Half day trip

On saturday we did a half day trip. Well more like three hour trip to middle of the island. First we went to another waterfall, where I had been before. If it would have been a cruise day there would have been jumpers, but as it was not we just had to take pictures of the waterfall and the local flora.

Next we went to crater lake. Well we didn't go by the lake because it started raining, but we went to near by "museum" where we were able to take pics of the lake. The "museum" was about the flora and fauna found in that area. Basically it was just few boards of information on the walls. I don't know if there was more before Ivan as the building was rebuilt after it with the help of USA.

To get to the "Rain forrest" area we needed to go over mountains and the highest point we were was 1910 feet above sea level. I know this because there was a sign saying so :))

Then we went to a fortress. This was in the highest point in southern Grenada. In clear weather and low sea, you can actually see Venezuela from the top. We again had a guide to tell us a little bit about the history. Our guide thanked us for coming, and explained that the islands main income at the moment is the tourists. It will be 3-4 more years before the nutmegs and cocoa (and other things farmed here) will be ready to be picked up for sale. Nutmeg takes the longest and I think the cocoa production is almost at the same level as it was before Ivan.

All the fortresses that we saw from the high up used to be connected with each other with a tunnel. Now the tunnels have been closed and filled up. Main sport (after cricket) is flying kite... When we were at the fortress there were children flying a kite very, very high up. The guide told us that they arrange competitions there on flying kite. We also heard what kind of a sound the kite makes when the wind is really strong. I have to mention this, because we have been wondering for months that what our mystery sound is. Now we realized that the kites make the mystery sound. Stronger the voice is, the more kites are in the air.