True Blue Bay Resort St. George's

... pulling out onto the pan central american highway in his van.. with his mom in the front seat. Guess they really take drunk driving seriously here, or they just like to get started early.

Also just a little tid bit for you all.. I did my first load of laundry today. Consisted of me scrubbing my clothes on a stone wash tablet... Im going to smell like something fierce after six months of this, so dont say I didnt warn you.

... to get on the bus, but we were parked on the side of the street in a town of maybe 200 people. C'mon, like seriously. Then we got to Mombacho, and walked up to the tour booth in order to pay for our hike. So, because we are keeners, all three of us agreed that we should just walk up to the top on the road rather than pay the extra ten dollars to take the shuttle. The guys who worked there must have just been thinking "****ing gringos." We walked 1000m up in ...

... the captain we would not be joining the return. He was quite nice and understood the situation.

Back in St. George, we did some shopping in Port and explored the famous spice shops. Dot's plaza had a nice selection of spice and soaps. http://mypages.spiceisle.com/dots/ As well as many street vendors offering baskets with fresh spices. I recommend buying your spices from a ...

... The driver had to stop the van, clean up Mi's shoes before proceeding down the road. Everyone was laughing.

Our next stop was Fort Frederick. The fort was first constructed by the French in 1779 and completed by the English in 1791. It offered a fantastic view of the town and the harbour below. In the distance, the Caribbean Princess could be seen.

After a wonderful tour which lasted 4 hours, we made ...

Friday - last day of cricket at Grenada. Big match today with much expectation of a high standard game. A record crowd in attendance in the new stadium with the yellow and green again having a major presence and the New Zealanders trying to be obscure amongst the crowd. Australia's early batting performance was absolutely inspiring with Hayden posting a great century but then things slowed in the ...

... to before the hurricane, but it makes it more fun to swim in! Sort of like my own personal wet'n'wild. That day was pretty slow, just spent chillin on the beach with nadia, mark, emma and kat. Karren emerged at some point, looking pretty ill before announcing she was away back off to vom. But i caught up with her later as she was packing. We got a txt from aisha and simon saying they were stranded in miami coz aisha had confused the flight number with the flight time!! Egit! So ...

... happily moving along. Fascinating things tho coz around their body they have a thin continuous fin which ripples for propulsion. Quite sure they werent impressed with the big white yeti hovering over above them! So we got about 45mins to just roam around and have a goosey. I let off a massive burp on the way back to the boat so theres probably a flock of whales on their way to the caribbean looking for a mate. Not sure whales move in flocks...going bhaaaa :S ...

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 got shown round, all fine. Then went to find my consultant who is supposed to be supervising me, and turns out he is on holiday!! He's supposed to be back tomorrow, but he starts at 10am! (most people start their day between 6 and ...

... including kids going to school. The Nutmeg bar/grill: great views of St. George's and Grand Anse Beach in the distance. Carib beer and grilled cheese sandwiches. We'd watch the water taxis load up and ferry people in / out of the harbor. Grand Anse Beach: a truly grand beach. Long vistas, soft white sand, shady trees and the front yard for Grenadians. In the mornings and evenings, you could find locals out on the beach. Scrubbing themselves with ...