Leaving home
Displaced life
by Jason Thomas-Fournillier
My country, Trinidad and Tobago, is a paradise that most people don’t know about. The people who live there hail from many places: Africa, India, Pakistan, Syria, Lebanon, China, Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. But I was born there so I’m a Trini, which you may have guessed. Smiling and laughing is not a habit in Trinidad; it’s a way of life.
Back home the open sand, the sea, the food and the music speak to every one of your senses. It’s a place where you can never grow old. The legends and stories are true—Carnival was born there, as was oil drum music. But let me not say too much—Trinidad is a place you must experience for yourself.