6am arrival at the Cruise Port Terminal in the town of St George Grenada. Small deep water wharf which can berth only two cruise ships at a time.

Grenada is the “Isle of Spice” a volcanic island like Dominica very mountainous, has fertile soil with lush tropical scenery many gorgeous waterfalls like Canada and rainforests.

Early buffet breakfast and start to the day as the cruise ship is only in port for half a day. Usual security check then proceeded to the end of the pier through the Esplanade Mall (Duty Free shopping for the passengers) to the Tourist Information and Richard negotiated with the recommended Taxi Company for an individual sightseeing tour of Grenada (lot cheaper than the cruise excursions).

Samuel was our Driver and Guide for the morning and took us to the sights we wanted to see and gave us a running description as he was driving along. First was a tour round the town (it is Market Day today when everyone brings their fruit, veg’s and spices to town) and it is really a buzz. Past by many small villages as Samuel drove slowly up and round the mountain side to Fort Frederick a small fort built by the British and perched on top of Richmond Hill. It has a commanding vantage point the offers an amazing view of Grenada and its natural harbor. We were lucky to arrive early as we managed to just beat the tour vans that were just arriving.

All the roads are very narrow with lots of pot holes except the main town roads and the one going to the Resorts. Everyone toots if they want to overtake or go round blind bends or if the car in front is too slow like Samuel.

Next we went done the mountain to the other side of St George past the St Louis Marina where all the expensive boats owned by overseas owners are berthed. Stopped at Grand Anse Bay where Grenada’s number one beach is, Morne Rouge. Nothing special just looked like the beaches we walked on in Mauritius we have better in Australia.

Back to the town centre where Samuel dropped us off at the Fish Market where we could check out the variety of fish caught and there were some nice big tuna fish and others we hadn’t seen. Walked down the main street round the shoreline where the locals were selling their product, wandered through the shops (very colourful clothing and hairstyles).

Back to the cruise ship (it’s getting hot) for a swim in the pool and sit in the spa for the bones. The “Love Boat” Legends of the Sea berthed next to us was interesting to watch. That will be there till 8pm tonight. We were having lunch when the Royal Princess departed from the port at 1.30pm and we said our goodbyes to Grenada.

Restful afternoon relaxing, made progress with the on-board credits which have been processed for the Caribbean and Panama Canal cruises. Bad news is we noticed the “Gratuities” (tipping) had not been including in the final payment for the cruises. Apparently only Princess cruises around Australia include the Gratuities not on the east coast of USA where Americans and Canadians travel.

Late dinner ventured down to Deck 7 to check out the Duty Free digital cameras and other shops then down to Deck 5 The Atrium “In the Piazza” to listen to the String Trio followed by live music and dancing with the Rick Kilburn Quartet. People watching is great especially all the oldies dancing.