Well it's me, Courtenay Rooks, again with a story of a whole new adventure that had its highs and lows: It all started very brightly with a splendid day of kayaking on the Marianne River and hiking to the Pettite Marianne Waterfall. I was joined by just two intrepid souls, Steve and Jinny Hustead, on this February 2007 edition of the T&T REI Adventure. The water was alive, clear and invigorating to the senses, the sky was blue and we had not a worry. The warm day up went pefectly; the sign of a graet adventure to come.
Monday started with a slight delay but we were soon back on track, ate the wonderful concoction of chick peas in a fried dough that doubles is, then washed it down with cocunut water, a Trinidadian power breakfast. Since it was only two people we did not do the usual tour but headed straight to Kuchilal's house on the North Western edge of Nariva Swamp to gear up. 
From there we headed to the south western end of Nariva and rode along dirt and gravel roads through wetlands, rice fields, farms and cocoa forests to and area called Sand Hill, which is forested with Low Land Forests and is an excellent place to see Capuchin Monkeys. Within monents of entering the forest we saw a young male Capuchin moving easily among the branches, we followed it off that path and it evaded us several times only giving us the odd glimpse. Then when back on the path a female and her young crossed the path behind us, stopped and checked us out to make sure we were ok. Then the youngster got off her back and started to romp around the area; what a great sight.
The afternoon was spent riding and ejoying the fantastic lunch we usualy have at Kuchi's, then we went to Grande Riverre and checked in at my favorite lodge in Trinidad, Le Grande Almandier. However when I unpacked I realized I had forgotten my toothbrush at ho
me, so I rode into the village to get a new one. None of my choices had if they were firm of soft, so I bought the fanciest looking one, of course it was all for show and it was just a cheap brush at TT$7 for it. This will turn out to be the world's most expensive cheap toothbrush. When I got back to Le Grande
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