- 1.30am got up
- 2.00am donned white
- 3.00am jumped into a maxi with eardrum ripping soca playing
- 3.30am got to the beautiful Tyrico beach with soft rolling waves... in the rain
- 3.40am ate, drank, danced
- 4.30am doused myself and others in black and red paint
- 6.00am sang heartily along to national anthem played on steel pan
- 6.01am got covered in pink and blue powder
- 6.05am ate, drank, danced some more
- 7.45am went into the sea, jumping waves in time to the rhythm section
- 8.05am slept all the way back up North Coast road
- 9.30am fought way through Independence Day parade traffic
- 10.00am collapsed into bed
- 1.00pm fed kids, ate, hydrated, rested (repeated several times..)
- 8.30pm watched fireworks from son's bedroom window (impressive - they seem to have upped their game.
Monday 1st September, the Independence day public holiday entailed a different type of exertion.
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| Toyota Independence Day Ride |
- 4.30am woke up
- 5.45am headed down to the Toyota showroom in Barataria
- 6.30am set off on a 50km bike ride south...
- 9.00am reached Toyota showroom in San Fernando
- 9.30am left San Fernando and fought way back a further 50k, up a hilly highway with help of a saviour who met me after about half an hour and pushed me up every hill thereafter
- 11.30am got back to Barataria, exhilarated having ridden 100km!!
A phenomenal way to end the vacation and feel truly alive!
Happy Independence everyone!!
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