The road network in Trinidad between major towns is good, but traffic around Port of Spain can be difficult during rush hours and around Independence Square at any time. Two major highways run north south and east west. Roads which run off major routes can be very unpredictable, and are susceptible to poor weather conditions.
Traffic drives on the left.
The crossing is supposedly five hours. W elcome to Trinidad and Tobago, a cosmopolitan mix. Here you find the allure of an old world civilisation overlaid with a new world energy. This is the birthplace of calypso, limbo and steelband. Trinidad and Tobago are the most southerly of the Caribbean islands, lying just a few miles off the Venzuelan coast.