Grenada Stories


Grenada Journal

Saturday came too soon, of course. A and I ate our leftovers from the night before, and then had plenty of time to kill. Eventually we went to the pool bar, where I got more than a little drunk on Banana Quit and Coconut Kooler - for some reason none of the bars offered any kind of food, which might have helped me out a bit. C and :R: joined us for a bi...


Grenada Journal

Friday was our last full day in Grenada. C had decided that in order to get any good snorkeling in we should go in the morning, so the three of us (:R: wasn’t interested) put on sunblock and rented equipment. I was amazed at how easy it was - I’d expected it to be much more difficult to breathe, but when I was in the water I just swam around and looked ...


Grenada Journal

On Thursday I really started to feel like time was running out. I had seen some shops mentioned in a tourist brochure, so I’d been wanting to visit their respective shopping centers. A agreed to go with me, and we got up around 9:45 to head to breakfast. To our dismay, the International Restaurant was already closed, but they told us to go over to Spice...


Grenada Journal

The day started out bad when the pest control guy came around and we had to vacate the room for a while. We decided to take a taxi tour of the island, and of the three drivers’ business cards we had we chose the one A and :R: had taken home from the capital yesterday. (Most cab drivers can serve as tour guides as well, and they’ll offer fixed-rate trips...