Grenada - 6 February

Dearloves
Tue 7 Feb 2006 15:38
We arranged a tour with Cat Eye for David and
Bridget's first day with us. Rob, Mike and John from Whitehaven came along
too. We swam in a waterfall, had a great local lunch and then visited the
chocolate and rum factories.
![]() Our Group at the rum
factory
The rum factory still uses traditional methods for
the manufacture of the rum. The sugar cane, some of which is grown on the
estate, is crushed by power generated by a water wheel dating back to
1785.
![]() Rum factory water wheel
The streets of each town were decorated for
Independence Day (7 February). Every person we passed was wearing red,
gold and green, and the children looked especially amazing in their national
colours.
![]() School Girls with Cat
Eye
Cat Eye gave us an explanation of the local spices
as well as plying the adults with shots of very strong rum. He
peeled a fresh nutmeg and explained it contents, saying "dere's a lady in the
boat wears a red petticoat".
![]() Cat Eye's Talk
![]() Alice in the
minibus
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