
We left Grenada on Tuesday at 1:00 a.m. under clear skies and a beautiful moon—a ‘Waxing Gibbous’ in fact (a term I just learned off the internet). We had decided to leave at night in order to arrive in Trinidad early afternoon in order to clear immigration and customs before it closes at 4 o’clock.

Venezuelan #1
Immigration Officer: Why are you coming to Trinidad?
Venezuelan: For a wedding.
Immigration Officer:: When’s the wedding?
Venezuelan: I don’t know.
Venezuelan #2
Immigration Officer: Why are you coming to Trinidad?
Venezuelan: For surgery.
Custom’s Official: What kind of surgery?
Venezuelan: I’m not sure.
Venezuelan #3
Immigration Officer: Why are you coming to Trinidad?
Venezuelan: To accompany my son who is coming to study in here.
Immigration Officer: How old is your son?
Venezuelan: 27
In spite of the delay, we were all clear and had Taka Trois settled into her new berth at Crew’s Inn marina before sunset and in plenty of time to celebrate our arrival back in Trinidad--three years to the day of when we left on March 31, 2012. How to describe how it felt? Surreal, to be arriving here by boat; excited, Trinidad was our home for three years after all; relieved, as always when we reach a destination safely and a bit sad that this journey is over….