Grenada - The tour
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Mike and Liz Downing
Sat 13 Jun 2009 13:08
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We used the local buses a lot in Grenada. Unlike the buses in
the UK, if the driver sees you coming they not only wait for you, but get out
and hold up the traffic going the other way so you can cross the road! They are
all mini-buses carrying about 12 people and they drive fast - the more
trips they do the more money they get. The traffic rules are more
relaxed - not only do motorists use their mobile phones while driving, but the
bus drivers do to! Having said that, all drivers here are much more
considerate to other drivers. For example, most stop to allow others to
pull out or cross the traffic - everyone's too laid back for road
rage!
Although using the buses for local trips, a tour round of
the Island is must and taxi drivers offer tours. We actually did 2 trips, one
round the island and one up to the north to a beach where the turtles come
ashore to lay their eggs. We got there about 20.00 (it gets dark here
around 18.00) and were lucky to see 4 great Leatherback turtles come
up the beach and lay their eggs. We did try to take some photos, but were not
allowed to use flash so while we know what they are, others would find
it difficult, so they're not included on the blog. But it was an unforgettable
experience - it only needed David Attenborough's commentary! We returned
well after midnight.
On our trip round the Island included one of
Grenada's waterfalls, the rain forest, a chocolate processing plant, a nutmeg
processing plant and a rum factory.
 The cashew nut and fruit, just one nut per
fruit, no wonder they are expensive.
 Above and below, the Annandale
falls.
  The Mona monkey, brought in by the slaves. now
live wild in the rain forest. A banana will soon bring a group out in the
open.
 Chocolate pods in the rain
forest.
 Chocolate being dried at the factory in a fairly
remote part of the Island.
Grenada makes a variety of very fine organic dark chocolate
that's very strong - once you start eating it it's difficult to stop!
 An old plantation house near the chocolate
factory.
 Explanation on the
stone.
 Nutmegs being dried at the factory, another of
Grenada's exports.
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