Grenada to Port of Spain, Trinidad – The Grenada customs went through my backpack and even opened my wallet, I would like to know who trains these people. Flight left on time and landed 27 minutes later and another surprise awaits. When I got to Immigration they said I need a visa to enter the country, this was the first I had heard of this as none of my searches said I needed a Visa and neither did Caribbean Airlines which is headquartered in Trinidad and they allowed me to board the aircraft with no questions asked! Anyway it turns out you have to fill in a Visa Waiver form and pay TT$400 or US$67 and they do not accept cards. Therefore I had to be escorted out to an ATM and back to pay the fee, TT$400 is only US$59 not $67. I was the only tourist on the flight. Later I emailed the Immigration Department about this incident and whether I would need a visa when transiting Trinidad in a couple of weeks time. They said that passengers in transit do not need a visa but I will be spending one night at a hotel because my flight is the next day so we will see what happens. They also sent me the Visa forms and it turns out that a visa only costs TT$200 which is half the cost of the Visa Waiver and in order to get a visa you need two Trinidad citizens to vouch for you. How on earth is a tourist going to get two people to vouch for him/her and it takes two weeks to process the application. So basically the majority of tourists will be paying the US$67. That being the case why not just have an Online Application Form like every other country and charge the US$67. The only other country that requires a visa in the Caribbean is Surinam and you apply for it online pay US$33 with your credit card and the visa is granted five minutes later.
The airport taxis are regulated and cost around US$35 to the Metro area. The first thing you notice is that this is an actual City with a few tall buildings. It is well developed with good roads, highways, Shopping Malls and even an Uber equivalent called Allridi, very convenient. In addition to the mini busses of the other islands they also have shared taxis that cost TT$6 a ride, they usually run a set route but will deviate for a few TT$ more. The Shared taxis have number plates that start with the letter “H” do not get into a car that does not have the H number plate. The H vehicles are licenced taxis, there are many other cars that are illegal taxis and you risk getting robbed or worse if you get into one of them. This is not a tourist destination, I only saw about 3 other tourists during my whole stay. Apparently all the tourists go to Tobago. All the museums listed on Google Maps are closed except for the Reserve Bank Museum which was very well done. The population is approximately 50:50 of African and Indian descent. They have a China Town with no Chinese or even a Chinese Restaurant hahaha. This countries wealth comes from oil which it exports to the other Caribbean islands.
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Thanks for the heads up. Doesn’t sound like a tourist friendly place at all. Almost tourist hostile! Most of the Caribbean is tourism friendly.
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