Friday, April 27, 2012

Underwater Park in Grenada

We left Tyrell Bay in Carricou in the company of John and Alex from the boat 'Free Spirit' and Arlene and Denis from 'Tiger Lily' and sailed south towards St. Georges in Grenada. Along the way, we decided to stop by the underwater sculpture park just an hour north of St. Georges. We had heard much about the park and wanted to go there to see it. The wind was light, and the water very very clear. This was our chance! We were met by a couple fellows in a marine patrol boat who directed us to mooring balls, took our park fee and passed along a receipt. The snorkel was very much worth the few dollars we spent. After the snorkel, we moved our boats to St. Georges and all got together on Denis and Arlene's boat to share the Sailfish they were given the night before. They were almost in bed the night before in Carricou when a fellow cruiser came by their boat and asked them to do him a favour and take a piece of this fish off his hands. He had a hacksaw in his dinghy and was sawing off pieces of fish as big as you wanted. We ate all we could and shared leftovers and will eat it again tomorrow!
John and Laurie relaxing on the park bench 15 or so feet down!
This is John from Free Spirit, NOT Laurie as many of you would have guessed. I was wondering why there was coral and growth all over these figures except for this place!
Arlene and the rest of us were exhausted after swimming for over an hour in this beautiful park.
Hopefully, this guy wasn't bullied.