Story has it that in the late 1950s an American couple named Tom and Gladdie Johnston moved to Bequia, bought some land on the western end of the island, and began to build a Robinson Crusoe style cave house within Read More
Year: 2018
We took a local bus from town to the start of the Ma Peggy hike. We couldn’t find the trail at first. We walked past some goats, there was lots of tall grass, and then the ground got rocky. There wasn’t much of a Read More
We left Grenada and sailed to Union Island in the Grenadines. After grabbing a mooring ball, we walked to the airport to check into the county. When we got back to the boat, we went to Happy Island by dinghy. This Read More
This friendly beekeeper shared stories with us of his happy island bees buzzing around in the sunshine. Flavored by delicious selection of flowers, fruits and spices, we tried a little bag of dark mango honey and Read More
Here in Grenada, we hang with the Grenada Hash House Harriers HHH every Saturday for a super fun walk in the bush. We’d never heard of “hashing” before we got to Grenada, and boy have we been Read More
Halloween in Grenada is certainly one to remember. These cruiser kids had a total blast in our floating neighborhood. Late in the afternoon, everyone met up on Calabash Beach to make final preparations. Faces were Read More
We took a local bus to along the south coast of Grenada to St Andrew with friends on sv Roam and sv Sunsplash to visit Mount Carmel Falls to celebrate a 9th birthday. Mt. Carmet is one of the six waterfalls of Read More
The best time to go to the market is in the morning. All of the fish and meat come in the morning, and there are not that many people. We were looking for a yellow fin tuna for sushi. Yellow fin tuna are really good Read More
First day I capsized a lot. I didn’t know how to work the O’pen BIC sailboat yet. When we tacked, I wasn’t quick enough to get to the other side, so we capsized. Then for fun, we turtled it. To turtle a boat is when Read More
Our first experience at Spicemas Carnival in Grenada is J’ouvert. They say this is the biggest show at carnival. I thought that the J’ouvert celebration with people dressed as Jab Jabs was crazy—not scary but crazy. Read More