GBRT : West Indies 2013

Today started with one team member waking up by the pool, where another was trying to find his glasses. Lucky was recruited to find the specs and successfully did so. According to a recollection from the night before, the poolside snoozer had been renamed Asterix and his big mate Obelix. A close relative of the vice would become Panacea!

This was to be our sole free day in Trinidad. Plans for the day varied, with some going shopping to Port of Spain, others going to the Angostura distillery, a good number driving to the beach at Maracas Bay, one car load carrying on from there on a round trip via a bird sanctuary and a small number staying at the hotel or concentrating their efforts on securing a good lunch.

Up at Maracas, reached by driving over the mountains near the north coast, the weather was overcast some of the time with very strong wind early on (Martin judged the red flags on the beach to have picked up from 14 right to 25 right; Matt, walking in the other direction, was convinced it was left, not right, wind and pointed out that the number depended on what distance we weren't shooting at). The wind brought rain that precipitated our move towards lunch, which was followed by a calm, sunny spell. Lunch was "Bake and Shark" as recommended by various Gomezes - cheap and very good. The second glasses loss of the day happened as Dave ("Tintin") Crispin went out splashing through the big waves with Lucky and Matt, and with his sunglasses on his head (who does that??). This time it was Matt who, several minutes later, spotted Dave's shades on the bottom of the sea and dived to pick them up.

Reports of the other trips suggested there had been good shopping, lots of driving and some good relaxation.

At 6pm, the whole team assembled to pack the team bags before dispersing to various locations for dinner ahead of what, for some, will be an odd night... party "A" will be meeting at 1:45am to go to the airport for their 5:50am flight to Barbados. Oh joy...