Caribs Leap

As part of the island tour we stopped by Caribs Leap in Sauteurs for a few minutes.  It doesn't take long to see the sites here, so it was a nice break from the crazy bus ride and a chance to stretch for those of us squeezed in the back seat of the bus!
I've blogged about Caribs Leap before when I made Lee go with me as part of our reggae bus island tour.  I have the best memories from that trip, it was so fun to just be out without actually knowing where we were going or where we'd end up.  I highly recommend such an adventure to others!  No matter where you are in Grenada, eventually a reggae bus will drive by and pick you up so you won't be left stranded :)

This day at Caribs Leap was pretty hazy and it was difficult to see the other island to the north, which in my opinion is one of the best parts.
I did get the chance to meet a couple of cuties that crawled under the fence to come see the mass of white girls taking pictures by their house.  They didn't have pants on and their teeth were almost completely rotten, but they were full of smiles and as usual loved my sunglasses and camera :)

around the island!

Monday I forced Lee out of the house for some more adventuring.
Lee doesn't like to be without a plan... and I while I always have a "plan" in my head... it doesn't always translate as a plan to him.
My plan was to hop on some Reggae buses and see where we end up!  haha and that's what we did!

We took a university bus down to the Texaco and got a #1 Reggae to St. George's
from St. George's we took a #6 to Grenville (my, 3rd? time there) by way of Grand Etang.
BIG mistake. 
If I could have done it differently we would have taken a #2 to Grenville  instead.  The road through Grand Etang is rough... straight up a mountain on a bus driving way too fast.  Lee got sick.  It really did feel as though we had got off a roller coaster when we got out at Grenville.

Grenville is the 2nd largest town in Grenada.  It's on the east coast, facing the Atlantic so the beach there isn't quite as beautiful.  The town is almost identical to St. George's... fish market, spices, crappy stores selling way too expensive stuff, etc...

 Lee resting in the shade of a church built in 1844...  imagine Grenada in 1844!

 Like every town, Grenville is a big fishing community. 

We walked all around the town and got a smoothie (guava, yum!)  and then discussed where to go next,  I wanted to go Bathaway Beach because I had heard it was cool... but after talking to a bus driver we decided to go to Sauteurs instead.  I think the driver wanted us on his bus (#9), because he was kind of discouraging of Bathaway... told us it was a mile off the main road, which it very well may be, I don't know, and told me to watch my purse when we were there... lol. so we said hey let's go to Sauteurs!  and I'm so glad we made that decision!

Sauteurs is at the very northern tip of Grenada.  It is the place where the native Caribs killed themselves rather than surrendering to the French by jumping off a 100ft cliff!  The ride there was another bumpy, hilly, crazy ride.

The most beautiful part of Sauteurs by far is the view!  You can see several other islands including, Union Island and Carriacou, and several other smaller islands.

After having a picnic and enjoying the view for a while we got on a #5 bus back to St. George's.
We drove through Victoria and Gouyave on the way home. 
The #5 bus is such a beautiful drive!  It's right along the ocean most of the way... and it made us slightly less sick :)

Once in St. George's we went to the grocery for a few things and got a #1 back to Maurice Bishop Hwy and walked the rest of the way home...
It was a LONG day. 
Which is why I went to sleep at 7pm that night.