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Eat, Drink and Lime: Solo Travel in Grenada
... ride. We were with Desiree, one of the workers at the dive shop. She said she normally runs but she would hang back and walk with us. Thank God she did! We had to wait about a half hour before the walk began. I sat on the back of a pick up truck with some friendly people and a dog named Diesel who was very frisky - he kept giving me kisses then tried to sit in my lap (and he wasn't a lap dog!). The walk ...
Grenada: Things to do
... bu bus one day. Starting at St. Anns, I went to Grenville. Then from Grenville to the River Antoine Rum Distillery. Then I went back to Tivoli, then up to Sauteres. Then I took the bus back from Sauteres to St. Georges. At each stop, I got out, ventured around, grabbed a beer and met locals....great time. Also, another quick thing about the bus: the guides say they don't run at night, but I never had a problem catching the #1 bus in the evening....so ...
Exploring Grenada
... nutmeg crop matured once again to the level the plant experienced pre-Ivan.
The following day, despite a rainy start (the usual "morning showers"), we headed off to connect with the bus that could take us to the island interior and the Grand Etang Forest Reserve. The uppermost canopy of this rainforest was damaged extensively during hurricane Ivan, but it was very interesting to walk about nevertheless. From the information center, we hiked to the ...
The Spice Island
... many houses, some quite beautiful, abandoned and without roofs. As has been true throughout the trip, houses were in every color of the rainbow and even more. Combinations that would look circus-garish anywhere else look perfectly in place on a Caribbean island. The same has to be said for people of the island and their dress -- a beautiful rainbow of skin hues, bright dresses and, most fascinating of all, dreadlocks of unbelievable length and knitted Rastafarian ...
Grenada's highlights & scenic drive
... us advice on a variety of spices being sold at the stands. We purchased a few for souvenirs of the place. We then continued our way by following a short but steep walk down a path to the Annandale Falls where the rushing water, framed by hanging ferns and a variety of flowering plants were simply picture perfect. Pictures were taken and off we went for our next stop.
We travelled along the scenic east coast of ...

