Trinidad and Tobago - Galeota Point Toco Lighthouse

International Postcard Week
October 7-13, 2018
Galeota Point Toco Lighthouse, Trinidad

Designed by Nalini Mohammed

The sender writes:
Warm Caribbean greetings from Trinidad and Tobago.  This is a photo I gook on one of my visits to the north east coast of Trinidad.

Trinidad and Tobago - Steelpan Drums

International Postcard Week
October 2-8, 2016

Trinidad and Tobago
Home of the Steelpan

Double Tenor, Bass and Tenor

Did You Know?
The steel pan is the National Musical Instrument of Trinidad and Tobago where it originated in the early 20th century.  Musicians who play the steel pan are called pannists.  A group of pannists who play together is called a steel band.  Annually at Carnival time, there is a steel band competition called Panorama.

This postcard was designed by Nalini Mohammed. 

Trinidad and Tobago - Some Snail Mail

International Postcard Week
October 4-10, 2015
Caribbean Greetings from Trinidad and Tobago

Designed by Nalini Mohammed
Facebook.com/TropicalParagonHobbies

The little 'snail mail' snails make me smile.  :D

Trinidad and Tobago - Overlooking St. Ann's Valley and Port of Spain

Greetings from Trinidad, B.W.I.
The Yellow Poui Tree in full bloom, from Lady Chancellor Road, overlooking St. Ann's Valley and Port of Spain in the Distance.
1956

Trinidad and Tobago - Blue Sea and Clear White Sand

Greetings from Tobago, W.I.
Blue sea and clear white sand visible through the cocoanut trees at Arnos Vale, Plymouth, Tobago.
1956

Trinidad and Tobago - Residence of the Governor General, Royal Gardens

Residence of the Governor General, adjacent the Royal Botanical Gardens
Trinidad, W.I.
1972

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President's House, built in 1876, is the official residence of the President of Trinidad and Tobago.

From 1876 the house continued to be used as the residence of the Governor of Trinidad and Tobago until 1958, when it became the residence of the Governor-General of the West Indies Federation. Trinidad and Tobago attained independence on 31 August 1962. The house was then used as a museum and Art Gallery for a time, before the it became the residence of the Governors-General once again.

When Trinidad and Tobago became a republic in 1976, the Governor-General's house was subsequently designated as "The President's House", and became the residence of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Trinidad and Tobago - Victorian Architecture

Victorian Architecture Abounds in Trinidad: The white building is the office of the Prime Minister.  The building in the foreground is a private residence, Trinidad, W.I.
1969

Trinidad and Tobago - The Hollows in Queens Park Savannah, Port of Spain

Trinidad and Tobago

"The Hollows"
Queens Park Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
2013

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Queen's Park Savannah is a park in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Known colloquially simply as "the Savannah," it is Port of Spain's largest open space. It occupies about 260 acres (1.1 km2) of level land. Once sugar land, it was bought by the town council in 1817 from the Peschier family (except for a small parcel near its centre that served as the Peschier cemetery, which remains in private hands).

At first it was used as a vast cattle pasture in what was then the town's suburbs, but by the middle of the 19th century it had become established as a park. Until the early 1990s, horse racing was held frequently at the Savannah race track, and it also contains several cricket, football and rugby pitches. Apart from a ring of trees round its perimeter, the Savannah was never really landscaped, except for the small area in its northwest corner called the Hollows (see postcard above), a former reservoir now drained and planted with flowering shrubs.

Trinidad and Tobago - Buffalypso (Water Buffalo) in Manzanilla

Trinidad & Tobago
Buffalypso at Manzanilla

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A buffalypso is a Trinidad -bred buffalo .
Water Buffalo were first introduced in Trinidad in 1906 from India. In 1950 they started to breed these water buffaloes in order to improve meat production. In 1964 it was decided that the variant sufficiently bred was to be appointed as a separate breed: the buffalypso -  a contraction of buffalo and calypso.

Trinidad and Tobago - Store Bay in Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
Store Bay, Tobago
2011

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Store Bay is in the southwest of the island Tobago, where most of their tourism is concentrated.  There are many large sandy beaches and resorts in the area.

Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain, President's House

Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
President's House, Port of Spain, Trinidad
2011

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President's House, built in 1876, is the official residence of the President of Trinidad and Tobago.

From 1876 the house continued to be used as the residence of the Governor of Trinidad and Tobago until 1958, when it became the residence of the Governor-General of the West Indies Federation. Trinidad and Tobago attained independence on 31 August 1962. The house was then used as a museum and Art Gallery for a time, before the it became the residence of the Governors-General once again.

When Trinidad and Tobago became a republic in 1976, the Governor-General's house was subsequently designated as "The President's House", and became the residence of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Trinidad and Tobago - Temple by the Sea at Waterloo

Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
Hindu Temple by the Sea at Waterloo
2011