Monkeys! BZ! Monkeys!

Here is a note Plottie received this morning from Mr. Courtenay Rooks, who lives on Trinidad and offers guided tours and information about the island:

"March is the start of the Leatherback Turtle nesting season so I think what you can go with 3 days in POS and 2 days in Grande Riviere so you can see the turtles and do some fun hikes in the area and a waterfall hike on the way to Grande Riviere. I think Le Grande Almandier in Grande Riviere will suit you perfectly, the food is local and excellent. You will be here after Carnival, so we will have to look around a bit to find some steel drums being played (we call it Steel Pan or just Pan). We could do some hiking in Chaguaramas - probably where you will dock your boat - and look for monkeys."



Except for the boat part, because Plot and Duck will not have a boat, this sounds pretty excellent. POS stands for Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad.

Hit this link and scroll down to the 'Tank-Sized Turtles' section.

It's starting to look more like Trinidad than Panama, and that's good because the money Plot and Duck save by not flying to Panama almost offsets what they'll spend to tour around in Trinidad. Plus East Indian food. Mmmmm, rotis.

The Panama Canal will still be there, ready for maybe all the Plotniks in the Travel Division to see one day.

Thanks to Cousin Two Names for a very nice note yesterday. Sounds like Argentina is another great place to visit, but not for rotis or red howler monkeys.