We have arrived in Grenada! Well, technically it’s Grenada. We are in Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou, which is an island territory of Grenada. We are only an eight-hour sail from our next destination on the south coast of Grenada proper! We’re saving the Champagne for our next stop but we’re pretty stoked at how far we have come!!
…and as usual I found more pictures from our last stop in SV-G.
The first thing we do after arriving in a new country is check in with customs and immigration. Some people take their time checking in, others don’t check in at all. If you want to read what happens to people that don’t check in, read the June and July issues of Caribbean Compass magazine online, it’s FREE. http://www.caribbeancompass.com/
Moving on… As with finding the cruiser’s hang out, you have to find the dinghy dock close to the government office, sometimes they’re the same sometimes not. In Bequia there were at least eight or ten dinghy docks giving great access to shore, this was the main dock close to customs and immigration.
Then you have to find the government office, sometimes it’s right in town, sometimes they’re spread out all over. Consolidated government office in Port Elizabeth Bequia:
View of Admiralty Bay:
Commercial pier:
Had lunch at Maria’s:
Nice flowers:
View from Maria’s:
Lunch at Mac’s Pizzaria:
…which was delicious but even at 2.7 to 1 dollar it was expensive:
…we didn’t eat here but thought it was worth a mention:
We didn’t do much here other than eat, swim, walk around, and wait for weather. Eventually we got a window to move south. We had one of the best sails ever, 15 to 18 kts of wind at 120 degrees, seas two to four feet-sometimes less, ran the engine less than an hour the entire day!
Union Island SV-G with Carriacou out in the distance:
Entering Tyrrel Bay Carriacou:
Anchored Tyrrel Bay!
Customs and Immigration are located in Carriacou Marine, which is a small, clean marina and boatyard:
After checking in with customs, and the less than cordial immigration official, we headed to the Lazy Turtle for a beer. Did I mention it’s getting really hot and humid? “just sayin.”
The beer was cold and cheap. View from Lazy Turtle:
After a couple of beers we went in search of fresh food. We found a couple of stands with great fresh stuff at reasonable prices:
We are staying here for a day then heading to Grenada on Saturday. We may head to Trinidad in September, not sure yet, it will depend on the tropical cyclone activity.