Traveling to Tobago from Los Angeles wasn't easy, but it was worth it! We started in L.A., stopped in Miami and Puerto Rico, then took a two hour prop-plan flight to Tobago. Once there, we rented a car to get to our hotel called Enchanted Waters located in the interior of the island. The hoteliers couldn't have been nicer. We arrived at 10 PM and after getting to our room, the front desk called to see if we wanted anything to eat or drink!

We rented equipment from John Pollard (a long time Trinidad and Tobago resident) at Pidgeon Point, one of the most beautiful beaches on Tobago. He was one of the friendliest, most fair people we have ever rented from.

Pidgeon Point is a public park with a nominal entrance fee so there was no hotel clutter along the beach. John's equipment was new and in great shape. Everything was rigged and ready to go so if you needed to swap, it was easy. Several days had good wind - at least 15 - 20 mph side-onshore. The Pidgeon Point area is protected by a reef but, when the tide was up, the chop still got pretty high. Low tide presented other possible problems including extremely shallow waters above some coral bed areas.

Tobago has no large "chain" resorts although when we were there, a Hilton was being built. Most all of the hotels and restaurants are small and family-owned and they were reasonably priced. The restaurants ranged from bargain to moderately priced. At some of the restaurants we visited, we were the only patrons and the chef prepared a Tobago home-style meal just for us. On another night, we could barely hear our waitress because of the "weep weep" of the hundreds of frogs outside.

Driving is a harrowing experience. Traffic moves on the left. Many people would spot a friend by the side of the road and stop or back up with no warning. The interior roads are twisty and narrow. Often, there are children, goats and dogs playing or wandering in the middle of the road so we had to be very careful.

Overall, the island was extremely beautiful, the windsurfing was great and we have fond memories of Tobago.