Today I took a tour of the island from a fellow who really
knows the fauna. He would just stop by the side of the road, hop out
and grab a plant to show us. At one place, we stopped and walked out
into a small "plantation" which contained cocoa, coffee, cloves,
cinnamon, oranges, and some other plants I can't even remember. They
grow them all together because they are more resistant that way. And
the fruits - bananas, mangoes, papayas, sapodilla, soursop, avocados -
so much fruit that a lot of it falls on the ground and rots. I have
never seen such a bountiful place! We swam in a waterfall, visited the
rainforest, toured a cocoa bean processing facility, where they ferment
and then dry the beans before they are shipped out to be processed into
chocolate, and visited an amazing rum factory that still does things the
old way.
The Flamboyant Trees are in Bloom All Over the Island
Believe it or Not, These are Cocoa Beans
Grenada has So Many Flowers I Can't Keep them Straight!
In a Land Without Our Crazy Tort Laws, You are Actually Encouraged to Jump in the Waterfall
Monkey at Grand Etang Reserve
The Monkey on My Back
This is Actually a Working Waterwheel which Runs the Cane Press at the Rum Mill
The Cane Press
They Remove the Squeezed Out Cane Plants in this "Rail Car", then they are Dried and Burned to Boil the Cane Juice
Oh, by the Way, Rivers Only Sells this Rum Locally, and it's 150 Proof, so You Couldn't Bring it on an Airplane if You Wanted To.
Cuban Aircraft Stranded at the Old Airfield after the US Intervention - Handyman Special!
Frangipani Caterpillar
John,
ReplyDeleteThis is fascinating. Thanks for posting such informative pictures of your tour.