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Coppers

After all the sugar cane juice is squeezed out, the next step in the process of making rum is to boil it down in giant copper kettles- like the ones you see here.
Grenada, The Spice Island

July 18th 2008
We have been sailing around the Grenadines, jumping from island to island and traveling back and forth. After our short stay in the Tobago Cays we went back up to Bequia for a reunion with S/V Verna Breeze- which was great fun! But then hurricane Bertha started forming and was going to create some nasty weather, so it was time to turn back and continue south again. We did a quick sail down to C ... read more
Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Grenada

Grenadian Flag One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captu... ... read more
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