Tobago Day 3

Still a little overcast but it looks like the sun is starting to come out. Yesterday we barely saw the sun between the rain storms and clouds. When it rains here it will rain for about 10 minutes and then stop like someone turned off the hose.

Saw some cool birds while we were in class; I'm trying to decide if one of them was a parrot or not. According to the girls they have seen parrots, so maybe that's what they were.

We got locked out of our cabin today because the doors were locked without taking the key. We are at the second cabin with the other students eating lunch. I plan on going to the library today; maybe I will use the computers there. There was an awesome Mac and cheese dance/song complete with bowl and spoon percussion that took place. The talents of this group never cease to amaze me.

Back for the evening after dinner; it was another long day! It's never hard to fall asleep at night after being in the sun and water all day. Brendan got back into our cabin by popping a screen (shows how useful the locks are) and we finally split into our separate groups. One went to Pirate's Bay that didn't go yesterday, one stayed on the beach, and the rest of us went into town to the library. The computers weren't working but I made an account with the library to check out books.

After coming back Brendan and I took a kayak out on the ocean. It was sketchy getting out between waves and not being capsized; we got a little wet and water in the kayak, but we did it. Once out on the water it rained for a few minutes, but then we saw a rainbow. The view from the water was great! We paddled over to Pirate's Bay from the water, but the group there had already left. Coming back the wind picked up a bit. The waves were pretty hard on the beach so although we got out ok the kayak was filled with water and too heavy to lift. Every time we tried flipping it to drain it more waves filled it. We finally got Chris to come help pull it up and dry it out.

We changed and went to dinner which was potatoes with cheese and white salmon...maybe...supposedly. Then a local man and his friend came and played us some music on his guitar and sang. We heard an interesting mix of songs, including smut. Assumingly it is a popular genre to sing for that style of music. The songs are usually have a double meaning. For example, one was about an electrician coming to check a lady's wire box and finding it needed a screw... Not hard to pick that one up. Another was more blatantly singing about how women prefer dildos to men. Suffice to say that everyone was super red and the man had to stop playing he was laughing so hard.

After dinner and feeding the two local dogs (who are not skinny and darn picky eaters!) scraps we headed back to cabins to do homework, read, and sleep. Tomorrow we have class and then at 2pm go for a boat ride around the area and to see the bird sanctuary!