Blogs from Grenada, Grenada, Central America Caribbean - page 2

We spent most of June in the Grenadines. We visited Bequia, Mustique, Canouan, Mayreau, Tobago Cays, Petit St. Vincent, and Union Island. While sailing in the Grenadines we started traveling with several other boats from island to island. At one time we had as many as 8 boats traveling together. It was great fun and we made a lot of new friends. Toward the end of June we made our way further south to Carriacou and Grenada in preparation for hurricane season. After a couple of weeks in Grenada we decided to go to Tobago with Tom & Rose of s/v Sojourn and Cheryl and Griff of s/v Mystic Journey. For my nonsailing friends the abbreviation s/v just stands for sailing vessel and is typically placed in front of the name of a sailboat. As cruisers ... read more

A good friend of ours decided that the opportunity to escape the delights of a Canberra winter and come and bludge off us was too good to pass. So Svenny joined us for a couple of weeks which happened to coincide with the Australian cricket team's tour of the West Indies. Having been starved of any decent sport for the last 18 months this was too good an opportunity to pass up and we decided to book some flights and get across to catch two of the One Day International games in Grenada. Unfortunately Fiona was stuck at work and couldn't make it, so it was just Sven and I for the week - yes I have the most understanding and awesome wife in the history of the world and quite possibly the universe. But, Grenada ... read more

Pete decided not to go with us. We rented a 4 wheel Susuki for a week. We went on the West side of the island,through the Carrenage, down the tunnel, and away we went. Downtown by the Carrenage, the streets are 1 way, we kind of got a lost, but then found our way, whew...On the way to Gueyave, some of the road was washed out, detours, and of course we went the wrong way, to end up in a dirt road, so we then knew we had made a wrong turn. Of course there is no signs, very few... We found the Concorde falls, they are putting in a dam on the other side, not sure how that is going to work. On the way there, this very narrow road, we found some of the ... read more

Here we are in Grenada. We arrived 7:39PM. No problem with customs. Whew!!! We were at Wave Crest apts by 8:20 pm. We were at the boat around 0900 yesterday. Day 1 went like this. Everything that goes on the stern is up. Plus we did all of the hardware for the canvas, that was a job! Bimini is up.Went shopping for food for apt. Ate, went to bed at 1815, we were exhausted. We founf lot's of ants and some roaches. Set bug bombs of, hope to get rid of those pesky.... Day 2: We were up at crack of dawn, actually before. Had our showers, only way to stay cool here. Had breakfast and were at the boat by 730. Jib is on, outboard motor lift went up today. Pete got over heated and ... read more

cuando bajamos del barco, no teniamos idea de lo pintoresco de Grenada, en realidad una pequeña isla de 344 km2 ,que tras de ser debastada por el huracan ivan en el año de 2004, la isla quedo practicamente destruida, sin embargo los trabajos de reconstruccion ahora , casi estan por el 95 %. nos cuentan que cuando el huracan se quedaron sin servicio de luz, y que por mucho tiempo estuvieron comiendo enlatados, y haciendo sus guizados a la usanza de entes, haciendo fogatas, que apesar de pasar tiempos muy duros, la solidaridad, salio a flote, siendo que las personas que vivian en el campo y que tenian en sus casas arboles con frutos, se los daban a los de la ciudad . cabe mencionar que su clima es humedo y caluroso, lo que implica que ... read more