Sunday, August 31, 2008

Grenada - August 16, 2008

The initial plan today was to venture around St. Georges and Grenada with Vicky; however, we never called her because mom was ill. She remained ill for several days, never wanting to be too far from a bathroom. It would have been perfect opportunity for T and I to lounge around a beautiful beach by the resort, if it had one, so instead we decided to hike.


Breakfast was actually much better today. I was served an omelet and it even had some vegetables in it! When we were ready for our hike I asked for bottles of water (snacks and everything were to be included) and after minutes James presented two warm bottles of water that we hadn't drank from the day before. At least it was wet.


We hiked for a few hours in the blazing hot heat, but still didn't manage to get much sun due to all the trees. We initially tried to venture through the trees, scraped and cut we aborted that plan and later found trails that were much easier! Although they were easier, the trails and terrain still proved quite challenging for T. We ventured to four beaches (although from the pictures James insisted it was only three - I'm pretty sure I'm capable of counting to four!). I would have liked to have gone further, but T had reached his limit. We swam in the fourth beach, which was a beautiful calm and serene beach. We also played at the second beach which had very large waves, "10' high waves!" by T's recollection!


This was also the day of our ocean kayak adventure sans life jackets. We also didn't have a/c for most of the day today and when we did, it could only be used in one room at a time! Dinner tonight included fish pate (aka tuna fish on toast), blue cheese spread (although far more intense) on toast, stuffed olives, and a crepe with chicken and LOTS of pepper. I asked for a salad and then had cheese slices. I hadn't realized that the crepe wasn't the main dish. James was apparently cooking fish, again, but I didn't have any as a salad was all I really wanted. It was difficult to differentiate what was being served as it took so long we began to assume that it was the main course.


Here are some pictures from our hike:

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