Never a dull moment

There is never a dull moment in Grenada. At least our first three weeks here have not given us the chance to experience one. Things that I want to talk about in this entry are really just going to be mental exercises to see how much I can remember. Maybe I should start making these entries more frequently. Anyway, we spent a lot of time this week in Grenville, a quaint town on the northeastern coast of the island. This from SGU (which is located on the south eastern coast) is about a 45 minute drive: one way. Multiply this period times 10 and you have roughly how long I’ve spent this week sitting in a bus. Let me get my calculator out. Seven and a half hours. And that’s not including Saturday’s trip when we had to travel to Mt. Caramelto visit Karen in order to help with her research. That was another hour and a half in transit. Don’t I make this all sound so terrible? No, but seriously I’ve been having the time of my life.

This past week in Grenville has been an incredible learning experience for me. In retrospect, basically everything here in Grenada is a vast opportunity to learn. The Grenville Group was much more capable than we expected. They picked up the course material incredibly fast, at least in comparison to the majority of the students from Gouyave. I don’t mean to speak critically, but just an observation. The students from Gouyave seemed to be much more personable and fun. I miss them. The weeks just seem to be flying by faster as time goes on. I don’t know what that is supposed to mean but I wish it would slow down some times. I’ve been finding myself taking naps after work. I think it’s because of the long car ride, maybe it’s because we are working hard. I don’t know what to believe. Work here is a breeze and rewarding as well.

Coming up soon is our trip to Carricou. Before we do that we have to write another manual on network security and basic computer repairs. Something I’m not exactly looking forward to. But I guess it’s part of the job.

On Friday we were lucky enough to be driven around the island and basically party it up. We started from Grenville after work and headed north, stopping shortly after in a town called “Conference”. I think that’s what it’s called. Anyway, we stopped at this local bar/restaurant and had more than enough drinks to get me feeling very happy. I had a great time. And right behind the restaurant was the owner’s fruit garden which consisted of gobs of fruits I was so eager to try. Oh so fun. After we sobered ourselves up a bit we continued on our quest around the island, stopping at the Rivers distillery and bathway beach. After we passed the northern most peak, we were on the western coast heading south. Conveniently it was Friday and that means Fish Friday. Gouyave was just 10 miles away. I love fried fish!

Friday ended with me staying in a getting some well deserved rest. It was a long week.

Yesterday the group and I, excluding Anna, went to visit Karen at Mt. Caramel. There we had lunch and walked down to the Mt. Caramel Falls. It was gorgeous there. While we were there we got the chance to meet some of the locals from that area. A kindergarten teacher named Abigail and a student named Osborne. Both were around 20 years old, like us, and we seemed to hit it off fairly well. We hopefully will be heading back to Mt. Caramel falls soon, it was a blast. After the falls we had an interview with Karen to help her with her research. That went surprisingly well and afterward took the bus home.

Now it’s Sunday and I’m sitting here still wet with sea water pounding this entry out. Hope you learned something about my latest adventures. Until later!