Culture. I'm trying to show more and will continue to do so. I'm trying to get my feet here, how to get around safely and such. I got myself to another beach. This one is Maracas beach. This is a place mostly for locals and not so much for tourists. The beach is big and has lots of facilities for parties and bar-b-ques. Also it’s known for the "bake and shark" which is a coconut bread (bake) and shark meat served as a sandwich. All is cooked fresh in a deep fryer. Though it's all fried, it's quite good! There is a selection of things there to put on your sandwich, peppers, pepper sauce, a mango chutney, (my favorite) some BBQ sauces, tomatoes and greens, fresh pineapple and such. The place is very popular on Ash Wednesday, the day after Carnival, when all of Port of Spain goes there to picnic and rest.
Travel to and from the beach is by Maxi-Taxi, a minivan/microbus kind of thing that is part of an extensive public transport system. You have to know where to get it as it isn’t published anywhere I’ve seen. The cost is about $9TT, about $1.50US each way. The ride through the mountains is wild, no guardrails and very narrow roads. You get used to it.
Sorry, no pictures. My camera batteries died.
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