A Fun Day in De City of St. George's

I spent a great day with Sandy in St. George's getting an overview of this lovely Caribbean port.  Of course it would not be a tour without a stop at a Roti Restaurant with a Carib beer.  As most of you know I am not a beer drinker; however if I am hot and thirsty enough I can manage a few swigs!?!  Rotis are a Caribbean specialty made of pastry filled with local vegetables and a choice of meats if you wish.  Goat is popular with or without bones?!?  We ordered several to pick up later and take home for dinner.  The captain was delighted when I showed up with local fare for dinner...veggie not goat?  

St. George's is the capital of Grenada.  The population of the island is just over 100,000 with about 22,000 of those people living in the city.  It is said to be one of the prettiest cities in the Caribbean.  It certainly it is one of the hilliest I have seen and climbing through the streets is a good workout.
The Carenage is the name given to the waterfront of St. George's and the harbour is lined with local fishing boats as well as tourist boats.  There was lots to watch while sitting on the front deck of the Roti Shop.

Sandy said that most days there was at least one if not two cruise ships in port.  After Hurricane Ivan devastated most of St. George they built a new cruise ship dock away from The Carenage complete with a market.  We tried to stay away from that area of the city after the ship disgorges 3,000 passengers on shore.

In 2004 Sandy's daughter Jodi and her family were living in this apartment above a store right in downtown St. George's.  The hurricane removed their roof in 20 minutes and they scrambled to the next building that had a basement of sorts and spent close to a day huddled with many others.  It was over a week before Sandy heard from her.  After the hurricane she and Troy decided to build a new house out in the country where they are now.  Hurricane Ivan had been the worst hurricane since the 1950s.  There are still many buildings that have not been re-built since Ivan.  The architecture is quite lovely but if the money is not there the buildings can not be re-built.

The local people are very friendly and this lady wanted Sandy to take her name and write to her.  She was a custodian and on her way to work at the local primary school.

The fish boats come and go from The Carenage.

The anchorage outside of the city of St. George's where we anchored last year.  When Rob was in St. George's in the 1990s you could anchor in The Carenage but there are far too many cruising boats now to allow this any longer.