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    The Disney produced family adventure classic Swiss Family Robinson was shot entirely on location on the Caribbean island of Tobago in 1959.  Since my earliest memories this film, perhaps like no other, inspired a sense of adventure and desire to explore. As long as I can remember I wanted to visit the places featured in this film. It was a perennial Christmas movie for my family, recorded off the TV onto VHS tape, to this day I can still quote the Boxing Day ads from this copy. It was a film that my dad, brother and I could instantly agree on watching, ending any VHS choice paralysis. And now that my brother and father have passed, the film provides a deep sense of nostagia, and  resonates with me more t han ever.  Whilst I spent many an hour pouring over the internet, and Google Earth in particular, I only found so many locations by myself. This trip would not have been possible if it weren't for this amazing website:  https://www.reelstreets.c...