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We reached South Trinidad Island two days, later and moored the boat four miles away from the land. Birdie agreed that I hadn't exaggerated it's sinister appearance. So instead of sitting around, we decided to explore the beach outside. Night fell as we stepped out of the cabin. There was a veil of mist over the mountain peaks. But bathed in the moonlight lay a fairy castle. And above the castle rested a mighty dragon, touched with silver and gold. And beneath the clouds of the fairy castle, floating on the crashing waves was the monster's lair! With sinister appearance it devoured it's prey... The sandy beaches shimmered in the darkness when a coal black rock collided onto the forest of dead trees. The gulls shrieked as the sea crabs scuttled into the ocean. And the monster took a deep breath and roared. I froze. It sounded angry... but also dramatic. The fairy castle gates had opened and instantlyl the dragon pounced onto the monster. Within 30 seconds the monster lay dead. Birdie and I had heard and seen everything through a telescope. The rosy dawn came up as the white surf stopped.

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We reached South Trinidad island two days later and moored the boat four miles from land. Birdie agreed that I had not exaggerated the islands sinister appearance. Then night fell and moonlight transformed it into a fairy castle. Towers, turrets and battlements touched with silver. At half past five in the morning. When we sailed closer, the reality of the island was more dramatic. The mountains of volcanic rock twisted into jagged shapes rose steeply from the white surf. Though the day was clear, without a cloud, there was a veil of mist through which the mountain peak thrust upwards to meet the rosy dawn. A forest of dead trees covered the island interspersed with ferns. The few sandy beaches separated by cliffs of coal black rock, were covered in wreckage and alive with sea crabs. ======