Hello Everyone,
We had a fantastic Christmas in Tobago this year with the Dickson clan. Stu's parents, aunt, sister and brother-in-law (yes Kate is writing this blog...don't be too shocked) arrived the Friday evening before Christmas. We had one quick tour of Port of Spain on the Saturday and then off to Tobago on Sunday. The boys and Marie-Louise (Stu's Aunt) flew over and the women took the ferry. This was an adventure. I was still nauseous from morning sickness and both Heather and Sarah get sea sick. We made it over unscathed...barely.
We did a lot of relaxing, reading, swimming in both the pool and ocean, played some scrabble and went on a few walks. I will let the pictures do the rest of the explaining.
We had a fantastic Christmas in Tobago this year with the Dickson clan. Stu's parents, aunt, sister and brother-in-law (yes Kate is writing this blog...don't be too shocked) arrived the Friday evening before Christmas. We had one quick tour of Port of Spain on the Saturday and then off to Tobago on Sunday. The boys and Marie-Louise (Stu's Aunt) flew over and the women took the ferry. This was an adventure. I was still nauseous from morning sickness and both Heather and Sarah get sea sick. We made it over unscathed...barely.
We did a lot of relaxing, reading, swimming in both the pool and ocean, played some scrabble and went on a few walks. I will let the pictures do the rest of the explaining.
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Christmas morning....Santa Arrived
In case you're wondering about the shirts we're all wearing, they were a surprise from George and the logo on them was:
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Christmas cocktail time:
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A trip to a local waterfall
The boys went wind serfing...
...while the girls relaxed on the beach.
A walk through the mangrove
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A full day boat tour which took us to a great beach, went snorkeling and had a bbq lunch of fresh fish and other local dishes.
A relaxing walk along the beach at the Hilton.
A drive to Englishman's bay -another great beach.
A steelpan band at "Sunday School":
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New Year's Eve (or Ole Years as they call it here):
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One final sunset: