Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping & Eating
Mt Victory Campground
CAMPGROUND $
( 340-772-1651, 866-772-1651;
www.mtvictorycamp.com
;
Rte 58; campsites/
equipped tents/cottages $30/85/95; )
This is a terrific facility set on a small working
farm, where you'll fall asleep to a lullaby of croaking frogs and wake to birdsong. The three
perma-tents and two cottages are similar screened-in dwellings, each with a kitchen with
cold- water sink, a propane stove and cooking utensils. There's no electricity, and guests
share the solar-heated bathhouse. It feels remote, but the beach is only a few miles down
the hill. Cash or traveler's checks only.
Northside Valley
APARTMENTS $$
( 340-772-0558;
www.northsidevalley.com
;
2 Estate Northside; villas per week
$1000-1500; )
A step up in amenities from Mt Victory Campground, Northside Valley
offers eight concrete-and-tile villas with private bathrooms and bamboo sheets, all washed
using environmentally friendly cleaning supplies. There is a one-week minimum stay. It's
on the beach near Butler Bay.
Country Snack Stand
JUICE BAR $
( 340-772-0604;Rte76; 10am-6pm)
In the heart of the rainforest, a few miles east
of Montpellier Domino Club, Trinidad native Hazel Smith blends eight fruits - mango,
starfruit, passionfruit, tamarind, papaya, guava, gooseberry and pineapple - into a heckuva
smoothie. She also pours ginger beer, coconut water and other local drinks and sells avo-
cados, bananas, mangos and more from her garden. It's a good place to pick up sauces and
other local treats, too.
Entertainment
Montpellier Domino Club
BAR
( 340-772-9914; 10am-5pm)
This open-air West Indian bar-restaurant lies deep in
the rainforest. Some folks come to drink the
mamajuana
(spiced rum), but the big attrac-
tions are the famous beer-guzzling pigs Hurricane Roger and Grunt. Tourists line up to pay
