Carriacou - 16 January
Dearloves
Thu 19 Jan 2006 12:22
We arrived at Hillsborough, on the island of
Carriacou, the port of entry for Grenada and its islands, on 16 January.
The town itself was very rough. Although it was Monday morning there were
lots of people who seemed to be drunk or stoned and we saw a fight outside one
of the bars. We had to visit four departments to obtain our clearance to
enter - immigration, customs, passport control and port authority, all of which
required forms to be filled out, which was a bit tedious. There are no
photos as I didn't feel comfortable getting the camera out. Alice said she
heard words which were so bad she couldn't repeat them. Eventually we got
away and headed straight for another bay, Tyrrel Bay.
We had changed our courtesy flag for the Grenada
one:
Grenada Flag
On the way to Tyrrell Bay we passed Sandy
Island. It was not as Charlie remembered it. Then we realised that
all the palm trees had been stripped off it, presumably by one of the
hurricanes.
Sandy Island, with Union Island (in
the background to the left) part of Carriacou (in the background to the right),
so looking North
Tyrrel Bay is an attractive, sheltered bay, with a
great Yacht Club. The locals are very friendly.
Many of the
buildings are quite basic:
The Old Rum
Shop