La Brea Pitch Lake, Trinidad And Tobago

In June of this year, my husband, daughter, her boyfriend and I drove down to the pitch lake in La Brea, Trinidad.   La Brea is situated in the southern part of the island - past San Fernando.

The roads in La Brea as basically impossible to repair. As the pitch continues to grow, it unlevels the roads in the area. Whenever I travel to La Brea, I always know when I have arrived in the area. The roads are like a roller coaster. There is one house that is basically destroyed by the ever growing pitch in the owners yard and would you believe, the owner still lives in the house!

I noticed this beautiful patch of lilies as we approached the heart of the pitch lake.

We were guided into the pitch lake by our tour guide. He told us about the history the lake etc, he was very thorough, informative and answered all our questions.

The tour took about 30 - 45 minutes to go around the lake. As we were standing in the center of the Pitch Lake, our guide stuck a piece of stick into the ground and then pulled it out. A black liquid, sticky thing was on the stick - pitch in its liquid form.

Eventhough we walked on the Pitch Lake it was a little soft. Some spots were in its liquid form. We were unable to walk without our shoes as the lake was a bit to hot to bear without foot wear.

A wide view of the pitch lake (this is just part of it).  It was a beautiful day!  You can see the processing plant in the horizon.

This is my husband holding a piece of raw pitch.

Water Taxi In Trinidad And Tobago

Going Down San Fernando ...

My mom and I took a trip to San Fernando, Trinidad via the Water Taxi.  The Water Taxi is a large catamaran that transports passengers to and from Port-Of-Spain to San Fernando and visa versa.  This trip was a first time for both of us via this Water Taxi.

The whole idea about this service is to reduce the traffic situation that exists at the peak hours between San Fernando and Port of Spain.  Commuters can park their vehicles in San Fernando and visa verse and enjoy a stress free ride to their destination. 

When the commuters arrive in Port of Spain there is a shuttle available to take them to key areas in Port of Spain.

I was really impressed with the service that was provided by this Water Taxi.  The service was excellent in the waiting area before we the boarded the ferry and during the trip.  The water was calm, and the ride was smooth.  We did not realize that the ferry was moving until we looked outside the boat.

There are four catamarans and each has a different name.

Paria Bullet, Calypso Sprinter, Trini Flash and 

Carnival Runner

Each has a capacity of approximately of 400 passengers. My son is a Grade one boat Captain and I told my mother that I would proud to see him drive one of these boats!

This is a fishing area next to the Water Taxi ferry dock in San Fernando.

In the photo below, you can see an oil rig platform in the horizon.

This nice man was doing his own thing, minding his own business.  He did not even know that I took a few pictures of him.  He was outside the ferry dock in San Fernando.

That is Point-A-Pierre in the distance where the oil is refined and processed.

Sadpodilla - Caribbean Fruit Of Trinidad And Tobago

I took this picture of my daughter holding a fruit called Sapodilla. As I was working on my site's recent page about fruits from Trinidad and Tobago, I decided to use this picture only to realize how good it is.  The fruit really looks good and my daughter's hand looks soft and delicate!

Photo taken with Nikon D60 DSLR Camera