Ah jus come from de 3 Canal show .... and lawd ..... ah cyah say it enough ..... GOD TAKE HE TIME WIT WENDELL MANWARREN!!!

Right ....

So let's see ....

What have I been up to lately ....

Well ....

I been making ting like crazy .... wacking out my hands .... and my arms!

Then .... my scanner crashed a few weeks ago .... so all my dotish newspaper findings are pretty much still in de newspapers where ah find dem ....

I just got spectacles .... which blew my mind .... and my eyes .... cuz I knew I couldn't see .... I just didn't realise dat is so much I couldn't see!

Anyway .... on tuh today's topic .... TOCO .... a place I wish I could be right now .... after takin eeeeen 5 days too many .... of dat insane, unbelievable CLICO commission of enquiry!

Now allyuh know dat I eh jus sit down one day and say .... AYE - AH FEELIN TUH GO TOCO!

No sirree ..... it was ah chain-up .... as per usual!

You see .... I have dis fren ..... who new scene ..... is goin tuh Toco on weekends .... 'tuh get away' and regroup ....

So last week .... when he call meh tuh make de turn .... I wasn't surprised .... but I was surprised ..... cuz he know dat I not on bush .... he know dat Iz ah city gyul!

So .... after tinkin it over fuh a couple days .... and findin out dat de trip was shortened by a day .... I decided tuh go ..... fuh de 'experience' ....

Now .... being someone who hates long drives .... my one condition fuh makin de trip .... was that I not be a passenger ..... yes .... I wanted tuh drive .... and oh what a drive it was .... cuz counting all de times we stopped .... tuh get groceries .... tuh take pictures .... tuh get ah beverage .... tuh get hassle by de Police (YES - Roadblock!) .... tuh find gas (in de lone little gas station in Cumana) .... it took us nearly 3 hours tuh reach dis place in de bush dat was tuh be our home away from home ....

And WOW .... an experience an' ah half it was!

On reaching the house .... which is pearched on a hill in the middle of a huge estate ..... we were immediately greeted by animals .... yes .... animals .... no humans .... just a big open-up house .... with ducks and chickens and goats and sheep roaming .....

Now it have real ting I could talk about eh .... and I mean REAL TING ..... but is too much .... so ....

Let's just say ..... that our first day ..... which was Saturday ..... was spent sitting on de porch .... vibesin .... talkin shit .... drinkin .... cookin .... takin pics ..... and listening tuh dancehall music .... yep ..... dancehall music which massaged our ears ..... minutes after arriving .... when the caretaker who is Indo-Trini .... appeared out of nowhere .... with his three pothounds .... and two breadfruit .... and turned it on (LOUD!) .... needless tuh say .... I was a lil weirded out .... cuz ah doh mean tuh stereotype .... but dude didn't fit de profile of ah dancehall jammer at all .... by 9:00 pm .... every man jack was in bed .... and dude was still jammin his dancehall .... LOUD!

Then Sunday morning .... as if tuh not be outdone by de dancehall .... dem cock an' dem start tuh crow muzbe about 4 o'clock .... I could not sleep .... I roll and roll and toss and turn .... until eventually ah roll out de bed at about 6!!! ..... tuh more dancehall!!! ..... which then mellowed down tuh tabanca songs on Radio Toco 106.7!? ..... by the time I awoke .... some of de crew had already left tuh head back tuh civilisation .... the rest of us jibbed fuh a while .... had some breakfast (Thanks R and A ) .... and finally made our way out at about 10:30 .... and I say finally .... cuz like dem wanted tuh stay de day .... Grrrrrrr???!!!

In Toco ..... I completely forgot that I was in Trinidad ..... I completely forgot about the State of Emergency ..... I completely forgot about the curfew .....

I know I totally cannot live in Toco! .... but I can totally go again .... if only tuh get away and forget!




Saturday morning .... headin tuh Toco .... that car was in front of me on de Audrey Jeffers Highway ..... hmmmm ...... is that suppose tuh be cute?




Saw this in Tru Valu - Trincity Mall .... yeah ..... we stopped off fuh groceries on de way up de road .... and while cashing .... I see ah doubles vendor conductin brisk business in de corner of de grocery .... so of course .... I went back tuh de car .... got my camera .... ran back tuh de grocery .... and took several pictures .... cuz DAT was just too weird .... nobody woulda believe me if I had tell dem dat ..... now mind you .... Tru Valu in Trincity Mall is one bourgeois grocery .... it like dem grocery yuh does see away .... so yeah .... dat down-tuh-earth doubles vibes was ah real tief head ....




Saw dat on de Churchill Roosevelt Highway .... what de heck is dat gaudy monstrosity?!




LOL .... yes ..... de new Jerusalem City comin tuh come ..... I saw it




If only there was a sign fuh real .... tuh tell us when DEPRESSION's ahead!




ROADBLOCK in Valencia .... if yuh look good yuh will see de Pohlice .... oh and check out de sign sayin Radio Toco .... cuz that's a very important sign .... yeah .... cuz in Toco yuh cyah get no radio stations .... except Radio Toco .... and Radio Tambrin .....




We stopped off at this bar tuh get a beverage .....




My one and only sea pic ....... cuz I didn't want tuh have crew stoppin every mintue fuh me tuh take pics!




Hmmmm ..... PrOPPerty ..... takes me back tuh dat long-time Naughty by Nature rap song .... OPP!




One of the animals encountered on de estate .....




More of the animals encountered .....




The lamb and the pothound .... and no ..... dat is not de title of a kiddie storybook .... dat is real life ..... in Toco!




You know how long I eh see ah guava tree .... I have come tuh realise ..... that there are some fruits ..... dat I grow up wit ..... dat I jus doh see anymore ..... like cherries .... where all de cherry trees gorn?!




The sky .... enhanced by leaves ....




Warmin up some bread .....




De outhouse .... which I totally stayed away from ....




Coconuts fresh off de tree .... yeah .... my boy (de caretaker) ketch ah vaps Sunday morning .... while we was outside jibbin .... and went and pick coconuts fuh us .... it was delish .... I had the jelly! ..... you know how long I eh eat some good coconut jelly!




Loved this coconut tree dat look like it want tuh take ah dip!




Some river .....




Headin back tuh Diego .... dat sign has been on ah post on de Audrey Jeffers Highway fuh de longest while .... I thought it was very nice of the person who found de tyre tuh put up such a sign ....


PS:   Happy Republic Day Trinbago!