Trinidad and Tobago - Spicy San Fernando

Oh, hey! Whatcha doin? Just trying to figure out what to name your new Beta fish while waiting to get your circuit breaker reset because you tripped it into oblivion with a space heater? Yeah, us, too.

Djibouti was hit and miss on Tuesday, so do y'all wanna go to Trinidad and Tobago today? We're gearing up for more nasty weather and this should be the perfect cure!

you can just imagine those folks to be ellen and pinky having an underwater tea party. not THE tea party. ok, you can imagine that those folks are ellen and pinky holding the tea party under water.

So, let's get a little oriented. Trinidad and Tobago are located in North America, but actually sit just off the coast of Venezuela in South America. Trinidad and Tobago consist of two islands, the southernmost of the Caribbean islands, and is the home of the steel drum, the limbo dance, calypso music, the largest specimen of brain coral in the world, and was the fictional location of both Treasure Island and Robinson Crusoe.

When Pinky was a kid, he used to listen to an old steel drum record of calypso music from the islands. He loved it. He used to play it constantly. His parents must have the patience of Job. He's hoping we'll get some similar stuff today.

the implied cacophony is deafening! 

Trinidad and Tobago were first settled about 7,000 years ago, the first in the Caribbean. We couldn't find much in the way of pre-Columbian history, so let's just fast forward a few thousand years to 1492, when Columbus landed in late July. Settlements were set up in the early 1500's, and a long history of settlements, slavery, plantation farming, and lots and lots of fighting ensued. Especially on Tobago. Tobago has changed hands around 30 times, more than any other Caribbean island. The English finally took hold in the early 1800's and kept it as a colony until independence in 1962.

i feel the small pox coming on...

They've been pumping oil since the early 1900's, making it one of the richest colonies in the British empire. Those petro-dollars and a location outside the hurricane belt have helped them in modern times to build a pretty strong nation. They're able to provide free education for there citizens from kindergarten all the way up through university!

Anyway, let's tune in and find out what the Trinbagonians are listening to! Don't forget your sunscreen!

WACK Radio

Listen Here - watch out! They're culture krazy!