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Popular Warnings or Dangers | Other Warnings or Dangers Tips | All Tips (15) Mosquitos don't usually trouble me and on the rare occasion I am bitten, it's not a problem. However, the mozzies in Grenada made a real meal of me, and I reacted very badly - more than 40 in the first couple of days, many of which led to large, ugly hives on my skin.
If you are sensitive, make sure you take a good repellent (unusually, Autan didn't work), and pack some anti-histamines just in case. The hotel provided us with a local herb-based repellent, but the only thing that it repelled was my boyfriend, lol. Spraying the room with 'Bop' just before we went out in the evening helped a lot, unfortunately we didn't discover this until after I'd suffered a lot of bites.
We stayed in Lance aux Epines, and I gather that area is particularly bad for them. I would consider taking a mosquito net with me to sleep under if I went again. Leave a Comment
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Grenada is at the outer edge of the hurricane belt and is rarely affected by them, but about once every fifty years, it gets hit by a really bad one.
In September, 2004, Hurricane Ivan, one of the worst ever, scored a direct hit on the tiny island of Grenada, leaviing 34 people dead and devastating much of the island.
Hopefully, it will be at least another fifty years before the next one strikes. Leave a Comment
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We went in March, and enjoyed a day trip snorkelling around a few sheltered bays on a catamaran trip.
Anyway, a snrokelling we were, until suddenly in quick succession, I was stung on the arms and legs. I looked in the water and saw nothing. My husband, who was directly behind and didn't get stung by anything the lucky soenso, also looked and saw nothing. I quickly swam back to the boat, getting stung a few more times on the way.
We weren't to close to the bottom, and hadn't touched any fire coral, there were no jellyfish in sight.
There were three of four stings about 3mm round, in little groups on parts of my arms and legs......... They were in a trail so it was almost like my arm or leg had passed through a group of whatever stung me.
Having sensitive skin, they turned a bit red, itchy and uncomfortable for a couple fo weeks. After speaking to the watersport guys at the hotel, it was summised that it was 90% likely to have been 'sea lice', or 'thimble jellyfish larvae' which have a tiny brown speck in the middle and is the size of a pin head!
Just be warned that between March and July you can get stung in the Caribbean. I was stung in Grenada in March, but previous years in Antigua and St Lucia, both times in June, I had never been stung.
Normally you get stung where you bikini or bathing suit covers your body, and the larvae get trapped, but I was stung all over.
You can buy a lotion which is supposed to protect called Safesea , from www.ifsogo.com Leave a Comment
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Hopefully you will never need to contact the Royal Grenada Police Force, Fire Brigade or an ambulance. If you do have an emergency – dial 9 – 1 – 1 from any telephone!
OTHER PHONE NUMBERS:
EMERGENCY - POLICE OR FIRE BRIGADE 911
POLICE RAPID RESPONSE UNIT 439 1231
COAST GUARD 399 OR 444 1931
GRENADA ELECTRICITY 353
AMBULANCE:
ST GEORGE'S 434
ST. ANDREWS 724
CARRIACOU 774 Leave a Comment
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Grenada is known for being one of the safest islands in Southern Carribean as we heard and we did not have any problem at all..... Leave a Comment
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Bonus is view of islands from the air. This is St. Vincent.
LIAT, the 'Caribbean Airline' can arrive early and take off early, so check in at least 1 hour early and proceed to the gate. Carry all valuable with you; don't check them in luggage. Leave a Comment
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Be courteous and avoid talking about the war with the U.S... they do not like talking about it, maybe because of political reasons. It happened a long time ago and they would like to leave it back there. Leave a Comment
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If you have hired a car, watch out for locals driving at night. Lights at full beam all the time, and drive in the middle of the road seems to be the preferred method. And away from St. George there are no road signs, so you get lost a lot the 1st few days. Leave a Comment
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While on our car tour of the island, be wary of the method cars use to go around bends or curves in the road. The local drivers do not slow down much when rounding the bend of a blind curve, they just honk their horn. Also remember that Grenada was once an English possesion and that they drive on the left side of the road!
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delayed luggage on Jamaica Air ( I flew direct from NYC) is apparently routine, the locals know and almost expect it.
If you must check your luggage in, don't put anything valuable or something you can't be without in there, and don't lock it ( then the airline will be able to deliver it to you after passing customs inspection). Leave a Comment
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