Grenada

This last Friday I had the opportunity to travel the entire country of Grenada.  After living here almost two months, I was grateful to see a bit more of the beautiful country. I haven't been too far out of the St. George's Parish (which is 1 of the 7).  On Friday at 10, a group of 30 of us piled into a bus, and started on our bobbling way.  The roads in Grenada are like anything else I've experienced.  They are windy like at home, narrow like in England, but steep like no where I have traveled before.  Thus making these roads in my mind purely Grenadian roads. With the bus creaking and jerking from the automatic functioning, we were off.

Our first stop was in St. George's (the capital).  But, we traveled up to the highest point in the town to see Fort Matthew and Fort Frederick.  From there we got great views of the city, and got to learn a little bit of history from the Grenadian War.

This is the Grenadian Prison.

This is a view of St. George's from the hill.

It was also at this site that the US military accidentally bombed Fort Matthew instead of Fort Frederick.  At the time Ft. Matthew was being used as an insane asylum.  The mistake cost lives of innocent victims.  Unfortunately, the forts are less than 1 mile apart.

Our next stop was at the northern most tip of the island called Carib's Leap, and the one I was most grateful for.  After an hour of crammed jerking and bouncing everyone was feeling sick.   It was here that a group of Grenadian natives leapt to their death instead of being killed by the French who were taking over the island.  But there are also beautiful views of the islands Carricou (1 of the other 2 islands of Grenada).

My favorite stop was the next, Belmont Estate.  This estate has been owned by several different families, but today is owned by the Nyack family who uses the estate to make AMAZING organic chocolate!

This is a display of Grenadian fruit.  

Fermenting the cocoa beans is a part of the chocolate process.

A cocoa pod.

Roasting the cocoa.

Turning the cocoa.

And the tasting :)

After this tour, we stopped off at Pearl Airport, the abandoned airport in the north.  By this time it was 4:30!  So, even though the entire island is only 24 miles around, the trip took us 7 hours in total.  God's creation is beautifully diverse & tasty!