Notes on the Geography of Trinidad: Trinidad: What Oil Money BuysThe pictures in this folder were taken early in 2008, perhaps a decade later than those in the previous two folders, and they record some aspects of Trinidad's recent economic development. Make default image size larger ![]() Downtown Port-of-Spain. There's always somebody with a pocket full of cash. ![]() On the outskirts of town, an overpass is under construction. ![]() The overpass itself suggests a role for foreign assistance. It comes from Europe with a smile. If it came from the U.S. it would have no smile. Trust me. ![]() The Trincity Mall. ![]() Pretty fancy, no? ![]() This should settle the matter: super-premium ice cream by the pint, quart, and half-gallon at the Trincity SuperValu. You can't even buy half-gallons of this stuff in God's country. Amazing. ![]() Is housing a leading indicator? ![]() Houses in that subdivision. ![]() Close-up. ![]() Under construction. ![]() Roof detail. ![]() Hollow-block walls. ![]() Here's the runway at Waller Field, built in World War II so American planes could make their way to Africa. It's under conversion here to a college campus. ![]() We've gone past Waller Field to Toco, at the northeastern corner of the island. A new police station. ![]() Under construction.To ![]() Toco is at the island's economic periphery. Here we're on the main axis running south the Port of Spain. Meet the Grand Bazaar, on the road to Chaguanas. ![]() Here's the supermarket at Chaguanas. ![]() Do you mean to say that Trinidad has socialized medicine? (Answer: sort of; it offers free primary care.) Is there no end to such wickedness? ![]() Old cane fields are being converted to residential subdivisions. ![]() Sign posted near the site shown in the previous picture. ![]() Here are some surviving canefields on the outskirts of San Fernando. ![]() Boundary marker at Cedar Hill, near the fields shown in the previous picture. ![]() House in the Cedar Hill Settlement. The homeowner was in the cement business. ![]() More cane fields under conversion, this time in a government program. ![]() Nearby, a branch of the RBTT, formerly the Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago. The bank is a descendant of the Royal Bank of Canada, which opened for business in Trinidad in 1910. Do the banks here offer mortgages? You bet. ![]() Typical new housing nearby. ![]() Satellite dishes in houses in the hamlet of Jacob Settlement, near Siparia, south of San Fernando. ![]() Nearby convenience store. ![]() Entertainment, near Jacob Settlement. |
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