On Saturdays there is a market in St. George's and we decided to take advantage of the fact that we are closer to the city here at Prickly Bay than we will be when we move. We had hoped to have left this anchorage by now; however when you are dealing with boats and getting them ready to cruise there can be any number of things that can delay you. We think that we fried the new radio when Rob was doing the connections. The good news is that the radio can be fixed, the bad news is that we had to buy a new one to use now. We will fly the radio home and either use it at the cottage to see the information on the freighters or install it on Free Spirit and she will have a very impressive new high tech radio. Such is the life of cruising...you either wait around and hope someone can fix what is broken or you buy a new one and chalk it up to experience and the cost of cruising.
The market was a bustling place and most of the people shopping were locals. There were all sorts of things that we are unfamiliar with; however everyone is helpful when it comes to discussing recipes and what to do with the assorted fruits and vegetables.
The market is all along the waterfront and the boats that you see are local colourful fishing boats.
The young man selling sweet bread did not have much of a hard sell with my captain. His mother no doubt sends him out and tells him not to return until the baking has gone. The bread was yummy.
Between the waterfront market area and The Carenage you have to either climb over a very large hill or go through the Sendall tunnel that was built in 1894. The other day Sandy and I had done lots of climbing so Rob and I decided to try the tunnel route....just room for a single file pedestrian and one way traffic.
On The Carenage waterfront there is a statue called Christ of the Deep. It is a replica of the original which lies underwater off Genoa, Italy. The original 1954 work, was recast and presented as a gift from the people of Genoa, via the Costa Shipping Line, to the people of Grenada. The figure is of Jesus with arms outstretched in a gesture of blessing to mariners leaving port. The inscription on the statue reads:
"To the people of Grenada in grateful remembrance of the fraternal Christian hospitality shown to the passengers and crew of the Italian liner Bianca C, destroyed by fire in this harbour on October 22, 1961.
Was it not the Costa Line of cruise ship that went aground off of Italy last year? I am not sure I would be booking a cruise with this company any time soon???
Once back to Celebrian it was time to unpack and bleach the fruits of our labours. Given that there are cockroaches and other small critters that lay eggs we are very careful when it comes to bringing things aboard. All cardboard is removed immediately and left ashore or in the dinghy. Cockroaches like to lay their eggs in the glue. As for the fruits and veggies I give them little bath in a light solution of bleach and water and this will kill any likely guests. As we have said on many occasions nothing is easy on a boat and daily chores seem to eat up one's time. We did however, enjoy a lovely dinner of tuna and a vegetable pack expertly BBQ'd by the captain. I am building up my courage to try cooking the vegetable that we bought called christophene, a type of squash that is popular on the Caribbean islands.
Today is Sunday February 24th and we have moved to Mount Hartman Bay next to Prickly. You will be able to follow our progress by looking at the chart in the past blog entry. We followed our friends John and Kathy on Katerina who moved here yesterday. This is one of their favourite anchorages and because there are no buses town from this anchorage it is a little less crowded than some of the others. The anchorages are like living in a floating United Nation's village and we have met and seen boats from Sweden, Finland, France, Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Germany, Holland, England,Italy, as well as many other Caribbean islands, with very few American and Canadian boats. When I see how few Canadian and American boats are here in Grenada I realize what an accomplishment it was sailing here?!
If you look close enough you will see two rainbows.
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