Cruise Ship Visit 2013 - Part 3 Grand Etang

We went up into the mountains

Mountains in the distance

And stopped at Grand Etang National Park.

Welcome to Grenada at Grand Etang

Welcome to the Park sign

Entrance to the park

Band at Grand Etang

We got a ticket for entrance ($2.00) and a ticket to get a free drink.

Fruit juice or rum punch

I just got fruit juice. There were also kiosks for us to buy stuff.

Beads and small items in a basket

Stands with handicrafts

T shirts and tourists

clothing and souvenirs

Crater Lake

Bob went up to the building which had information about the park and took pictures there and of the lake in the distance (it is a volcano crater).

Sign in the park information building

Climatology poster

Grand Etang wildlife

Birth of Caribbean islands

Albin told us about Hurricane Ivan and the one the next year - Ivan's sister - that took out the other end of the island.

The Grand Etang House

From there we went to the parish of St. George and stopped to let people walk down to a waterfall.

Waterfall sign

Waterfall from the road

Bob and I didn't go.

Banana lady

There as a man with a monkey for people to have their picture taken with.

Man with a monkey for photos

Monkey for photos

Thank you USA

Then we went up and down some steep hills and at one point we rounded a corner and there was another van coming the other direction on our side of the road. Someone else cried out, and I squeaked. The driver said again, not to panic unless the driver did.

The last part of the visit was to the forts that overlook St. George's and the port