Liming at Banana Boat

Today we had class & it was the final day of reading the book for our religion class (yay!). We took a break & got to watch McKenzie & Megan from a distance help out some fishermen on the sea bring in a net full of fish they caught. After class, we went back over to our cabin & made some Mac & cheese & snacked on a few things to finish up the food we bought. I did some laundry afterwards then relaxed a bit while waiting for it. 4 of the girls went over to Pirate's Bay while the rest of us waited to go on the boat ride. The boat ride was so cool! We got to get up close to some rocks & one of them was the bird sanctuary & there were sooo many birds! It was so nice though. The waves were crazy out there & it was kind of scary cause I kept thinking about the worst case scenarios haha. It also made us a little sea sick but it was alright. When we got back to the dock we saw some fishermen fighting to reel their fish in. He was struggling so the fishermen on our boat gave him a hand. The guy let go of his line which we ended up catching & even then we struggled to bring the fish in. We couldn't imagine the size of this fish but it was putting a fight so I imagined it was a good one. It all happened so quickly but when he finally got a hold of it, a fish about 2 feet long was in out boat! I have never seen a fish that big being caught I thought it was super cool to watch these men do their job right in front of us! We celebrated with them then walked off to our cabins. Dinner was at 7 & it was our final night there. The night before, we all had agreed to go out one last time on Friday so we all were ready to go right after dinner. We went to the bar called Banana Boat which was just up the street from us. Other than a few guys & the bartenders, it was empty, but we got the party started! Haha. (P.S. Here in Trinidad, a common slang word for kicking it or chilling is "liming.") We each ordered a few beers to get the night started. It was a great night dancing & seeing friends that we had made over the week. We headed back to our cabins by midnight since we had to be up & ready by 7am the next day. We thought we were gonna eat a little bit then head straight to bed but it turns out that a few of the guys we met followed us back & wanted to hang out with some of the girls they had their eyes on. I was too tired to even deal with that but we eventually got them to leave.. It was definitely a learning experience for the group & it goes to show that Trinidadian men are very persistent. Just something to keep in mind for future outings!