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The Carenage, St. Georges. On the right is a water taxi which will save you the considerable walk around the Carenage for $1 EC. We had a wonderful lunch in the Nutmeg restaurant, on left behind the van. Note the lettering on the van. The pretext for the 1983 US invasion of Grenada was to "rescue" the American students at this school. (It had nothing to do with kicking the dreaded commie Cubans off of the island. Sure...) |
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This absolutely gorgeous natural harbor is where the cruise ships disgorge their masses. On the left are the customs stalls for the cruise passengers, across the street is the customs house and police station. A local "entrepreneur" offered to sell me some spliff right there. I tactfully declined. |
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The Banana Ship, Geest Bay,
is now calling at St. Georges harbor. This same ship was
calling at Kingstown, St. Vincent when we were there. The
ship was the subject of a PBS Travels documentary, a very
interesting way to travel from England to the Caribbean. The last three pictures form a panoramic view of the Carenage. ( This is how we used to do it with a 35mm camera and Kodachrome. ) |
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Another view of the Carenage. Note the oh so British phone box at the water's edge. This was part of the British Empire until 1974. |
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We climbed up the hill to Ft. George over looking St. Georges. To the left is the Esplanade. This is where the open air market is. |
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Another view from Ft. George. Ft. George is where many of the events leading to the 1983 US invasion took place. The murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, several of his advisors, and about 40 people protesting his arrest by his opponents in the Grenadian military took place here. |
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The Carenage from Ft. George. The last three pictures form a panoramic view of the Carenage from Ft. ( This is how we used to do it with a 35mm camera and Kodachrome. ) |
