Deh Egmont Harbour Happenings

Celebrian is getting lots of attention these days!  

Today is Friday March 8th and we are anchored in Egmont Harbour which is also known as the local hurricane hole.  We needed an anchorage where Rob could work on Celebrian's rub rail from Goldberry.  We get the wind in here which is lovely and good for our wind generator Hal but the water is calmer so Rob can stand up in the dinghy and do his scraping and painting.

  I have been kayaking and exploring on foot.  The anchorage is surrounded by hills and beautiful homes but evidently there is a condominium project and marina in the works.  For now it is lovely and we are sharing the anchorage with only one other boat. The cruisers tend not to come here because there is no internet access, marina facilities like convenience store and laundry or cruiser's bus to town. Truth be known this is exactly what we love and the water in this bay is clean enough to swim in and make water if necessary.

 We hope to join the folks on the other boat tonight for a trip to a restaurant at the other boat yard in Grenada called Grenada Marine....internet, local people and good food.  We have to climb quite a hill to get to the bus but at least there is a local bus.  Speaking of buses you hear all kinds of stories about the bus drivers here and for the most part they like to drive fast but responsibly.  The other day we caught a bus which was driven by a testosterone driven Indy 500 wannabee.  We went around blind corners on the wrong side of the road,passed vehicles where there was no room and where he had to depend on the other drivers yielding,speeding and the conductor practically pulled people on and threw children off.  We vowed we would never ride with this driver again...skull cap and red bus!!  Every bus ride is an experience in itself and now we are counting how many people the conductor can cram on deh bus.  Normal seating is for 10 plus the conductor and driver; however when the flip seats go down and the temporary single cheek boards come out the bus can fill to ....our record is 20 plus the driver and this is without small children.  I know we can break this record if we catch a bus with more children?!?  

This picture shows us waiting up in the hills for a bus to town and waiting at a busy corner in St. George's for a bus back to our anchorage.  

Carl and Riva on Three Belles picked us up in their dinghy and we went together to the restaurant. They have been sailing for 27 years and in many places around the world.  The locals were limeing at the restaurant and it was difficult to carry on a conversation so we didn't learn as much about them as we had hoped.  I wish I could have videotaped the bus ride in the dark that we had back from the Beach Bar Restaurant.  You just have to hang on and groove to the music and not think about the drive??!!

Earlier this week we visited town and did some shopping. We walked around an area of the Carenage that we hadn't seen before and then headed out to Grand Anse beach to visit Sandy.  Sandy has a lovely apartment steps from the beach and very reasonably priced.  We had lunch at Umbrellas followed by a swim back at Sandy's before the long trek back to our anchorage...two buses and lots of waiting.  We were ready for another swim once we were back to Celebrian.