Grenada
Our Posts about Grenada
When I recently checked into the Mount Cinnamon Resort on Grenada, it was at the end of perhaps my favorite Caribbean travel adventure ever: an extended sailing trip through the unparalleled beauty of the Grenadines. Talk about a tough act to follow. I couldn’t help but wonder how this resort could possibly hope to be anything more than a footnote on what was already a magnificent journey?
But then I made the short drive from St. George’s Harbour to the end of Grand Anse Bay and actually saw the property — it was love at first site.
I don’t think I’m overstating when I say that River Antione Rum of Grenada is one of the most incredible cases of unexpected contradictions I’ve experienced in all my travels throughout the Caribbean. This rum literally has everything we could ever ask for from our favorite spirit… With one major drawback.
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When I’m traveling, I like to get lost.
I know that’s not for everyone, but I really think you learn so much more about new surroundings when you have no idea where you are or how to get where you’re going.
Here we are at the final chapter! Don’t forget to start with Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 or to visit Sail Oasis for more info on Caribbean charters.
It’s hard to deny that beauty and fire go hand in hand. Literary masters have long waxed poetically of “smoldering eyes,” “burning passions” and “carrying torches for lovers.” But in the case of our gorgeous Caribbean region, that “fire” is more than just a metaphor. Lurking just below the white, sandy beaches and serene rainforests burns a raging line of flames – one that stretches hundreds of miles from Antigua to Trinidad along the border of the Caribbean and North Atlantic tectonic plates.
Nutmeg has to be one of the most popular spices in the Caribbean. Just look at how often it’s employed as the essential finishing ingredient to some of the region’s favorite libations.
Christmas may not be Christmas in Trinidad & Tobago without Ponche de Creme, but the drink itself just wouldn’t be right without some grated nutmeg. Coquito, Bushwacker, Pain Killer, Gully Wash and even plain old rum punches; all benefit from a sprinkle or two of this magical spice.
The dried, powdered form of nutmeg may be the best-known throughout the Caribbean and the rest of the world, but in Grenada, locals have developed a myriad of additional uses for the crop over the years.
I can still clearly remember staring at the gas gauge as we drove north along Grand Mal Bay on the southeast coast of Grenada.
The little, white arrow pointed squarely at the orange E.
This may have happened a couple months ago, but I remember feeling very uneasy about this discovery. You see, I had my wife and six month old with me on this little excursion, so the thought of finding ourselves along the side of the road with an out of gas rental car was weighing heavily on my mind.
“What’s with that face?,” I remember my wife asking.
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