Tuesday, November 21, 1995 - Trinidad

Roy has been repairing the mizzen mast on the boat, instead of removing it. The mast had split open, so Roy had to replace large portions of it. He's doing a super job and is almost finished, despite the daily downpours. As usual, I helped by staying out of his hair. That's the one thing I'm good at. Spent the whole day downtown. Picked up Roy's glasses, found the tiny public library, and went to a movie. This is the first place we've been since leaving Florida that had movie theaters. The theater had undoubtedly been grand back in the 30's, but it's showing its age. It didn't even have a drinking fountain! I got so thirsty I bought a carton of orange drink at the refreshment stand. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't have touched the stuff. The pricing scheme for seats was a little strange. They were classed as box, balcony, circle, and house. The prices ranged from 15 TT's down to 7. Since they were so cheap, I figured I might as well buy the best, so I got box, which turned out to be what we used to call "first balcony" or "mezzanine"; it was the front row upstairs. There was a double feature, a lot of ads, and previews. The two movies were fairly good.