Scenic views in Tobago

After eating us saturate at a buffet of local, exotic fruits, we guide Sean De Freitas to explore the rain forest on the mountain.

We will start before the heat becomes excruciating. Morning light is soft and pink. Small gravel paths takes us steeply up the coast. Cycling is stressful but it is compensated by the beautiful nature. Solande lizards running and hiding when we roll into their territories. We take quick height and soon vecklar Caribbean Sea in his infinity.

The colors and djungelljuden makes me forget how difficult cycling is.

The closure of the mountain tour is put on my top five list of cool nature. We go us deeper into the rain forest, takes us over the creeks, push clusters of banana plants, the sönderbitna of mosquitoes and bicycles gently on the sometimes non-existent path. We come finally to the Highland Waterfall – a 21 m high waterfall and lagoon. We throw our clothes and swim up to the descending water. It is one of the most refreshing I have seen.

Tourism in Tobago is in many places completely undeveloped, in other places it has been longer. Here are both deserted Beach Strip and large luxurious beachhotell. The closer to the airport it is, the more developed it is, the further away, the smaller will be the way and Wilder becomes nature.

Around Crown Point and the betalstranden Pigeon Point gather tourists for shopping, restaurants, and an exciting ride in the glasbottnade boats. Along the Caribbean coast lies the small fishing villages with nature, such as Buccoon and Castara and fine beaches that Turtle Bay and the Englishman's Bay.

Katamaranen "Iceland Girl" is approaching the shore and we are just four people waiting for it. Then they will. Ten German tourists. The smokes and has a Speedo on. I jump on board and take a seat far in the boat where I can be myself.

Snorklingen in itself is not magical, but there is a fine line where we add in the desolate beaches. It is when we are heading home again as it starts to happen. First, medvinden, there, so that we can sail. We are pouring out of the wind and if it were not for loud calypsomusik, the entire scene has been silent.

Suddenly, I see two dorsal fins, just left of the bow, just over a hundred metres further into the water. The dolphins, in quantities. The water is dotted with them, they are everywhere. Dolphins stay long around the boat and does not seem to get enough of the surfvåg we create. Unfortunately, we cannot jump into the water for the captain, but I just have to touch one of them. I leaned myself down with the entire upper body, suddenly, a dolphin to the surface and I can savour his ryggfena. One second of pure happiness.

The day ends at the hotel's restaurant, Sandy Point Village which is situated just a few meters from the Caribbean Sea. I enjoy a hummer with a few glass välkylt chardonnayvin. A very worthy finish on the day.