St. George's
Travel Blogs from St. George's, Grenada
The Spice Island
... boat from travel channel fame "the picton castle" is docked and then up a very steep hill and down again into the main part of st. george.. we split ways and i took a small walking tour up, down and around the many calf busting hills i came across.. Today ...
Feb 04, 2012
What do i actually do?
... was turning up at 1130am then buggering off at 12! So i drive to the hospital which is on this hill overlooking the carenage of st. george's. Its actually right next to a fort as well which i will need to check out at some point. Theres two main parts to ...
snorkel snorkel, fishy fishy
... boat just willing urself to lunge into the water, so we all jumped together. They took us a way round into the next bay past st. georges and then about 100 metres from the shoreline. Looked like it was going to be good coz there was quite a rocky edge ...
photos and videos
Just some more photos from time here Ive also got another website where I am uploading videos. I only get 8Mb/week so there should be a new video every week for u to see. http://www.vimeo.com/clip=2279 If u follow this link u can see the first ...
Catch-up
... nice We've been out most nights for dinner, but I seem to be cursed here...let me explain: Went for a meal on the carenage (st. georges city centre next to the port) at The Nutmeg, which I was really looking forward to. I ordered a shrimp starter and ...
Nearly time
Hi, Just a quick update as this may be the last time before i go to america...#$&@ yeah! Havnt been up to much recently other than the sport of extreme sunning. Im getting closer and closer to my ideal of becoming an arab every day. Dont know how ...
Hurricane Emily
... a tropical storm looming off the east coast many miles away and it was projected to hit the windward island (of which grenada is the most southern). So we followed it carefully. It was confusing getting different reports from different sources. The news ...
Finally arrived in Grenada
... to the fan. A little later I'm going to hit the mall and then go to the beach to cool down. I've been in Grenada since Thursday evening and I haven't slept at home as yet. I've been staying in the south of the island about 5 mins away ...
Change of plans
... beauty of it is, american flights are really cheap, and i will be saving money on accommodation (which costs a fortune out here in grenada). America in general will be soo much cheaper. So i think its an ingenious plan, but will need to wait and see if ...
Animal cruelty
... ! I think I did around 7 knots when we were going at the fastest speed, which felt fast enough for me. The main harbour of Grenada was a bit bigger than the other islands we'd been to. I didn't take any pics on land there, because it didn't feel as ...
The Road Trip
... went on further to the top right hand tip of the island where u are able to see all the little islands north of grenada. Here we stopped for our picnic, and champagne! Its totally different up there coz ur looking out over the atlantic ocean rather than ...
Start of work
Yo yo yo, how yor vibes? Trying to pick up some lingo from the locals but they say everything backwards so its quite hard to understand! Anyway, 'started' work today. Got to the hospital (after an incident inside the car...explain after this) and ...
Ups and Downs
Hi everyone Havnt been uploading anything recently, so thought I would tell u what ive been up to recently, if i can remember, coz it mostly involves alcohol! Well since I last wrote, its been pissssssing it down!!! Ive never seen so much water ...
Caribbean delight
... about leaving was that I didn't have to pay the airport tax because I had been there less than 24 hours. haha. I arrived in Grenada (The Spice Island of the Caribbean) late in the evening and was driven to a hotel that has advertised a cheap prices on ...
Who is Who and Los Roques
To allow you a complete appreciation of my adventure, let me introduce you to my fellow travellers: Bruce (aka Mal) was shamelessly walking around in his TERRIBLE hat suitable only for a 40-years old fat perverse. Whatever medicine you may need, he ...
Night out in Grenada
... jug instead!! So muchos lager-downing later I got to play some pool with this guy who said his family is the drugs mafia of grenada! Also met some turtle looker-afterers who apparently get paid to come here for 6 months, just to look after bloody turtles! ...
Grenada grenada
... car yesterday, a black suzuki jeep, which bakes in the sun, but has AC so is alright. Bit of a scary experience driving in grenada. Very narrow roads, winding everywhere, up and down hills, and maniac carib drivers trying to kill u. I went to see the ...
Days 92-97: Goin off to med school
... following morning we'd complete our journey to Grenada where we'd visit my friend Matt from high school who is in med school in St. George. The winds were once again picking up and also shifting more towards the north. This made the 40 mile jump to ...
Snow Birds Fly North
... . We will be flying home to Juneau (via a short stay with family in the Seattle area) on May 18. We arrived in Grenada early enough to get our bearings and to realize that we would like to explore this beautifully friendly island more when we get ...
Grenada
St. George, Grenada We came in to port in Grenada at around 7:00AM and I got up around 8:00am and decided that I was just going to relax on the boat. I put on my swim suit and went to have breakfast with Dad and Kathy; I had a light Breakfast of ...
San Juan's festival and other stories
We drove through the mountains to Puerto Colombia, a little fishing town, I was told the trip was very nice - I did not enjoy it myself as I got very very dizzy. The road was worse than Patra - Yiannena. We stayed in a very nice posada (like B&B), and ...
Mandoo and Me and Deb
... as he thought he was...it almost felt like an election victory for those of us who walk with the Angels!!! Two, we left Grenada yesterday afternoon heading southeast for the mouth of the mighty Amazon...three days away! Oh! There is a third! For ...
Last day of cricket in Grenada
... ' which is the crustacean inside the conch, Prawns and King Fish. The meal was excellent but we are getting used to the Grenada service level. The next day we set off to the much praised Aquarium Restaurant which is well placed on a superb blue sea ...
First day for us at the Cricket
Our first outing to the cricket. Missed our transfer bus as the clock in the room somehow lost 2 hours over night. People at the hotel were only too happy to help us. It was a good game, with Australia beating Sri Lanka by 7 wickets. Politics of the game ...
Grenada
... taken over so we had different flights etc than what we were ticketed, such fun!!!!!! The Antigua staff could not cope with this. Anyway we ended up in Grenada, thanks to the people in Barbados. But delays today totalled 4.5 hours - love airport ...

