day three - maracas beach

we got up early to catch our taxi-bus to maracas beach, which is located in the northern coast of trinidad. it's a very mountainous drive. ups and downs and tight curves. about two-thirds of the way there we stopped at this area on the side of the street to take pictures of the scenery and stop at a independent vendor stand that sold "treats" such pickled mango (spicy!didn't really like this that much).. pickled pineapple (spicy n sweet. i liked it), tree nuts (was similar to grapes but with a rind and pit).. and sweet cakes (some kind of delicious coconut and sugar concoction).

 as for the beach... i can show you better than i can tell you.

 after a while though, the clouds that were beautifully drifting across the mountains began to drop rain on us so i went to go eat lunch. while there were many options, hamburgers and such... the thing to eat at maracas beach is the "bake and shark." no one knows why it's called "bake and shark" because it's actually fried. the bread and the shark are fried. it tastes DELICIOUS though... like your everyday fried fish sandwich. i didn't know it at the time, but the guy from the show "bizarre foods" went to the same exact place we did today to eat the "bake and shark." and even he called it "the best fish sandwich" he's ever had and said it was one of his favorite foods ever!

he kind of disses me in the video though.. because i definitely ended up putting mustard on mine. lol. i tasted all the sauces... but the first one i tasted was so spicy that all of the sauces i tried after it tasted spicy too.. lol. so i just put mustard, cole slaw, and a pineapple on mine. it was definitely delicious though. i still can't believe i ate shark today!