A tour across Grenada

Today is our second day driving around in a car and there is still so much to see and do, so we started early to make the most out of it. Yesterday we went right around Grenada, today we go across the island. I am the navigator again and believe that I am better organized today and have got more of an idea where we are going then yesterday. We will see the day will tell our first destination were the seven sisters Fall! My inner GPS and map told me to go to St. George and then we had to turn right at some stage to go inland. I thought that was pretty clever of me, Sven just gave me the funny look. There was never a real sign saying go this way to the Falls, so when we were close to go the same route then yesterday, we turned around and took the next good looking turn right. All of a sudden a sign turn up saying the Grand Etong Forest Reserve…. puhhh ….we are on the right track. A beautiful road guides us right through the middle of Grenada. The highest point we crossed told us that we are 583 meters above sea level, Carlos ears are popping. Then we reached the car park of the Seven Sisters Falls. We pay our entrance fee of 5 EC (approx. $2) and a walking stick and then we are on our own. The Seven Sisters Falls are located on private property and we have to walk across the farm to the Falls. First we walk past banana plantation, beautiful nutmeg trees and a huge farmed area with lots of vegetables and fruits hanging from the trees. Then we left that part of the property and came into the more unmaintained path. It went down the hills and since we had lots of rain the day before the sort of walkway was very muddy and slippery. However our flip flops brought us safely to steady grounds and we just had to rinse them in the next river bed. This walk to the Falls was just amazing and pretty wild and natural….lots of fun and then finally the jungle opened up and revealed the beautiful Seven Sisters Falls. We just felt like in the movies of Indiana Jones, such beauty upon us. We slipped out of our clothes and into the bathing suits and went for a well deserved swim in the cool water. Ahhhhhhh….how literal cool and awesome that was. We had a good swim and when we felt that we were cooled off enough, we dressed again and made our way back. Luckily this time it went more up the hill which seemed a bit easier then down the hill. By the time we reached the car park again we were hot and sweaty again and ready for another dip in the pool, unfortunately there was no pool in sight. We hopped into the car and just drove further along. Next I navigated us to the Sulphur spring close to Clabony, we went high high into the mountains looking for the springs, but the further up the mountain we went the smaller and uneven the road got. After 1 ½ hour we finally gave up and turned around; even though we did not get to our target it was still a thrilling experience and very beautiful scenery. By the time we came back out of the mountain we were hungry and looked for a small convenient place to have something to eat. We drove and drove around and at some point I had lost my navigation and I did not know anymore where we were. When we finally found a place to eat we discovered that we were on the other side of Grenada, in Grenville. We had the most tasty pork and chicken snack from a local side store, when by luck I discovered that we were standing right in front of a cocoa processing plant. After our snack we went for a little tour in that factory, which was very fascinating and informative. After the little tour we made our way back to Grande Anse. It was already getting dark and we were exhausted once again from driving in the heat all day. Back on the boat I downloaded all the pictures from yesterday and today and we relived the two trips again. Unfortunately I cannot download any pictures at the moment as my uploading space for pictures on Picassa has been reached. I will have to upgrade this function soon and will share new pictures with you soon. It has been a wonderful and memorable two days; what a great birthday present …..thank you Sven, Julia and Carlos and everyone else for sharing this with me!!