Tag Archives: Trinidad & Tobago

The Daily Budget

Posted on July 20, 2014 by thecricketcouch

Based on inputs from friends who are experienced in traveling and from our own experiences, we decided that we will set a daily budget of $100. It’s sort of arbitrary (and sort of not). The logic behind it is this: … Continue reading →

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Diary from Port of Spain, Trinidad: Day 5

Posted on April 19, 2012 by thecricketcouch

Test cricket by virtue of spanning five days, allows for narratives to develop, within the scope of the game. The psychological back and forth, scars finding time to heal, strategies re-calibrated and the rapid cascading sequence of events precipitating in … Continue reading →

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Diary from Port of Spain, Trinidad: Day 4

Posted on April 19, 2012 by thecricketcouch

I have been to 6 test matches since July 2011 across 4 continents, including this one, and the day 4 here was easily shortest amount of cricketing action I had seen, by a fair distance. As the day started and … Continue reading →

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Diary from Port of Spain, Trinidad: Day 2 & 3

Posted on April 18, 2012 by thecricketcouch

Days do not get a better start than someone telling you, “Oh, you’re a cricket fan? Would you like to meet Brian Lara?” A fellow traveller staying at the same Inn as we are, (whose first cousin was married to … Continue reading →

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Missus Couch at Cricket

Posted on April 16, 2012 by thecricketcouch

Last night as I sat on the roof top terrace of our five-room Inn, just a short steamy walk from the Queen’s Park Oval, I finally asked myself the question. This is my second in-person test match, in as many … Continue reading →

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Diary from Port of Spain, Trinidad: Day 1

Posted on April 15, 2012 by thecricketcouch

Missus Couch and I are sitting on the terrace of our temporary Trinidad domicile under the starry skies of Port of Spain, a mere 5-minute walk from the Queen’s Park Oval. It is a marked departure from our everyday life … Continue reading →

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Packing for Trinidad

Posted on April 10, 2012 by thecricketcouch

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Unintentional Cricket Troll

Posted on March 5, 2012 by thecricketcouch

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