An impressive number of
Amerindian artifacts have been found here, (recently a dig in Harvey
Vale uncovered several complete human skeletons, burial masks, a drinking
well and other remnants leading speculation toward a 1,000+ year old Taino
site) including ceramic body ornaments and loom weights. Roads built by
the French in the seventeenth century, now bowered by overreaching trees,
crisscross the island and make wonderful walking trails. The cotton, sugar,
and indigo plantations established by the English in the 1700s and 1800s
may be long gone, but there still remain their great houses and outbuildings
(in various stages of repair) in cow pastures and trackless woodlands.
And in the Village of Windward, you can watch men with Scottish surnames
build schooners the way their 19th-century forefathers did.
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Carriacou's obvious attractions
are the gorgeous waters - clear, warm, with white-sand sea floors, and
there are always local boat operators willing to take you to the many nearby,
uninhabited off-islands if you have already taken the time to explore the
beaches around the island itself. The close-in reefs abound with fairy
basslets and stoplight parrotfish, even queen triggerfishes and schools
of squid. Extensive coral beds that a snorkeler can reach from the beach
provide hours of enjoyment. Explore the island and find the santa maria
trees whose fragrant leaves are used in herbal remedies. Walk the often
sylvan roads and trails. Greet the women in their gardens, children wheeling
hand-made toys, young men playing soccer in the road. Aways take plenty
of water and don't pass-up one of the 100 rum shops where you can get -
besides rum and conversation - beer and sodas.
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