Taxis in Tobago

[ChrisS]

Hello all

My girlfriend and I will be spending two weeks in Castara in March. Neither of us have a drivers licence. Nonetheless, we would like to see as much of Tobago as possible. While we will obviously go on a few organised trips (boats, rainforest and the like) I had hoped to spend a few unplanned days in other parts of the island such as Speyside, Charlotteville, and Arnos Vale. Would it be possible visit these places on a whim from Castara by taxi?

Thanks in advance!

Chris (counting down)

[David Watkins]

Chris, that would be very expensive as there are no taxis in and around Castara.Whewn you get there you may be able to do a deal with a local.
David

[ChrisS]

Hi David

I had suspected as much. I'm sure some organised tours of the island will satisfy anyway

Cheers,

Chris

[Ronald]

Hi Chris
If it´s only a question to see some other areas while in Castara, you also have the local busses. From Castara to Scarborough and then some other route, to Crown Point, Plymouth or north bound. A trip by bus can sometimes be an own adventure and it´s a cheap way to travel too.

And in Scarborough you also have many route-taxis as well real taxis. Tobago isn´t big that´s also an option if you don´t arrange a car with driver in Castara.

Ronald

[Carol Townsend]

Hello Chris,
You could try Cheston "Cheno" Williams who lives in Castara, and was very helpful to us when we stayed there last August. He does airport pick-ups, so might be happy to take you out somewhere.
We still have his business card:
"Cheno Paradise Tours": phone 1868 639 6485, mobile 1868 704 7819.
[email protected]
Cheers
Carol

[ChrisS]

Hi Carol and Ronald

Both suggestions sound like good options - I had just heard that the bus services were quite infrequent and unreliable, but if this method is do-able then I am more happy to use them.

I will also get in contact with Cheeno - someone had recently mentioned him in during their review of Castara Cottage.....

Carol - I am honoured to receive a reply from such a venerable and multitudinous poster

Many thanks,

Chris

[Carol Townsend]

"Venerable and mulititudinous" eh?
That's two adjectives I've never had applied to me before!

[ChrisS]

Well I have just seen David Watkins post count, so I may have to reapply the 'multitudinous' to him

[Carol Townsend]

Yes I think David is second only to Chief Wooler, and I fully intend to catch him up!
And is David "venerable" too?
Carolnoe

[Brian Taylor]

as if I should not be doing any work, i have to start googleing (does the word exist by the way) word that my basic dicionary does not show...or are you making them up as it gets along....

steph

[Jonathan Richards]

Hi Steph,
Yes, they're real words, though not widely used in everyday conversation

Venerable: 2. Commanding veneration or respect by reason of age combined with high personal character and dignity of appearance; having an impressive appearance in virtue of years and personal qualities.

Multitudinous: 1. a. With collective noun: consisting of a multitude or large number of individuals.

So Carol cannot really be multitudinous; however, there is also a fourth meaning: {dag} 4. Immensely productive or prolific but that's marked as Obsolete. Perhaps prolific is a better word, even if it is shorter

Now I've got to say thank you for asking, because I found out that my local library subscribes to the Oxford English Dictionary Online, and all I had to do was to find my library ticket, and log in!

This information brought to you by the Oxford English Dictionary, South Gloucestershire Library Services, and, at a loose end,

Jonathan

[ChrisS]

I would firstly like to state that in no way was my use of the word 'venerable' to relate to the age of the object of the adjective

The freedictionary.com website, 'Commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, [b]or[/b] position.

Jonathan - you're right I'm not sure that Carol can be multitudinous. I thought that she could be a multitudinous poster - though that uses the obsolete definition.

Carol - as I am now more wary of using long words in internet forums, perhaps I will let someone else decide if David is venerable or not....

Perhaps another waffling group ought to be created?

[Brian Taylor]

thank you for enlightening me this forum is so educating (and not only about tobago...)
thank you also for usually using SMALL words for all the non-english-speaking folks around here...
have a splendid day
steph

[Jonathan Richards]

...
thank you also for usually using SMALL words for all the non-english-speaking folks around here...
have a splendid day
steph

Steph, you are selling yourself short. You don't count as non-english-speaking; your English is about twenty times better than my German, which comes with an Austrian accent when it is spoken at all, that is: not very often!

[Brian Taylor]

my english is not spoken too much anymore, since I am living here it is more "tobagonised" by the day me tink if me english teacha would hear me speak he'd cry out loud loud loud!
steph

[Carol Townsend]

Me tink dis tread is deviatin' inexorably and irrevocably off da topic, and has nuttin' to do with taxis in Tobago, for which Chris must accept da blame.
Young Bill will grant it his approbation, as I am cognisant with the fact that he reads all the posts in the expectation that such meanderings will occur, inevitably engendering gratification, enabling him to continue with his travails in great felicity.
Sorry Steph!
I have the greatest admiration for you bi- and tri-linguals. I was good at French at school back in the last century, but have now forgotten most of it.
Do you know a fellow German called Doris, married to Denzil? You probably do; I can't imagine Castara being populated with that many German women! (or is it?) She looks after the house we stayed in.
When talking to us she spoke excellent English with a German accent, and then spoke to her children in the Tobago dialect, at which point we had great difficulty understanding her!
Auf weidersehen
Carolnoe

[Tony G]

Hi Sis

Doris is also the manager of Sealevel Guesthouse, where Janette and I stayed this year. She combined German efficiency with Tobagonian laid-backness, a strange mix but a nice woman. I too was good at French at school but, having no use for it, have now forgotten most of it.

Tony

[Jonathan Richards]

Me tink dis tread is deviatin' inexorably

Inexorably, sure enough. I don't think Chris can take all the blame, though. It was I who took the thread off into the realms of lexicography[1]. Mea culpa , just to add another language to the mix...

Perhaps we should remove further language discussions to another thread, or maybe Carol would entertain us at the Waffle venue. <-- Oh, look! There's another one!

Jonathan

[1] Steph does not need a dictionary for lexicography, it's the same word in German!

[David Watkins]

Tony G,sorry mate wrong Doris!There are I think three German Dorisess here.
David

[Carol Townsend]

THREE?
What is it about Castara that attracts all these German Dorisses?
I suppose you'll tell me next there are a dozen Stephs too!
I think "our" Doris's surname was Walker.

Cheers
The one and only "Noe".