples for sale

Interesting fruits and vegetables for sale

We had a mission to purchase three items: a souvenir magnet, body powder, and some Carnaval masks. 

I couldn’t find the magnet I bought, but here are the other items acquired in Scarborough. 
Mission accomplished!

In the evening we went to a show by vocalist Maria Campos. She sang Broadway songs that became Hollywood classics. She was a good singer, but I didn’t love the playlist she used for her show.

Finally, tonight’s towel art: I am not sure what it is. It might be perceived as something X-rated. I am CERTAIN that this was not the intent of the Housekeeping Department. If you have an G-rated idea of what this is, please put it in the Comments. If your idea is X-rated, you don’t need to comment. I think we all know what you have in mind.

Today’s fabric is Hummingbirds of Trinidad and Tobago, by Rachel Lee Young, at landofthehummingbirds, for Spoonflower