The island of Trinidad

The island of Trinidad - a spring carnival, the noise bands. Caribbean beach and sandwiches with the sharks! On the island in the Caribbean, made to ride for doing nothing. Wiggle in a hammock, sipping rum-and here's a trip. So it is possible, for example, spend days in Tobago, which forms with the neighboring republic of Trinidad. But Trinidad different kind of island is an island - an upstart, who pretends to be appreciated for the unique culture and economic ambition. The capital of Trinidad and Tobago Port - of - Spain-impression torn from nature a huge patch of land, where over a low-rise colonial houses grew. High-rise buildings is a tribute to the growing power industry, which rests on oil and gas, which is rich in Trinidad. The central part of the port - of - Spain, who was easily calculated by sticking to buildings, incorporates the most affluent areas with a huge Royal Park Savannah. This park is like a broom Erofeev Kursk Station, is inevitable in Trinidad, wherever you turned, end up in this park. Park is the energy center of the city. During the day there playing football, or rather, cricket is a legacy of the British Empire, which once was part of Trinidad. Night here sleeping homeless and street children, but during the day can not see them, they disappear into the streets of cereal Laventil is local slum ruled by armed gangs. Boundary between areas miraculously not broken: tourists do not come in Laventil, gangs do not protrude beyond the "evil" of streets, only poor people mill around in there - here, and then only at night. By - the present Queen's Park Savannah comes alive when its territory is a carnival: thousands dressed in feathers and sequins trinidadtsev dance and sing for several days. In the music reflect the history of Trinidad, where the neighbors come from Africa, India, Syria, China. Afrotrinidadtsy and indotrinidadtsy make up the bulk of the population, and because on the one hand, there are dancing to the soundtrack of the movie "Slumdog Millionaire", on the other, with great worship music relate to the "Calypso" and noise orchestras that play the drums, made of barrels of - under the fuel. "Calypso" is a local musical know - how incredibly interesting variety of recitative that runs on top of African rhythms and may be an improvisation on the theme of any given audience. The alloy has also hit crops in the local cooking, which compares favorably with a fairly fresh cuisine Caribbean islands. What are "dablz" from a small tent Alis Hot Doubles-cakes in the Indian style stuffed with chickpea with spices. This is the best breakfast to coffee better eggs or oatmeal. Another variation of "dablz, as well as stews of lamb or fresh fish can be enjoyed in the Port Authority Canteen-open-air restaurant right in the port from which ferries leave in Tobago. The local cuisine is available at tourist stops along the road to the beach in Maracas - Bay: there are prepared, for example, riches soup with chicken legs. Directly to the Maracas - Bay is a fishing village, where should I buy the main delicacy-sandwich with peppered shark. At Maracas Bay from the city it is imperative to go in the morning when the sun is not as fries and nature saturate the ringing of tropical birds in Trinidad to a huge number. The rich, lush colors of nature outside the city, the reason that in Trinidad acquire housing wealthy people from around the world. In Trinidad, for example, settled, Peter Doig, a British painter, whose work "White Canoe" was sold at auction by Sothebys in 2007 for a record for a young wizard, $ 11 million here and also moved to another well-known artist Chris Ofili. I happened to meet who live here successful artists, exhibitions that take place outside of Trinidad. They could if they wish to move to New York - New York or London, but prefer their native lands: the artist Che Lovelace, and the jeweler Jasmine Gervin talked about "empathy" of happiness which is inherent trinidadtsam. The artist, known as the Emba, outlined his thoughts in one sentence: "I sing not because I'm happy I sing because the song is about happiness." This is a good slogan for the Trinidad-even if not all, thank God, to sing. Or to arrange a grand carnival. The main thing though that - to do something. Trinidadtsy-pretty hardworking people. Doing nothing here deal only with tourists.