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Cycling in Trinidad and the Caribbean is indeed enigmatic. Traffic, potholes, animals, and 9a.m.-5p.m. heat can kill you on the road. So the tracks seem to be a real refuge.
Grass track racing at Guaracara/Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad:
Apart from Arima (photos in post above) other active Trini velodromes are:
Queens Park Oval.. an odd shaped track in the Test cricket stadium:
Skinner Park velodrome:
http://legacy.guardian.co.tt/archives/2008-04-24/SA-1.html
Palo Seco Velodrome:
http://wikimapia.org/1495055/Palo-Seco-Velodrome-Erin
Another one (
Olympic class') is supposedly under construction at Toruba but its mired down introuble'.But still, not too shabby for a developing country with 1.5 million people. A track of some sort for every 2 to 300,000 people. Imagine if the UK had that ratio.
Cheers! (my Missus is a Trini)