ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA

Today we arrived at St George’s in Grenada, and it was a designated sea day.
We were the only ship in port so it was quiet. A short walk away from the quayside and port entrance is a small pier from which the water taxis run. For $5 per person each way (so $20 total) we were taken to Great Anse beach, a roughly 15-20 minute boat journey, where we had a gloriously lazy day swimming, reading, lounging and generally doing as little as possible.

Unfortunately, I managed to kill the underwater camera. I’d been filming some crabs crawling around the underside of the wooden quay when the plastic waterproof casing that protects the camera somehow became unlocked and the sea flooded in. Needless to say, the camera didn’t like being drowned, and no amount of drying out in the sun would bring it back to life.
I had hoped that the micro SD card and its contents might survive, but after extracting it back at the ship and attempting to read it in the laptop, that also seemed to be dead beyond all hope. In a final attempt to revive the camera, I plugged it into one of the handy USB sockets in the cabin, in the hope that charging it up might do the trick. The smell of electrical burning and puff of smoke confirmed the worse; fortunately, I ripped it out of the socket before it had a chance to set the smoke alarm and sprinklers off. RIP Underwater Camera.
That little tragedy aside, we thoroughly enjoyed our lazy day on the beach. Two loungers and a parasol cost us $20. We also ordered hotdogs and chips for our lunch, but a nearby passenger (from the painting class) insisted on adding the food onto her tab, so we didn’t do too badly at all.
