St. George’s, Grenada

November 15th

What can I say? My day started out just like yesterday. I got up at 5:30 and stretched while waiting for the sun to rise by 6:00 a.m..

After watching the sunrise, I went and had breakfast and waited for the all-clear to go ashore. This morning, we were a little late getting into Grenada.

Odyssey sitting behind the Grenada sign at the port.

We finally got the all-clear at 10 am, and off Angela, Steve and I went. Instead of walking, we took a taxi tour to a waterfall and beach. The taxi prices in Grenada are regulated by the tourism board, so the prices are all the same.

While I enjoyed the day, we didn’t go to the advertised waterfall, and we didn’t hit up a beach, so I’m not sure where the miscommunication came in. It was USD 30 each for a three-hour tour.

We did a quick run through St. George’s, which is small. Passing through the downtown or Market Square on our way up the hill towards the Immaculate Conception Cathedral.

The road continued to climb, and we stopped for a quick photo op of the Odyssey as Angela requested. A nice local gentleman and his wife graciously allowed us to enter his yard and balconey for the best view.

Across the street is the graveyard. It was first used in the 1700s and continues to be used today. As our driver said, it is the most popular place to check in only.

From the graveyard is the stadium. There are 2. A large one for cricket and a smaller one for other athletics.

As with any place that was established in the 1700s, the roads are narrow, and the drivers need to travel with patience and great attention.

This is government housing for low income families- like teachers and policemen – we know where we’d be living here.

View of the other side of the city. The Fort is on top.

We went through many villages as we made our way into the center of the mountainy island. We stopped twice to look at spices.

At the second stop, we also tried out the local spiced rum and rum punch. The spiced rum is made with fresh plants and the white rum that is 69%. It packs a punch, and my mouth and throat tingled for about an hour after sampling it. I must be slightly allergic to something in there.

Hibiscus plant with which the locals make treats from for Christmas

The rum punch was much easier to drink.

About 2 minutes walk down the road was a waterfall which we stopped to admire.

We also made our way to Grand Etang Forest Reserve. It costs $2 to enter the sites, which include a lookout and Grand Etang Lake.

I went to the bathroom after Steve and Angela and found the lookout trail. It is only 5 minutes to the lookout, and our phones weren’t working, so I decided to take it quickly and hoped that they would figure out where I went.

The trail was muddy, and uphill, and several steps were in the process of being replaced. The view was nice but no better than other places we had gone to so I don’t know that it was worth the short trek.

When I returned to the parking area, Steve and Angela were coming back up the road because they had assumed that I walked down to the lake, and they went down part way to look for me.

We did end up going down to the lake, and at the entrance to the turnoff, two monkeys were hanging around. They were cute.

We continued on to the lake where fish were swimming around the dock. They must get fed there regularly because they were frantic once we appeared.

From here, we traveled back to the city, passing by the Carenage (inner harbor) and Christ the Deep.

A quick trip through the tunnel and we were back in the downtown area.

Once here, Steve found an ATM to pay our guide in local currency while I gave Steve US for my share. Once done with the tour, we headed up the street to the local farmer’s market to see what they had.

It’s not called the “Spice Island” for nothing.

It was only lunchtime, but we were hot and sticky and ready to call it a day. Besides, we could see everything in the town from the main road. We headed back towards the cruise ship terminal and the shops that were there.