Chris­tine Dalkan

"I nev­er saw the beau­ty

of a sun­set

Un­til I watched the

sun­set with you

Then every­thing be­gan to have a new mean­ing

And all my dreams were

com­ing true" �Anony­mous

Some say 'mon­ey can't buy love' but have you ever been per­plexed when try­ing to cre­ate ro­mance with­out dip­ping in­to your wal­let?

A sun­set is na­ture's way of blush­ing at us; why don't you seize the mo­ment and flirt back. The beau­ty of the fiery colours makes a sun­set the ide­al set­ting for a qui­et evening of ro­mance. There are many beau­ti­ful sites where you can take your soul­mate right here in sweet Trinidad and To­ba­go to share a ro­man­tic sun­set.

Tem­ple by the Sea

You and your loved one may nev­er vis­it In­dia, but that's no rea­son why you can't share an 'In­di­an sun­set.'

"A beau­ti­ful sight is the Wa­ter­loo Hin­du Tem­ple with its two white onion shaped tow­ers, which can be seen al­ready from far away," re­mem­bers Emil & Lil­iana Schmid, a glo­be­trot­ting cou­ple and world record trav­el­ers.

It stands as a mon­u­ment, silent­ly telling the sto­ry of a sin­gle man's de­vo­tion to his God. When his first tem­ple was de­mol­ished in 1952 by Ca­roni (1975) Ltd, Siew­dass Sad­hu in his ado­ra­tion for God de­clared, "You broke the mandir on the land. Then I will build my mandir on no­body's land. I will build a mandir in the sea."

58 years af­ter this seem­ing­ly im­pos­si­ble vow, a beau­ti­ful tem­ple stands in the tran­quil wa­ter. "We were lucky enough to trav­el here with a lo­cal from the is­land, who took us there at sun­set. The whole back­drop to the tem­ple with the ocean and moun­tains be­hind was fan­tas­tic," raves a trav­el­er on www.tri­pad­vi­sor.com, "Know­ing the his­to­ry be­hind the tem­ple cer­tain­ly makes the vis­it worth­while."

Mara­cas Look­out

"I liked how the branch­es were form­ing a heart shape around the sun­set," says de­light­ed pho­tog­ra­ph­er Lawrence Moy Hing of the Mara­cas look­out at evening time. This is an ide­al lo­ca­tion be­cause it of­fers you a breath­tak­ing view of the sil­hou­ette of the North­ern Range as well as the lights of Port-of-Spain.

This sun­set along with strains of soft mu­sic com­ing from your car can be all you need to set a ro­man­tic mood.

Ch­aguara­mas

"When the sun sets in the west, Ch­aguara­mas comes alive at night," says the Ch­aguara­mas De­vel­op­ment Au­thor­i­ty. This set­ting is per­fect for beach lovers, be­cause they can en­joy a sea­side sun­set while get­ting an in­ter­est­ing view of the lit­tle is­lands off the coast.

Store Bay, To­ba­go

"Our ex­pe­ri­ence in Store Bay, To­ba­go left us sit­ting on the evening beach, our toes sunken in the wet sand as the high tide washed over our feet pe­ri­od­i­cal­ly," re­mem­bers Na­dia of www.here­orthere.com, "As the sun start­ed go­ing down it was as if we were look­ing through po­laroid lens­es as a mag­i­cal pas­tel paint­ing took place be­fore our very eyes."

Peo­ple make in­ter­est­ing com­pa­ny, so come to Store Bay and ex­pe­ri­ence a sun­set com­ple­ment­ed by oth­er cou­ples walk­ing along the shore while the waves lap gen­tly against the boats. "At the end of the day our look­out is the per­fect place to re­lax and en­joy the breath­tak­ing view of a To­ba­go sun­set," ac­cord­ing to www.my­to­ba­go.in­fo, an on­line vis­i­tor guide.

Pi­geon Point, To­ba­go

"The sun sets just over the west­ern end of the beach, point­ing the way to our To­ba­go vil­la, like a gold bea­con in the evening sky," says a cou­ple on the Amaz­ing To­ba­go Va­ca­tions web­site af­ter stay­ing at a re­sort in Pi­geon Point, "with the last drink of the day in hand, we looked out across the crum­pled sil­ver-sea and toast­ed one an­oth­er."

The wa­ter is a star­tling aqua colour and very calm, adding to the beau­ty of the set­ting. "The long, se­clud­ed rib­bon of sand lead­ing up to the point is per­fect for ro­man­tic strolls," they add. Pre­pare to be spell bound by the sun­sets so be armed with your cam­era to cap­ture these mo­ments. Sun­sets are a mes­mer­iz­ing sight, but are even bet­ter when shared with the per­son you love. So go ahead and cap­ture ro­mance with­out spend­ing a dime.