Grenada - The Spice Island

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July 13th 2011

Published: July 13th 2011

Your first impression of a country when traveling is that of your interactions with immigration and customs. The country of Grenada includes three islands, Grenada itself which is the largest of the three, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. When traveling south through the Windward Islands, the first one you come to that has a place to check in is Carriacou which is where we stopped. The first t... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Janice Waller

s v Tsamaya

Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info

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What a snile!

She was part of a school group taking a tour at the Belmont Estate learning how chocolate is made. As soon as she saw the camera this is what I saw!

The lushness of Grenada

Grenada is definitely a very lush island with vegetation covering the landscape in every direction.

Annadale Falls

Where you find elevation you find waterfalls such as this one called Annadale Falls.

Roots can be beautiful too

In this light the root system was as beautiful as what grew skyward.

Happy Times & Tsamaya

We had a great time taking the island tour with our friends Cheryl, Mike & Mikayla from Happy Times.

Giant Sized Flowers

Every thing seems to grow in one size- “giant”

Remnants of the Past

The remnants of the first airport on Genada is lined with planes, one of which is an old Soviet bomber left over from the Revolution.

What do you think it means?

We were all trying to determine what their definition of halfnakedness would be. Any guesses?

Clement, Our Tour Guide

Wash Day

We do actually do some work on Tsamaya. Sunday was wash day as you can see by the lifelines

Steel Pan Band

This is just part of the steel pan band we were privileged to listen to while they practiced for the competition coming up during Carnival in August.

Jefferson rocks!

Jefferson took shear delight in playing his instrument and during his breaks was eager to answer all the questions the cruisers threw at him. He starts University next year and will be studying psychology as well as music.

Visiting with the band members

The kids in the band were great at talking to the cruisers and seemed thrilled that we were so interested in their music.

Cutting up the rug

Patrick (aka ShadeMan) cut up the rug with Cheryl from Happy Times. It was hard to keep your feet from moving all the time to the music.

Head dress for Carnival

Cheryl models one of many headdresses being made for the participants in Carnival this year.

Another costume piece

Anna-Karin shouldered one of the larger costume pieces being made. The theme this year is “lost treasures under the sea”. All of the costumes must be approved by a committee, then in May many volunteers start working on making the costumes.

It starts with cardboard

The headpieces all start from heavy cardboard pieces such as this being cut out by hand.

Make it shimmer!

This step in the process included the gluing on of all the sequins being used to cover the various costume pieces.

Only some of the designs

These are only 4 of the many costume designs being made for this particular group this year. People must pay 450 EC ($168) for the female costumes or 225 EC ($84) for the male costumes if they want to participate. Do you want to join in?

Yards of fabric

The photos down front in this picture show the male costumes being made – pirates. The fabric is cut to make the costumes at this location once everyone’s sizes are known.

The drums

A view of the numerous drums used by the band.

17th July 2011

Peggy OConnor
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Beautiful pictures!
Hi Janice and Bob, Kevin and I just got back from a 2 week sailing adventure around Lake Ontario. It was our first "long" sail. We thought of you both often as we came to the conclusion that there is nothing better in the world than being on the sailboat and traveling. It was truly the best 2 weeks of our lives! We learned so much and met so many fascinating people. We just wanted to keep going. I know it doesn't compare to what you both are doing but it did clarify for us that we want to do the same thing someday. We are going to try and make "someday" come much sooner!! Our house is for sale and we are looking for a larger sailboat that we could travel with. Our current boat went up for sale and we had an offer in 4 days and are waiting to have a survey completed. You never know when you might see us in a port!! I hope you will be able to come to Navy Point when you return for 2 months. We are all looking forward to seeing you and hearing tales of the high seas! Best to you... Peggy

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