where in the world is danielle gantt?: trinidad - little things i didn't get to mention.

- the rainy season

when it rains here, it pours extremely hard for like 10 minutes usually.. and then stops. except, there have been some days where it seems to do that off and on all day long.

p people are so friendly

pe people are usually really really friendly. i always feel like an older black woman will go out of her way to take care of me or just be super nice to me. like… when i first got here, a lady in the airport just started talking to me. she had me watch her luggage and she was so nice and friendly. when i was at the old time wedding in tobago, a woman shielded me from the rain and was really nice to me. then, there was that woman at the waterfall. i feel like i’m forgetting some women. this happened to me in south africa too. i love it because i just like watching that motherly instinct snap on in people. you know.. they look at you....square you up… and once they see that you’re harmless, they temporarily adopt you. i just love it when i find a warm woman like that.

- beef with jamaica?

i don’t know, but i sense a little beef between trinidad/tobago and jamaica. i think a lot of the things we associate with jamaica in the states (such as wining), actually originated in trinidad/tobago and people aren’t happy about that. at least, that’s my perception. it may not be beef with them though.. they probably got beef with the states because we don't take the time to learn things like that. the only islands most people have heard of in the caribbean with a large black population on it is jamaica & haiti (the other island they know is cuba).

sleep!

- i have been running to the bed every night. running. i usually end up doing that during midterms or finals back home, but this is every night here. i even have an easy time sleeping in vehicles now. the days are really exhausting. and, the sun sets so early and rises so early that it’s just making me so exhausted trying to keep up.

the year for people of african decent.

the u.n. apparently declared this year to be the international year for people of african decent. i’m just now hearing about this , because here in trinidad/tobago, it is kind of a big deal. i guess in america, it doesn’t matter. interesting.

these are some of my favorite trini songs.

machel montano – “gyal wuk (whistle riddim)” and ****** my fave “illegal” ******

benjai – “wine to the side”

kes – “wotless”

KFC!!!!!!!!!!