ST. VINCENT - Population 100,000, Eastern Caribbean Dollar. Only 90 miles from Martinique. Again, our plan was to do a walkabout. Again, rain was the predominant feature of the day. They advertise the island has seemingly never ending sunshine and this is supposedly the dry season but the sun was a rare sighting - maybe tomorrow. We did venture out for about half an hour armed with a Princess umbrella. When we returned to the ship, security told us we were each allowed to bring a bottle of wine or 6 pack of beer onboard (hard liquor not allowed). So, of course, to check it out Len went back for a 6 pack which he successfully got through security. They are usually so strict about bringing wine and beer on board so we're not sure why this change of heart.
GRENADA - Population 110,000, Eastern Caribbean Dollar. The Spice Isle, home to nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cinnamon and cocoa. Although we don't dive, Grenada is home to the first ever underwater sculpture park designed by a British sculptor. The rain was sporadic today and we did get a walk in without getting wet.
We've gone to 4 shows and 3 of the entertainers have been Canadian (Vancouver - Lovena Fox, Toronto - Karin Grainger & Scott Harris). All the entertainers including those performing in bars are leaving the ship in Grenada or Trinidad so we'll get a new bunch starting Wednesday.
We went to the Crab Shack, a speciality restaurant they have periodically. Crab legs are never on the menus in the dining rooms (at least on ships we've been on) so we really enjoyed them.
TRINIDAD - Population 1.2 million, Trinidad and Tobago dollar. The 2 island nation covers about 1900 sq. miles. Trinidad is only 7 miles off the coast of Venezuela. Trinidad produces over 100,000 barrels of oil a day and is second richest Caribbean country next to the Bahamas. The Island is considered to be the birthplace of calypso music. Angostura bitters are distilled here.
Woke up to another day of rarely sunny and have had several heavy showers this morning. Glimpses of sunshine in the afternoon. Another successful beer run. The terminal was quite a walk so they did provide shuttle buses for the mobility deficients.
This is a very busy container port. It's quite interesting to watch them moving and loading the containers.
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