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Trinidad and Tobago, [a] officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean.Comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with numerous smaller islands, it is located 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) northeast off the coast of Venezuela, 130 kilometres (70 nautical miles) south of Grenada, and west of Barbados.
Coconut water can be found throughout the island. [40] Rum was invented in the Caribbean, therefore Trinidad and Tobago boasts rum shops all over the island, serving local favourites such as ponche-de-crème, puncheon rum, and home-made wines from local fruits. Homemade alcohol is popular also.
Royal Castle is a fast food restaurant chain in Trinidad and Tobago. Royal Castle was founded in 1968 by two Trinidadian couples, Irene and Vernon Montrichard and Marie and Ray Permenter in Port of Spain as the first fast food chain in Trinidad and Tobago. [3] It grew to 37 locations with 520 employees over time.
Bake and shark Bake and shark hut at Maracas Beach, Trinidad. Bake and shark is a traditional fast food dish of Trinidadian cuisine prepared using fried flatbread, shark meat and additional ingredients. It is a classic street food dish that is sold at a multitude of food stalls and cookshops all over Trinidad and Tobago.
Castara is a seaside village on the leeward (north) coast of the island of Tobago, the smaller of the two islands in the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Castara's economy is dependent primarily on fishing and agriculture , with tourism playing an increasingly important role since the 1990s.
The Chaguaramas Golf Course is "a 9-hole course" and the only "public" golf course in the twin-island Republic. The Golf Course at Chaguaramas has been in existence for some forty plus (40+) years and is one of the older, if not the oldest golf course in the island. [10]
The Five Islands in Trinidad and Tobago as seen approaching from the North The Five Islands (left), Carrera Island (middle), and the Point Gourde Peninsula at sunset. The view is looking southwest from Trinidad. The Five Islands are actually a group of six small islands lying west of Port of Spain in the Gulf of Paria. Also known as Las Cotorras.
Columbus landed here on his third voyage in 1498. This is on the southern coast of the island of Trinidad, West Indies. Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies 11 km (6.8 mi) off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America.