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The people of Trinidad are very very friendly and helpful. I felt very comfortable and safe whilst I was out and about doing my tourist thing. There are so many places to eat and everything I ate was good from fancy restaurants to the street food and there was so much to choose from. The perfect foodies paradise. One of the best places we visited was Maracus Beach - the beach was fantastic and the food was awesome!!

The people are very rude, unfriendly and very, very unhelpful. this country and city is not a tourist destination and should not be advertised as such. Everything is extremely over priced, poor quality, nothing met our expectation especially the extremely poor quality food and drinks, over priced junk! The notion of an Island paradise is a fiction, unless the local are ripping you off they are just hostile. We also experienced racism from the Hindu Indians, this should be looked into by the Government, racism should not be acceptable anywhere in the world, and especially not in a country of colour!

Not much to like. We were there in transit to Barbados as a way to have shorter air time for seniors with bad backs.The city is dried up...no money invested to keep any flowers/gardens. Downtown is a series of KFC and DQ and other fast food joints. The park touted its fountain but not working. The statue of a cricket player on Independence Square had an illegible plack, flag poles, no flags. Museum closed for 2 years.It has "Twin Towers" and 2 gold lions outside the Stock Exchange. Mostly new cars about but taxis gouge tourists by charging per person ($50US to go up the hill to the President's House and Art gallery...not.) Get a TTFS sim card to do the same for a few bucks. People sullen and sad, no music anywhere from the country that invented the steel drums. No industriousness...not one construction site anywhere I guess because no money to invest in the city. Land taxes have been a stagnant $10/yr per property since implemented after WWIi....a small newish mall close to the Hyatt, Movietown, had eateries and Frederico's was very good. Saw Avatar so you might guess how exciting the city was. Stay home.

Getting around to Port of Spain was easy. Taxi was always available within a short wait time, except for the day of the riot/protest on July 4th. We waited for over 3 hours waiting on a maxi. This was my fifth visit to Trinidad. It is my home away from home.

I rate the cuisine of the island very highly and this is one of the main reasons for my visit. Although, customer service leaves a lot to be desired for the most part. But I love Trinidad having lived there in my youth.

Interesting place with local bars and restaurants however be very wary when out at night. Not the place to be walking about after dark which is quite restrictive. Need to use the taxis attached to the hotels for safety. Cost more but fully insured and drivers are well trained.