Friday, April 27, 2007

Doubles on a Sunday

















Ok on a lighter side. This picture is a scene most common in Trinidad on a Sunday morning. Can you guess where this is and what the people are doing. Its doubles in El Socorro. Doubles on a Sunday morning. Its a time honoured low cost, high calorie, artery clogging Trini breakfast. Ok, I admit I had three. It was most tasty!

Saturday, April 07, 2007

100 years of Oil
















Commercial oil production in Trinidad started in November 1907 according to Higgins' a History of Trinidad Oil.

2007 marks the 100th anniversary of an event that is the foundation of our economic history. But alas, being a non-intellectual society....not a whimper from anyone.

Can we expect more from a "jump and wine" society? It seems that we are destined for regression into the bush.