More Life in Trinidad

There are a lot of open markets down here to get fruits, vegetables, meats, fish and even clothes and utensils. There are stands with candies/candied fruits or shoe repair. These open markets allow anyone to open a business without the overhead of opening a store. They just put up a table or a booth on the sidewalk and establish “squatter’s rights” to sell there. We have been getting some real good fruit, but have not been willing to try the meet or fish from these open markets.

They lay out on long tables with flies buzzing all over. Shark is a common choice for seafood. They sell little ones like the ones in the picture below, on the left side.

Sanitation is a real problem all over the island. Open sewers are common and trash is left everywhere. The picture below is the entrance to the market…

Speaking of food, I need to tell you what Tauna has been doing. She has made several local friends and they have been teaching her to cook local cuisine. She said she wants to make it for family and friends when we get back to the States. The picture below is a family from Church, the Ningwahs, who came over to our place to teach Tauna to make pelau. I think I posted a picture and description of pelau in an earlier post on local dishes. It turned out great. The have a boy, Richard, who is the same age as Isaac. They have become pretty good friends.

I have to post one more picture of Isaac though. He likes to learn to cook (he even watches all the shows on the Food Network and won't watch ESPN... where did I go wrong?). Anyway, he was helping Tauna in the kitchen one day. I walked in and found his ingenious way to keep from crying while he was cutting onions. I had to sneak a picture. Check out the swimming goggles.