myTobago – your questions, review and comment about Tobago

Thanks David for the up to the minute information. Good to have "our man on the ground". The efficiency of this forum takes my breath away!!

Caroline

Hi Englishmans beach is the most beautiful on Tobago . You can get the best ice-cream there from the Ice-cream Man, Curtis James and he is also known as the Parrot Man and he gives awesome Jungle tours, He lives in the jungle and is most knowlegable and charming, His sister is Sharlund and she is now serving the best food in Tobago on the beach with charming little tables with lace tablecloths. She runs out everyday so get there early, a great price . To book a Jungle tour call Curtis at 868-310-6625 he is the best.

Hi Leslie

I am delighted that you have a high opinion of this guy. However, readers should be aware that I have received frequent reports of aggresive bullying behaviour from the ice cream seller on Englishman's Bay beach. The bad behaviour seems to be triggered when the tourist doesn't respond to his "come on" banter. In fairness, complaints have fallen off since this was first mentioned on the forum some time ago, so maybe he's mended his ways - or maybe its a different ice cream seller.

We just returned from staying at Bamboo's Hall in Englishmen's Bay Estates April 6-16. Had a fantastic vacation. The Cafe is still noisy, so when we went to the beach, we went to the far left. From that part of the beach the Cafe was not bothersome. We simply avoided the Cafe and everyone associated with it. However I am amazed at how large it has grown in 5 years, with a second story and electricity. I also found the several "No Squatters Allowed" signs quite amusing.

Actually what annoyed me just as much as the Cafe was all the white plastic chaises, both the broken ones and the unbroken ones. They were strewn about under the trees rimming the beach. A seperate pile of the broken ones with assorted other rubbish, presumably from the cafe, was dumped at the edge of the road just opposite the track to the beach.

Other than those three things, the beach is still fabulous.

We did go up to Pirate's Bay which also has a few more shacks than I remember, but was still wonderful.

After talking with Reginald (forgot his last name) who lives in Bloody Bay, we tried the hike from the Chapel down to Dead Bay which looks spectacular. Unfortunately , because of the inch of rain we had in the 2 previous days, the hike down river from the rusty old bridge was much too dangerous for both of us so we had to turn back- too much water, big slippery rocks, and too steep. Is this beach worth the hike if the river is dry? Or worth hiring a boat to reach?

I have to say that whilst were were there last week, it was all quiet. There had been some burning of trees behind the bech on one section which left a bit of an acrid smell downwind, but other than that it was peaceful. We heeded advice and chose not to eat at Eula's though!

We stopped off for a look at Englishmans Bay last week, to be honest we didn't really notice the noise from the generator, it was drowned out by the ice-cream van playing Jingle Bells at full volume and the vendors shouts. We stayed for about five minutes, while our daughters looked at the souvenirs on sale, then left as the noise from the van was so offputting.

Linda