Trinidad and Tobago are like brothers and sisters. Tobago is the sister and Trinidad is the brother. In 1498,Christopher Coloumbus discovered Trinidad and then Tobago. Trinidad is rich in oil,asphalt,sugar,coffee,cocoa and rum. Trinidad is multicultural. Tobago has great beaches,fishing and sight seeing. You can bike across Tobago in 1 day. Trinidad is just 11km from the country Venezuela. Port-of-Spain is Trinidad's capital. Trinidad is homed to about 1.3
million people. Trinidad and Tobago's national bird is called the Scarlet-Ibis.The Stell Pans is Trinidad's national symbol.in 1498. Trinidad's style of music is :Calypso,Chutney,Soca and Parang. Trinidad covers an area of 5128 square kilometers. Trinidad came under British control in the 11th century. They won their independece in 1962. Tobago passed between Britain and France many times. Trinidad and Tobago have been attracting people from over 2 millenia's. Eurpeans,African,Indians and Chinese have all made their homes in Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago has great beaches,climate and weather most countries don't have. Trinidad maximum temperture is 320 degrees. Between January to May there is dry season,June to December is wet season. When it rains in Trinidad,it rains over 200 cm over mort of the country.Trinidad takes part in the West Indians cricket team. Trinidad also takes part in the Soca wariors soccer team. The distance from Trinidad to Canada is 2.536km. Tobago is only 20 miles northeast from Trinidad. Oil was discovered in Trinidad in 1857 when the world's first oil well was drilled at La Brea. In 1914, the first oil refinery was built at Pointe-a-Pierre. About 123,000 tons of sugar are produced in Trinidad every year. The island has farms that carry about 80,000 cattles,70,000 pigs and 13,000 sheeps. Tobago is southeast of Grenada. Trinidad and Tobago lies on the Carribean Sea. One of Trinidad's dances are the Limbo. In 1783, farmers from Haiti and other nerby islands built a huge sugar cane plantation or large farms on Trinidad. In 1814, Britain took over Tobago. Trinidad was seperated from the mainland of South America 10,000 or more years ago,while Tobago was once part of an underwater volcanic mountain range connected to the continent. Trinidad is dotted with mud volcanoes and small mounds that spew sulfric mud. Trinidad and tobago were encountered by Christopher Coloubus in 1498. In 1963,Trinidad had a huge hurricane called Hurricane Flora. The hurricane also affected other islands too. Christopher Coloumbus claimed the islands of Trinidad and Tobago for Spain in 1498. Maracus is safer then other beaches because Maracus is surrounded by a bay. Some of Trinidad radio stations are: Masala 101.1 fm, 94.1 Rhythm City fm, ISAAC 96.7 fm, RED 96.7 fm, 95.1 The best mix, 96.1 we fm, 101.7 Heritage Radio, Power 102 fm, SOCA 91.9 fm, Radio Jaagriti 102.7 fm and Bacchanal Radio. If you want to check any of these radio stations out just go on http://www.triniradio.net/. You can listen to some of the radio stations that Trinidadians and islands on the Carribbean listen too. Trinidad and Tobago has over 100 towns in the island.