Out and about

Our last day

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November 10th 2007
Wed Our last full day we booked a DIY tour, two of us and a driver headed around the island visiting a nutmeg processing plant, several views, a rum distillery and a couple of lakes. It was good to have a guide telling us the history of the area and showing us the fauna and flora. I was moved by the story of the original Grenadian Caribbean’s. After the Europeans invaded and enslaved them in ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Grenada

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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