Midterm Social - Fall 2011

Saturday was my 4th and last midterm social!  Weird!
We had our party on Grand Anse Beach with water sports!  I got to ride the banana boat twice... and it was..... tame. haha.  I didn't get a chance to ride the tube which I heard was a bit more thrilling of a ride.
We had 80 people there all wanting rides, quite a switch from last term when I got to ride the tube 5 times huh?
Good job SO board for planning and executing a great party!

Flamingo Bay

So we are to day 61.
61 precious days left on the island.
I'll have you know I've only missed one beach day since day 77! and it was pouring down rain.

Today (and last week) we went to Flamingo Bay, in the little town of Happy Hill.
It is a protected marine area known for its great snorkeling.... but we went more for the amazing sea glass!

Both days I brought home and entire zip lock bag FULL of sea glass!
I am officially addicted to scouring the ocean for glass.










I think all 50lbs of my suitcase will be dedicated to sea glass..... :/

77 days of summer

Today I counted and I have 77 days left in Grenada.
77 precious days.

I decided to go out with a bang and have vowed that I will go to the beach every single day for the next 77 days.  everyday. even if it's just for a couple minutes.
even if it's raining.
ha

Tonight I started my tradition by watching the sunset on Grand Anse Beach...
it was gorgeous and peaceful and reminded me of how amazing this place is.

Carriacou Day 3!

On our 3rd and final day on the lovely island of Carriacou we had plans of spending it on Paradise Beach, but our friend Stan was able to haggle an awesome deal for a guy with a boat to take us to Sandy Island, a little spit of sand close to the shore of Paradise beach. 
We had been hearing about the great snorkeling there and I think we had all caught the snorkeling bug by this point and were wanting to see more more more.
It was SO worth the money to go.  It is the most beautiful little island and the snorkeling was great!  We even saw another sea turtle! seriously the highlight of the trip for me because I wasn't expecting to see another one.

amazing snorkeling!

After snorkeling we ate dinner at a local place and we all had chicken platter specials and it was great!  2 pieces of chicken, macaroni pie, salad, and rice for $15ec!
Then we headed back to the Green Roof Inn to clean up and prepare for the 3:30 ferry to take us back to Grenada.
This time we took a much larger ferry and it was such a smooth enjoyable ride.  I could travel like this all the time.

arriving back in the carenage of home sweet Grenada.

I'm also going to do a post of how much stuff cost, who to contact and such, so it'll be a little easier for any of you who are planning your own trip to Carriacou or the Tobago Cays!
seriously. go. tomorrow.

Carriacou & Tobago Cays Day 2

This day was interesting to say the LEAST.
The Tobago Cays is by far the most beautiful place I have ever seen with my own eyes.
read about the first time I went here. 

I wanted to go back with Lee so badly so he could see it and we could experience swimming with sea turtles together! 

Well... the trip to the Cays was definitely an experience.  We thought we were doing the right thing and went to the ministry of tourism in Carriacou and asked about a boat to the Cays and they acted like it was a great operation. drinks, lunch, a nice boat...
no.
Clarence arrived to pick us up, an hour late, in a tiny work boat.  Which was ok.... we wanted to go so badly and it wasn't far.
Once we got into open water it was a different story!! The motor got wet and wasn't working properly and we were going so sloooooow over pretty big waves and getting splashed the entire time.   I couldn't open my eyes because the salt was burning them so badly.  esh. it was nuts.

We finally arrived near Union Island and stopped at the Happy Island BBQ so Clarence could mess with the motor. 
I was so HAPPY to be out of that boat!

Onward towards the island with the turtles!! My only wish of the day!

It was beyond incredible.  We were only in the water for about 5 minutes before we saw a turtle and then we kept seeing them!! We saw about 5 at once!  They are so graceful and pretty moving through the water.

We stayed on this island for a while and then went to Jamesby Island where we had our own private beach and saw some more iguanas.  And the most gorgeous view probably in the entire Caribbean.

Lee and I with the boat we  took across the ocean!

We then went to Palm Island, an island with what seemed to me to be only a resort.  Our driver said it was $700 a night to stay there. craziness. but beautiful!

The next stop was supposed to be back to Happy Island BBQ for dinner, but when we stopped they said they didn't have any food! seriously! haha

So to Union we went in search of some food and found hamburgers and fries for $12EC! an amazing deal.
We headed back to Carriacou in the sunset for another incredibly scary journey across the sea.
This time Clarence not only stopped the boat in the middle of open ocean (which Lee said was bad bad bad) to take the motor APART he also asked me to drive the boat while he filled the tank with gas. 
ugh. have you ever driven a boat? its not that easy. the motor is HEAVY.
I wasn't happy.

I told Lee I was going to kiss the ground when we got back to Carriacou! haha.

All in all..... it was worth it because the Cays are that amazing, but I would never get into this boat ever again.
Luckily because it was such a crappy boat we paid less! yes!

Bathway Beach

last week on our around the island trip [where we stole picked all the fruit] we stopped for lunch at the beautiful Bathway Beach.
It is located at the very northern tip of Grenada and was the perfect spot to eat and cool off from a long hot day in the car.

we went left. but just a little bit to the left :)

 

 

gorgeous

 

the boys standing on the rocks... kinda looks like they're walking on water

mermaid rock!

looks like Hawaii huh?

Independence Day Beach Picnic

We celebrated the 4th of July a little early and Canada Day a little late. mostly because it was a Saturday, a day that works for most people, and I'm so glad we did!  The weather was perfect!!
I posted a lot of the little detail pictures over at Kelsey Inspired so be sure to check that out too :)

Our new friends in Grenada & our old friends Stan and Natasha & baby Caleb :)

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

♥ Tobago Cays!!

I love love love love loved the Tobago Cays.
by far one of the most beautiful, beach destinations I have ever been.

Don't get me wrong, Grenada is fabulous, but whoa it's incredible there.
another trip to St. Vincent? YES PLEASE!!

I'm in the process of figuring out how to get Lee and I up there this summer.  I want to share it with him so badly!

Once we landed on Union Island we were wisked away on a jetty to the Tobago Cays.
First stop was Jamesby Island.
a small rock basically sticking up in the ocean with one of the most pristine white sand beaches and lovely palm trees... and lots of HUGE iguanas!

 coming around Jamesby 

 fresh barracuda delivered to us on the beach :) 

 clearest water you can imagine.

ancient ruins? or a bored sailor?

next we headed to that tiny island off in the distance.  Petit Tabac.

to be continued...