Today, on our last full day in Trinidad, we visited one of our orchard workers who lives on a mountain in northern Trinidad. He drove us around in a 4-wheel-drive pickup. The roads and lanes were so winding and steep, I don't think we'd have made it without such a vehicle and the expertise of the driver. We saw many breath-taking views of the mountainsides, the valleys and the ocean. This, along with the commentary of our guide, the tour of his house, a delicious lunch cooked and served by his wife, meeting some of his relatives and friends and eating an afternoon snack of doubles (sandwich sort of thing with a hot-n-spicy chickpea filling) he purchased for us at a streetside stand, gave us an authentic Trinidadian cultural experience. We found out that today is our friend's birthday; I can only hope he had as great a day as he gave us.
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