- - Wednesday, December 26, 1984 - North Shore News

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by Bob Hunter

Keeping up with Crusoe

ORE D WITH HAWATIO Try something dit-

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Especially Pobapgo.

Known as the Robinson Crusoe island > on ties 70 miles from. Prinidad. within view iWoveou squint at the horizon of Cirenada oN mere 116 square miles. Tobdapo is also known as the “Jewel of the Caribbean.” and, not surprisingly, was fought over so bitterly that 1 changed hands 31 times an less than two centuries

Among the colomal con tenders, aside trom the usual paggle of British, French, Spanish and Dutch, there was one minor imperial power not Slated for greatness the Courlanders, who were themselves overwhelmed by evarist Russia, leaving as their only overseas claim to tame the tact that thes once ruled beautitul Tobago

At one point in the long tug-of-war over the astand between the buropeans, 1 was declared neutral ter nitory Pirates promptly used as a sanctuary, forcing the Britush Navy to seize the place vet again

In case you were wonder ing, yes, the name stems from the Arrawak Indian word for tobacco The Arrawaks are extingt, worked to death as slaves by the Spanish The weed lingers on the Ar fuwak s revenge’

Since 1X99 Tobago has been da protectorate oot Tronidad Phere are plenty oft Tobaponians ¢l kept wanting

Trinidad and Tobago

down there quick. |osay 0 At present, building construy tron ois timiited ta three STOrEN Ss, Precisely fo avotd thie Hawanan disease of high fise condominiums The result is that ibis easy to tind beaches that are so deserted vou are reminded of Robinson Crusoe’s shock when he spot ted a footprint in the sand

‘“*The result 1s that it is easy to find beaches that are deserted.’

The pro-development peo ple point out that there are more Tobaponians inf Trinidad than Tobdgo (60,000 compared to 40,000) simply because they have to go to the bigger island to tind work Why leave all those fabulous beaches to the egrets and pelicans and sand pipers and the odd passing Canuck?

So naturally the Crown Port airport ois) berg ook panded and a drive is on to boost tourmm Cdn t say | blame the local folk but asf sav po there before i begins to dook The Outi

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