Caribbean Breeze St. George's

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Went to the masaya markets, makes you really wonder why Canadian Health organizations are so anal retentive about sanitary practices. There are pieces of meat, sitting in blazing heat, with flies all over them, everywhere. You can also buy half dead chickens, vegetarians must just be ******. Started my spanish classes as well. Fun Fact: the word Papaya in Cuba, means vagina... could get very confusing if you happen to be ...

... on a cobble stone road, through the jungle, in the 30 degree weather. Lets just say, my ass will never recover. It was so steep, on the walk down, we had to walk backwards just to spare the wear and tear on our knees. This hike made the Grouse Grind look like a highway in the prairies. But all in all, it was worth it for the experience. How many people do you know who can say: " I climbed a volcano with a ninja named Jackie Chan." Seriously, so worth it.

... instead of the street vendors, as the baskets were cute, but not fresh....

After touring around, we walked back to the ship. There are shops in the market outside of the port and inside as well for your souvenier needs.

I would recommend trying Grand Anse beach (although more touristy than Morne Rouge) or taking a hiking excursion to some of the island's waterfalls.

... be going down those hills. They were quite, and I quote, quite stiff and zig zagging along the mountains. Everytime the driver would turn, he had to press the car's horn to announce to other cars coming down that he was coming up or vice versa. Often, you wondered how two cars could pass one next to another one on those narrowed roads. The driver, however, kept his cool and knew what he was doing. He reassured us all by ...

... our sweet baby, Claire. I was able to get a baby fix at the oil down. There was a sweet five month old whose mother let me hold him. After a short time he was asleep in my arms. Heaven. My brother, Ellis joined us on Quest three days later. He'll be with us for two months and we'll take advantage of his presence to do lots of touristy things. We signed up for another of Cutty's island tours and enjoyed a great day ...

... grows!

Also, lots of bananas growing everywhere, mangos, breadfruit, coconut, papaya, coffee (many were lost in the hurricane) and so many more plants! We saw beautiful poinsettias and other flowers in bloom. It was nice because on many occasions, they stopped along the road to show us many various plants and spices growing naturally.

After our spice tour, we drove to Grand Etang Lake - the national park where we saw a lake that ...

... quelques emplettes dans les boutiques du centre d'achat du port. On y retrouve quelques restaurants, des boutiques de souvenirs, de vêtements et une petite épicerie où on trouve entre autres, des bouteilles d'eau. On y a aussi acheté de la vanille. Après notre dîner, on retourne au pont promenade pour voir le départ qui est à 14h00 car ce soir c'est le grand gala du Nouvel An. Comme tout le monde est de retour sur le bateau, je décide de passer l'après-midi ...

... inns/bed and breakfasts" the Siesta reviews were good and the Expedia price of $63US was even better. The Siesta itself is not on the beach, but a five miute walk. If has a restaurant, pool, A/C and the rooms have balconies and are clean and functional. It appears to be a good place to set up for night's stay or even longer if required. Hopefully, we will find our ship in the harbor this evening and be off on a great seven day cruise of of the Grenadines.

... cheap prices on the internet but in reality that price didn't exist. Brilliant! Welcome back to a life of paying a fortune for everything...unlike South America. I crashed out in bed and woke to my brother's 30th b'day back home in Australia. Happy Birthday mate! After eating brekky overlooking the marina of St Geroge's I began my mission to find a cheaper, better hostel/hotel. It turned out I stayed at the first place I looked at on the other side ...

... out. But it was ******* it down, with nowhere to shelter, so we started walking, trying to head-off the taxi that was supposed to have arrived half an hour ago! But we ended up in the most surreal place. ******* it down with rain, lightning going off all around, woods on one side, and then just this door on the other. It was just a plain wood door with two lights on either side, just standing there! Sure there must have been a house attached to it, but u ...