Strike a Match and Fly to Tobago
Do you suppose that Tobago feels like it is always playing second fiddle to Trinidad? After all, the country is called Trinidad and Tobago, not Tobago and Trinidad. Just because it is smaller and has less inhabitants doesn’t mean that Tobago is inferior to Trinidad. Both have their own splendors and both are at your finger tips thanks to those discounting fools at XL airlines.
Tobago is a place that has captured the fancy of many a visitor. Witness the island’s history:
The first European visitors appear to have been English adventurers in 1580 and in 1608, James I claimed Tobago for England. The first European settlers were Hollanders who formed a short-lived settlement at New Walcheren or modern Plymouth. The island changed hands at least 22 times altogether between the French, Dutch, British and Courlanders (Modern western Latvians) and was controlled at times by various pirate groups. It was finally ceded to the British in 1814 at the Treaty of Paris. From 1833 to 1889, it was part of the British Windward Islands colony. In 1889, Tobago was made a Ward of Trinidad, and remained one until 1st August 1962, when Trinidad and Tobago became an independent Commonwealth country and together became a republic in 1976.
There is a reason why everyone has wanted a peace of Tobago: the place is beautiful. You can see for yourself if you take advantage of XL’s £247 flight from London Gatwick.
