Hiro and I were at the Superstore last Saturday and I discovered that they sell Mauby Fizzz there.

Mauby is a drink made in the Caribbean that is made from the bark of the mauby tree. I first tasted it when I was in the islands in 2001.

Mauby isn’t necessarily carbonated, but this one is. It is produced by Pepsi in Trinidad and Tobago
Here is the label information:

cool yourself
MAUBY
FIZZZ
boisson gazeuse
please recycle
300ml
7 34362 05888 0
Nutrition Facts
Serving size 1 Bottle (300ml)
Amount Per serving
Calories 180
% Daily Value *
Total fat 0g 0%
Sodium 15mg 1%
Total Carbohydrates 45g 15%
Sugars 45g
Ptroteinn 0g
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000calorie diet.
Contains: Carbonated water, sugar, extract of mauby bark, (colubrina arborescens), caramel, aniseed and vanilla flavour, spices, potassium sorbate.
Contient: Eau gaziefiee, sucre, extraits de mauby (colubrina aborescens), caramel, aromes d’anis et de vanille, epices, sorbate de potasse.
Product of/ Produit de/ Trinidad & Tobago
Bottled by/ Bouteille par/ Pepsi Cola
Trinidad Bottling Co. Ltd.
47 Tissue Drive P.O. Box 2092
New Trincity Industrial Estate
Trinidad & Tobago

We left for Ann Arbor quite late Friday 17 August.

The trip is about 350 kilometres. We stopped in Windsor and I got some US currency then we crossed the Ambassador Bridge. When we got into the Ann Arbor after midnight, I found that the directions I had printed off to get to the city followed a route on the highways different that the directions to our accommodations — that I had expected to susquently follow. We drove down Main, Liberty and State streets, but then doubled back and drove down Packard and stopped at Stadium at the circleK to buy a map.

I navigated and we drove up Ferdon and got to Vitosha Guesthouse at Berkshire and Washtenaw. We followed the directions that Kei had given me on the phone and we got to our room and finally to sleep at about 02:30.

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