I just got back Tuesday night. After a really really long rest, I have finally recovered from all the vacationing fun. All the dirty clothes have finally been washed and put away.

Anyways, I had a blast there. I forgot to point out from my last entry, Martina and I decided to surprise Paolo by only disclosing to him that one of us would visit. We thought about it carefully, and we mutually agreed that it made more sense that I would be the surprise, because I think it would be awfully suspicious for me to tell him that I’m going to visit him, alone.

When we arrived at the Grenada airport, I was tied up in customs, so it worked out with the surprise, since I made my red carpet entry many minutes after Martina. He didn’t even notice me until I came right in front of him, I even had to wave my hands a bit. Haha. While he was surprised, I wished for a reaction that was a little more dramatic.

Anyway, Paolo was a super host, just because it’s not often that we can get to really live and understand how the locals live.

We visited many beaches, the Grand Anse, the BBC (Morne Rouge), and the Lance Aux Epines beach, and got an awesome tan because of it.
Colour on day 1…

Colour on day 8…

We also made a hike up the mountains, and it was a gorgeous view looking down onto Grand Anse and St. George’s.

We also enjoyed the many fruits that Grenada had to offer. We were addicted to those wax apples and the fresh bananas from the Marketing Board.

For some odd reason, I also found that the eggs in Grenada are way better than those in Canada. Luckily for us, we also got a great chef-slash-server.

They also had the awesomest banana bread. We ‘prepared’ a nice cake for Paolo.

We also went snorkeling as you suggested, unfortunately I didn’t take my Gravol, and got so complete seasick! Haha, I ended up puking on the boat (thank god that I aimed toward the waters). I felt much better after puking and I continued to snorkel after that. Here’s a picture before the seasickness.

We also visited Fort George, it was built on a cliff looking towards the Atlantic in the 18th century by the French. It has specatular views the the city and the water.

We also went on what the call the Rhum Runner. For EC$40, you can drink as much rum punch on the boat ride to your hearts content! Though unlimited drinking is never a good idea for me, given my tolerance.

Weirdly enough while having dinner, I bumped into Nithi! Apparently, we were eating at a medical student hangout. Low and behold, we bumped into a fellow high-school-classmate-turned-medical-student. There seems to be strong ties between Canada and Grenada.

Oh man, I digged the bus rides in Grenada. It so darn efficient! There’s always a bus coming along, and it’s so darn cheap, EC$2, which is just under C$1! I also like the fact that they play Reggae and Soca on the buses. Here’s a picture of the central bus station.

The crappy part about the trip was that our flight was delayed upon our return to Toronto from Trinidad. We were already tired having not slept the night before, and we simply wasn’t amused about the delay, which made us arrive 1.5 hours late at Pearson. There was a huge army of soldiers coming home from Barbados for the Cricket World Cup. Anyways, the soldiers were used for the event’s security. According to our pilot, they delayed our flight because of the weapons and amunition from their plane required paperwork. Plus, they held a large press conference right where our departing gate was. Argh. Let’s just say that people go pretty nuts about cricket.

That’s it. I have since returned to reality. Expect my regularly scheduled programming soon.