Grenada, the Spice Island

Grenada, the Spice Island.

We arrived here at noon and we were in a complete quandary as to what we should do for the day. Last time here we took the tour on the Rhum Runner II so we really did not explore the island. I knew that this was the place I wanted to buy spices from but that was all I knew for sure. Ken seemed to be rather ambivalent as well. He is not saying he is tired in fact he keeps joking crying and saying how sad he is that he must leave the ship. I assured him that there was not one person on board who was feeling sorry for him. Anyway he didn’t seem to have a preference as to what he wanted to do for the day. While we were trying to decide Marilyn of Marilyn and Hank called to find out what we were going to do. It was decided that we would all four go to shore together and probably take the tour called The Grenada Discovery Tour.

We decided on the Hop On Hop Off bus, actually it was not really a bus. It was a kind of vehicle with open cars and benches and it was made to sort of look like a train.

Anyway it cost 20.00 per person, each trip was 45 minutes long and you could go around as many times as you wished. It was decided to do the entire loop the first time and then make choices the second time. The town was VERY hilly , the streets were very narrow, many places did not have side walks  and vehicles seemed to be parked everywhere;so we were glad to not be walking.

There were many new buildings and many more damaged buildings. There was a bad hurricane here in 2005 and the island is in various stages of rebuilding. One of the big old churches no longer has a roof, so sad.

Marilyn and Hank decided to visit Fort George on the second time around and Ken and I decided to visit the museum. Marilyn said there was not much at the fort but the view made the stop worthwhile. Ken and I really enjoyed the museum. In fact we could have stayed for an hour and a half and not just the 45 minutes.

On the return we saw many school children in their various school uniforms. The island is very clean and the people are all well turned out.

On  the return we stopped at a few of the Kiosks and purchased the spice assortment gifts for friends.

We  went to the evening show which was the last performance of the dance troop that is leaving. It was great as usual.

To end the evening we went for our coffee nightcap.

Tomorrow we are river tubing in Dominica.