Tobago & the Tobago Heritage Festival

Tobago is a wonderful place to relax and enjoy yourself. We spent 12 days in Charlotteville which is a local fishing village. We are lucky and are here during the annual Tobago Heritage Festival. There are different events in a number of the towns around the island. In Charlotteville we watched a parade with a small steel drum band and later in the evening we watched the Tobago Dance Festival. After Charlotteville we moved to Great Courland Bay and the town of Plymouth. The bay is named for the Duke of Courland who ruled here in the 1600s. Courland (or Kurzeme in Latvian) is a region in Latvia.

In Plymouth we have seen the Calypso and steel pan band competition and enjoyed more of the local food. The music went on all night and we could hear it on the boat! The next day was the Masquerade Theatre Cultural Showcase, they engaged the audience and it was quite entertaining.

There is good diving also. The soft corals and the colors of the coral are very vibrant and different from what you see in the Marshall Islands. The water is warm and clear, though there are definitely currents that must be taken in to consideration.

Next stop, Store Bay at the southern end of the island.

Boats in the bay at Charlotteville

Heritage Festival Parade in Charlotteville - a rainy day

I saw a number of these little blue clawed crabs while diving

Great Courland Bay Monument

Cannons at Fort King George in Scarborough

Rick was a frequent target at the Masquerade Theatre in Plymouth :)