St George's in Grenada was another place we decided to explore by ourselves. We took a walk along the seafront which led us past a local fish market over a quaint wooden bridge onto the outskirts of town. Again the locals were very friendly with many saying hello as we passed, just on the outskirts we turned right leading us back into the town, up a steep hill. On this hill we could see a lot of work going on down below, which looked like a new stadium was being built. We asked a workman, who was clearing a ditch by the side of the road what was being built, as David has an interest in anything sporty, and were told that they were rebuilding the football stadium which had been totally wiped out by a hurricane. Close by was a cricket stadium, cricket is very popular in all the places we visited on this cruise, with many locals asking us about cricket in Scotland, well that is a short conversation as there really is not a lot to say!
The road went right through a cemetery, some of them were right on the roadside. I like looking at gravestones, especially really old ones. The gravestones here tend to have very old fashioned British sounding names on them.
Carrying on over the hill we could see right down into the town which had a lot of lovely red roofs.
This is one of the original, historic buildings in the town, which is down by the harbour. The red and white canopies above the window are actually painted wood not fabric.
David likes to look for fish in the water wherever we go, this is a common pose you see him in.
The exploration of course had to include a wee hunt for a geocache. This took us to another fort, a regular feature in the ports we visited. We had to go to a certain point and say what we could see below us and also say how many cannons were on the fort wall.
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