Our final day in Trinidad started at the Royal Hotel, where we packed up and a bananaquit said farewell. Bananaquits are a type of bird which is especially abundant in Trinidad, named so for their banana-coloured underside.
From there we traveled to the Trinidad airport (~1h), then we waited for check in to start (1.5h), then waited for Tess as her boarding pass name was Tessa (~15 mins). From there we waited to catch our plane which was also delayed due to the pilots being late (2h). After all this waiting we boarded the plane.
The plane ride from Trinidad to Saint Vincent is very short, only one hour. We hoped to see the Kick em' Jenny submarine volcano which lies only 170m below the surface of the water, but sadly the weather was overcast. Nearing Saint Vincent we got a fabulous view of the islands of the Lesser Antilles Arc from the plane. Our plane traced the subduction zone, where the Caribbean plate descends below the South American plate. Here the subducting hydrated oceanic crust releases water into the mantle, causing melting and forming a plume which rises through the crust to form volcanoes.
Once we landed in Saint Vincent, a van picked us up and we drove along the coast, giving us a spectacular view of the sunset with a large cruise boat illuminated in the distance. It was a beautiful introduction to the island of Saint Vincent and what it has in store for us in the next few days.
We then arrived at the Paradise Beach Hotel, which is absolutely outstanding. It is surrounded by yachts and small scattered forested islands. Our rooms are right along the beachfront giving us an amazing view for when we wake up tomorrow. We did have a little bit more waiting for food when we got there (~1hr), but the conch was exotic and tasted delicious.
Total wait time: 5.25hrs
Cheers & fairwell Trinidad - Chantal and Ivano
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