Grenada

Friday we were on the island of Grenada and took a ship's excursion around the island.  We visited a national forest, going over the highest point here.  It was 1910 feet high, quite low compared to home.  A big deal here!  We were not able to spot any of the Mona's monkeys that are wild here.  We stopped at 'Crater Lake' which was in a valley.  Then it was on to a cocoa plantation and the 200 year old Westerhall Rum Distillery. 

The four hour tour started at 8am and we were back at the ship by noon.  After a quick lunch we headed back out to town.  The driver guide told us about how grateful the locals still are for the US (Ronald Reagan) coming into the country in 1982 to toss out the Russian/Cuban backed Communists. 

Hurricane Ivan came through and leveled 98% of the cocoa and nutmeg trees and many of the houses.  Many more lost their roofs.  So, many trees are young and many houses are new.

Tomorrow is Independence Day and people dress in the national colors.  Everyone is wearing red, yellow and green. 

Also, tomorrow we will be in Trinidad and then we have five sea days until our first port in Brazil.

John & Colleen