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| Les and Rita's husband. |
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| Rita's kitty that was spayed yesterday. |
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| One of Rita's little foster kittens. |
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| View from Rita's house. |
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| One of Rita's little neighbors! |
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| George makes his own wine and decorates the bottles. He is a favorite among the vet students! |
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| We bought honey and a Grenada "collar" for Woofie. |
The buses are large vans and they just stop
where ever… and pack people in! Costs
about $1US to ride. The drivers
communicate by honking their horns, and the largest vehicles have the right of
way. They drive on the left side of the
road and seem to stop and pass and maneuver however they want! It is almost as good as an “E-Ticket” ride at
Disneyland (remember those?!?!?! If so,
you are dating yourself!!). If you ever
saw the Harry Potter movies and remember the “Night Bus” and how it could
maneuver through traffic, that is what the bus rides feel like!
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| Many booths sold spices. Grenada is one of the Spice Islands. |
The buses stop at the
bus station in downtown Grenada and everybody gets off and heads in their
desired direction. We were immediately
pegged as tourists and a “guide” showed up to take us where ever we wanted to
go! Our first stop was the open air
market for spices (since we were on one of the Spice Islands) and other goodies
to take home. We managed to spend a few
EC$’s there!! We bought local spices,
honeys, wines and… can’t remember everything!
It was fun!
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| Sharon and her husband. |
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| Beth and Karen |
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| Vanessa, Lynel and Laurie Ann |
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| Jo and her husband. |
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We bought spices from Rosemary. Her son, Michael, was our guide.
We finally had to
head back for our group dinner at Rita’s house.
We could have hired a cab (expensive) or take the bus back to our hotel
and a short cab ride from there. The
buses must have a “basic” route, but they change it on a whim. When they seemed to pass our area, I asked
about how we get back to where we wanted to be.
He asked where our final destination was… and for a moderate price (more
than a typical bus ride but way less than a cab) they took us all the way to
Rita’s house! She live out on a narrow
dirt (and very pot holed) road on the hillside and they dropped us off at the
bottom of her driveway!!! You have to
experience it to totally understand it!
What a hoot!
One of Rita's wonderful dogs.
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| Deb and Jennifer |
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| Les and Jason, Sharon's nephew |
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| Kate and Elizabeth |
We had a wonderful
dinner (Thanks Rita!!) and final visit with the WV team and several folks from
the GSPCA. We all had a great time. Then had to say good bye to all our new
friends.
Back to our casita to
packup. Leaving early in the am for our
flights home.
Another wonderful and
successful World Vets trip is completed.
Until next time….
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| Rita, our hostess. |
