Blogs from Grenada, Central America Caribbean - page 3

Grenada very similar to Costa Rica and Nicaragua and Hawaii. A small island located down in like around maybe 200 nautical away from Venezuela. Grenada is such a special island because it has wonderful waterfalls that I discovered. I went to Costa Rica and it looked very similar to the one in Grenada. Grenada and Costa Rica both have some similarities. Costa Rica is more of a home to rainforests versus Grenada green rainforests but has some colonial architecture. url=http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCIGquK-09cgCFUomJgod048Ecg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaribbeansocialwork.org%2F&psig=AFQjCNG74ArVQiAQOQm9BNQHbp1mw4Il1g&ust=1446679796979824... read more

This year’s choice for my spring break professor getaway was Grenada. In recent years I had read that the ‘Spice Island’ was one of the better all-around Caribbean destinations and one that wasn’t as yet over-touristed, particularly by Americans. My experience would confirm this. The nation of Grenada consists of the main island of Grenada and the two smaller islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique. It is positioned in the southern Caribbean near Venezuela. I split my short one-week excursion between Grenada and Carriacou. I must admit that I knew nothing about Carriacou before going to Grenada but it is here where I would kick my feet up when returning to Grenada. I was off to Carriacou on the Osprey ferry after landing in Grenada the previous night. Departure was delayed a half-hour after a truckload ... read more

Grenada Dogs, Warm Water, and Beaches! Ah Grenada! Some of you may have doctors or veterinarians who attended med school here. Can you imagine the dedication it would take to stick to the books when beautiful beaches are calling. For us, when the sirens of the beaches called, we went running ;-) Or more correctly, we leisurely headed down the long dock to shore, then down the beach to the rickety wood pier, where “The Viking” told us to “come aboard” his small ferry boat to Great Anse Beach. There were already 6 people on board, all German. The “Aida” had docked next to our Ruby Princess with a couple of thousand Germans who had flown in from Germany to the Dominican Republic, to pick up the ship. They were on a 7 day cruise to ... read more

We had decided to take the overnight bus to Gatwick as we had to be there 4hrs before the flight ie 5.45am and it didn’t seem worth getting a hotel for half a nights sleep! Arrived at Gatwick at the unearthly hour of 4.10am and after checking our bags in, were rewarded with window seats on Thomson’s new Dreamliner plane! It was about an hour late leaving as it needed de-icing but we made up time on the way and arrived in Barbados (8 1/4hrs flight) at 2.00pm. Barbados is 4hrs ahead of UK! Off the plane, onto coaches to the Port, a very easy check-in and onto the ship, Ventura (P & O Cruises!) Went to our cabin (B311) but as our cases hadn’t caught up with us yet decided to have a little wander ... read more

15thMarch Sailed to Carriacou – well motored anyway, We tried sailing and could for a little bit, but the wind, tide, current were all against us so had to motor most of the way. We had to stay out of an exclusion zone for Kick-em Jenny Volcano – and active underwater volcano. When she is 'working' the exclusion zone is much larger. Today however she was sleeping so all was fine. Quite a choppy, bumpy ride. We arrived in the afternoon, and Tinopai were already there – they invited us over for drinks and dinner – Lasagne...and a great one at that!! As we were there for the weekend we had to wait for Monday to clear out, so had Sunday there as well. A very wet day. Wasn't cold though so getting caught in the ... read more