Tuesday, December 30, 2008

farewell post

our time here is finally drawing to an end, after 5 months I'd be lying if I said I wasn't anxious to return and get back to the business of living in (for us, anyway) the real world. Thanks to everyone who followed and commented on this blog, a few parting shots for the road:

Sunday, December 21, 2008

who knew?

Trinidad has earthquakes? We got a bit of surprise this morning, thought it might be a heavy truck or something going by, then it intensified. We grabbed Helen and hightailed out of the building, where our neighbors were quickly gathering, sleepy-eyed and bemused. 4.3 on the Richter, no damage, no aftershocks (so far).