A couple misconceptions I had before I got to Yogyakarta … since I think every preconceived idea of Indonesia has been shattered with my arrival into Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta is some dusty temple town that will be easy to get around. FALSE : “Yogya” is pretty god damn big and you will need a driver to [... Click here to keep on reading this article]
One of the things that is inherently Trini about me, is the absolute lack of any sort of patience for a lineup. I hate lining up for anything in the world … see my Trini mindset with dialect in bold Best restaurant in Barcelona, Paris, New York, etc … “I ent lining up … I [... Click here to keep on reading this article]
One of the more famous religious sites in Trinidad is the 85-foot-high Hanuman murthi — the largest outside India it’s claimed, and the architectural designs of the pinkish/saffron (Kesari) colored Dattatreya Mandir at Orange Field Road, Carapichaima. Now in Trinidad, you would assume that if there is a sign off the highway at the [... Click here to keep on reading this article]
It’s been about 20 years since I last went to the Pitch Lake in La Brea. One might ask why I haven’t been back to this geological phenomenon located right in my “backyard” in Trinidad in so long … well it’s simple really … it’s always been there and will always be there. As for [... Click here to keep on reading this article]
This is the reaction I got tonight from the folks at home (note Trini English)… <Dad> Where are you out to tonight? <Me> Hosay <Dad> Huh? Yuh mean in St. James? But it not safe down there … it have so much crime there <Me> I’ll be fine … <Dad> Who yuh meeting? <Me> People [... Click here to keep on reading this article]
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