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Grenada Discovery Train, DON'T MISS THE TRAIN

by gerritOlen

A unique and charming new attraction is coming to Grenada! Beginning December 2010, Grenada Discovery Train will start to operate a charming and unique trackless tourist train in the center of St. Georges.This will be the first and only sight seeing train in Grenada.The train will perform several trips during the day on daily basis in the town of St. George. It will be passing through parts that are off the beaten track and therefore bring tourists and local merchants in these parts closer together.At the same time passengers on the train will get background information on St. George, its history, people, culture and general "couleur locale", whilst enjoying the town, busy street life, architecture and fabulous vistas.Look out for this unique and trully charming new attraction that will be an added value to the advantages that St. George already has to offer.DON'T MISS THE TRAIN

Probably The Best Chocolate In The World

by DreamingSpain

Found in Hermitage, St Patricks, The Grenada Chocolate Company is just amazing.Out of the tiniest building, they produce 1000 bars of the most delicious, entirely island-sourced chocolate.Edmund is one of the many delightful people who work at the factory. It is very rare to be allowed into the actual factory area these days due to it slowing production, but I think I was one of the luckiest women on Grenada.I had a guided tour with another huge fan, the lovely David who was also my willing tour guide and driver.My single regret was that, having been suffering from Nasal Polyps for some long time, I had to take David's word for the sumptuous smells coming out of the factory.It's a must visit ... their website is fantastic, and the Belmont Estate is the logical place to go next (it is, in and of itself, one of the Wonders of Grenada) where they have cocoa beans drying and an amazing video...

Yoga in Grenada Paradise

by DreamingSpain

LaLuna Hotel, at the very furthest driveable road from Grand Anse Roundabout, is my idea of a heavenly Yoga Retreat.The hotel is absolutely sublime, but I wasn't staying there, I stayed at Blue Horizons who helped me discover where I could find a regular yoga practice.There are daily yoga or pilates classes on offer, in the most amazing, unforgettable setting.From Kundalini Yoga with Kia to Vinyasa Yoga and Yin Yoga with Lindsay, Hatha Yoga with Lesley and something I had never heard of called Forest Yoga which I also tried one day.I walked to LaLuna most days as the exercise helped warm me up for some pretty challenging asanas at times I can tell you! But that was no reflection on the girls teaching, just on me having over worked for too long and got stiff and crusty in every way.I couldn't recommend LaLuna higher for a wonderful, deeply relaxing yoga practice. Wendy, Bernardo, you have...

Hike to Seven Sisters

by Dabs

We didn't know we were making the trek to Seven Sisters when we got off the ship in the morning but our companions certainly did as they chose it, the other woman in our group was the poster child for what NOT to wear on a hike to Seven Sisters. Her brand spanking new white tennies were coated in reddish brown mud by the time we were through and we were all waiting for her to slide down the hill on her butt in her cute white mini skirt! They do provide you with walking sticks which are essential to getting down the hill and back up the hill in a totally upright position.The reward for the climb down through the rainforest is a dip in the cool waters of the pools beneath the waterfalls, some other people were jumping in from the lower fall but I waded in like the sane person I am. The jump from the bottom waterfall isn't really that high and people that were doing it said that it looks...

Tour with A&E Tours

by Dabs

We prearranged for a tour with A&E Tours before leaving home, their website listed several possible tours and we picked the Best of Nature Tour. When we arrived at the cruise terminal we located Eddie, our guide, and he asked if we minded if we substituted a hike to Seven Sisters instead of a couple of the stops listed on our tour which turned out to be great for us as it was my favorite stop on the tour. Most of the guides are willing to create itineraries to meet your needs, especially if you have a larger group so don't be afraid to ask them to add or subtract things from the canned itineraries.The tour started off with a stop by a spice store, a brief stop by Annandale Falls before arriving at Seven Sisters where we got out and hiked to the waterfalls. The final stop was at a rum distillery where you can taste a variety of rums and then back to the ship. Our guide for this tour was...

St. George's

by Dabs

We didn't have a lot of time to walk around Grenada's capital city but it looked like a charming place. The cruise ships dock in St. George's Bay from where you can walk to see some of the town's many churches and the market square. If you head through the Sendal Tunnel you can head towards the Carenage, a pretty harbor area that is lined with shops.

Fort George

by Dabs

We had an hour before our cruise tour started so we hiked up to see Fort George which stands guard over the city. By looking at it today you'd think that the Fort hadn't seen any use in a very long time but it was the site in 1983 where Prime Minister Maurice Bishop was assasinated which led to the US invasion of Grenada by US President Ronald Reagan.The fort was built by the French in 1705 to protect St. George's Harbour during the colonization of Grenada and later used by the British when they took over possession of the island. Today it's a nice spot to have a view over the island, we were there very early so it's possible that are are tours there later in the day but we just wandered around on our own.

Rum distillery

by Dabs

The stop here was merely a chance to sample and purchase some of the rum produced in Grenada under the Clarkes Court label and not a stop to learn anything about the processing of rum. I'm sure some folks appreciate this stop but I could have easily passed on it. We did buy a couple of small bottles of rum that the ship did not confiscate when we boarded, since alcoholic drinks are not included on cruises, it's not a bad idea to pick up something here if you want to save a little money.

Spice store stop

by Dabs

Of course it's a way to get you into the store and buy some spices but the owner of the shop gave a very interesting talk about all the different spices in Grenada, nutmeg being the most important spice accounting for 1/3 of the world's supply according to the Grenada Board of Tourism. We wanted to buy something since we enjoyed the talk so we bought a few bags of whole nutmeg. It took us a couple of days to figure out what to do with it but you crack the outer dark brown shell and then grate the inner lighter brown shell for fresh nutmeg.The 1st picture is what nutmeg looks like, on the left is what it looks like on the tree, on the right is what it looks like inside, the reddish covering is mace and underneath that is the brown shell that covers the spice known as nutmeg.

Annandale Falls

by Dabs

Annandale Falls was our 2nd tour stop, the guide warned us before we got out about the young men who jump at the Falls and then try to collect payment if you take a photo. He also warned us of the guitar playing man who always said that tourists look like celebrities, I think he needs to get his eyes checked as David was said to look like Antonio Banderas but no such celebrity resemblance was spotted in me.In comparison to the other falls we saw on Grenada, Seven Sisters, Annandale wasn't nearly as impressive but it was much easier to get to as the walk down was only about 10 minutes and the path wasn't difficult at all. I wouldn't say this was a must see but it is easy to get to from the cruise ship docks and easy to walk to if you don't wish to do a more strenuous hike.