So we had a pretty relaxed couple of days last weekend. We did go for a drive to the east coast of Trinidad. We hung out at a beach called Manzanilla Beach and then drove south through a forest of coconut trees towards another town called Mayaro. We turned around before we got there as it was starting to get dark, but we'll go back. The beach and drive were pretty as it was a seemingly endless beach, with lots of palm trees, but the swimming wasn't all that great, more like a warm bath.
Since we don't have any exciting adventures to share, we thought we'd show you some pictures of everyday life for us here. As you can see Kate is keeping busy......
...seriously though, she has organized slip covers for the chairs and futon. We just couldn't live with the ugly orange fabric for a year!! She also has recovered the dining room chairs with some "monkey" fabrics we brought down with us. Thanks Mom and Sis, they look great!
Here is our car - a Chevy Optra. Nothing special, that's for sure, but we're certainly not going to complain about a free car! It's been giving us some trouble lately (it didn't start on Tuesday), but the leasing company comes and brings us another car as soon as we call, while ours is being fixed, so we're not really inconvenienced.
This is my office building - the smaller one with the mirror windows on the front. It's also nothing very special. We are totally full and there is not a spare desk or table to work at. I share an "office" with another engineer who is originally from Columbia. We both sit at tables and we don't have a phone extension in 
the room as the phone system is at it's maximum capacity. Don't fear though, we're moving by the end of the year to a much nicer place, the Nicolas Tower (picture on the right). It's the highest and newest office tower in Port of Spain and we're going to be taking the top three floors - GENIVAR has stepped it up, that's for sure! It will be a huge improvement as we will have three times as much space, parking in the building (which is a problem right now) as well as a coffee house, travel agent and other shops right in the lobby of the building. It's right along Brian Lara Promenade - Brian Lara was one of the best cricket players of all time (I'd bet that Matt is the only one of you that knew that!) and he is from just outside of Port of Spain.
the room as the phone system is at it's maximum capacity. Don't fear though, we're moving by the end of the year to a much nicer place, the Nicolas Tower (picture on the right). It's the highest and newest office tower in Port of Spain and we're going to be taking the top three floors - GENIVAR has stepped it up, that's for sure! It will be a huge improvement as we will have three times as much space, parking in the building (which is a problem right now) as well as a coffee house, travel agent and other shops right in the lobby of the building. It's right along Brian Lara Promenade - Brian Lara was one of the best cricket players of all time (I'd bet that Matt is the only one of you that knew that!) and he is from just outside of Port of Spain.We'll share some more photos of everyday stuff later, but this post is getting long and it's time to end it.
We're off to Tobago this weekend. We've heard it's really beautiful over there - white sand beaches, clear Caribbean waters, and an even more relaxed attitude. So look for some sweet pics next week. We're also hoping to find a nice place for the Dickson family to have Christmas.
We miss everyone back home and we hope you are all enjoying your summers.
Cheers,
Stu and Kate
1 comment:
Nice! Glad to hear all is well. looking forward to the Tobago update. Take care.
Don
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