Grenada was our next port of call after St Vincent. I really liked Grenada and had a good tour there. Again we couldn’t go ashore independently though could take a gov’t tour. Grenada is known for nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves, also cocoa.
The cruise terminal is at the town of St George's, the capital of Grenada.
The 125 year old Sendall Tunnel is by the port entrance and links the port to the carenage or inner harbour. We drove through the small town of St George’s with its very steep hills. Went up the hills out of town, views over the famous Grand Anse beach. First stop was Fort Frederick, which is next to Fort Matthew. Nothing to see of the fort, just good views over the town and harbour.
The carenage is the harbour in the foreground, with the hospital and Fort George on the hilltop -
Looking over the prison to the town and our ship -
We went across the island to the east side. As we headed down to La Sagesse there was a huge new development built by the Chinese, orange buildings, a low income housing project from China Aid.
At the coast there are luxury hotel developments.
Unfortunately I didn't get any photos as we drove along the scenic coast road except for this photo of a stall selling tuna
We then headed inland and up into Grand Etang National Park and to the Grand Etang lake, which is a crater lake in an extinct volcano. The volcano was responsible for the formation of Grenada and hasn’t erupted for 1-2 million years. The lake is 530 m (1740’) above sea level) and is 20’ deep. Our driver fed the fish with biscuits. On the way in we saw a mongoose – they were brought it to eat the rats in the sugar plantations. They are only small. It was definitely cooler up in the park compared to elsewhere.
Then up to a view point where I had a Carib beer. It was much cooler up here. We were lucky and saw the Mona monkeys, the only monkey on the island.
The mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona) is an Old World monkey that lives in western Africa between Ghana and Cameroon. The mona monkey can also be found on the island of Grenada as it was transported to the island aboard slave ships headed to the New World during the 18th century.
Next stop was the Annandale waterfall. On the way we saw a Rainbow Eucalyptus, which is native to Phillipines and Indonesia. See a
Brut video. As far as I know, this is the only one
on Grenada -
From here we went back to St George's
View of St George's from the ship. The bus station (bottom left) looks like a double storey car park.
Flag of Grenada -
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