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It was that time again, time to hit the road!  Covid is still raging so no flights were involved.  This was a local road trip and all safety precautions were observed with masks worn at all times!  Just a small group of people were in the group and we were sectioned off into even smaller groups when observing the sites.  Safety was indeed the priority!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why Moruga?  Well, even though I live in Trinidad I have never been out to that side\u2026. sad isn\u2019t it?  But nevertheless, like all my other international trips, I thought it would be fun to go out to learn and experience whatever I could just, on a smaller, albeit domestic level!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun facts!  The village of Moruga is located on the central south coast of Trinidad at the western end of the Trinity Hills.  It\u2019s primarily a fishing village and it\u2019s the place where Christopher Columbus landed in 1498 when he “discovered” Trinidad.  BTW he never stepped on the land but sent his people to deal with the local<\/em> \u2018situation\u2019\u2026you feel me??  Okay, moving on\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to RoadtripTT, I signed up for their Taste of Moruga road trip.  I met up with the group at the pickup spot – Mt Hope and our small group boarded a minibus to head to Moruga.  First, we stopped in Debe to see the Digity mud volcano.   Such a cool name it and a bit of a badass as mud volcanoes go.  Digity is over 20ft high and has the single largest cone in Trinidad.  Over 20 years ago, apparently this mud volcano swallowed a whole oil rig and back in 1938, it was reported that an oil well disappeared and was never recovered.  After those stories, I stepped gingerly and tried to communicate my silent respects to Digity just in case.  We toured for about 30 minutes and I was pleased to be able to collect some very aged mud for my therapeutic mud mask later that I would enjoy with a side of wine.   Bliss!  We were then off to our next stop, Moruga Cocoa Chocolate Museum.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n