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Tomorrow is a holiday as the West Indies plays Australia in a test cricket match in Grenada. Grenada has built a new sports stadium and this will give them a chance to show it off worldwide. The M/V Alexia III departs Carriacou tonight at 3:00 am for Grenada. Should be a lively time had by all. Roy, a man from England building a home with his wife on Carriacou, was in to check his Hotmail. Two friends of mine from the States who now live in their home here on Carriacou, Connie and Larry, were by to chat. They told me of their recent flirt with fame when a television production team from Holland used them for filming.  It seems the producers will be running advertisements locally on Netherlands TV and wanted to show Sandy Island, Mopion and Petit Tabac and "happy tourists" enjoying them.  They stayed just a few minutes before going to the beach to enjoy the sunny day and the crystal clear waters on Hillsborough Bay. Margaret Alan, a lady from England who lives in Hillsborough, dropped by to send an e-mail. Her computer is down for repairs.  One of the owners of Bardoni Bros. Ice cream Parlor was in to do some printing. A German man, Georg, was in to talk about his S/Y Rose - For Sale by Owner. A man from Canada, Don, was in to check his Hotmail and surf the world wide web. 

Views Out The Window...
It's Saturday afternoon and I sit looking out the window drinking my Colombian blend coffee. Main Street, Hillsborough is barely two lanes wide and traffic flows one way south toward the Airport.  A few hundreds yards from the window you find Dollarman's Shop and opposite that is Kaiso's Shop. This area is always congested with cars parked along the road in front of Dollarman. Well, I noticed a car stopped in front of Kaiso and behind it comes the large, garbage truck. The truck pulls behind the car and the driver starts shouting "Move on... don't be blocking de traffic" Words are shouted between the occupants of the car and the truck, but does the car move forward allowing the truck to pass? Of course, not! Not until the lady from Kaiso's Shop brings the owner of the car his soft drink and sandwich. He then immediately continues his merry way while eating his sandwich and drinking his cold imbibe. Ah.... another day in paradise on MAIN street. Imagine how the drivers drive in the small villages!

Did I ever tell you the one about.....

Two guys from the States Sailing on the Brigantine "Eye of The Wind"
hopped off on Canouan to quickly check-out the new Carenage Bay - Beach Club & Golf Course.

... I went to Canouan and saw the new resort.  It is real nice.  The swimming
pool is real long, but not so wide nor deep.  I walked across the pool
bridge and looked down into the bar area.  It is still needing some work.
No one was in the pool.  They said it was 15% occupied.  There was workers
all over the place.  It was nice to see so many people working.  That resort
will bring a lot of money into that island.  It is good.  They are even
renovating the church.  I took some pictures there, also.

... Then, my friend, Dundee, and I hiked over the hill and down to the small beach with the green
pumping station.  We were to wave at the ship anchored off, and we were to
be picked up.  After a half hour of waving, and not noticed, one of the
Carenage Bay workers said "You want me to call the ship with my radio/phone?"  We said
sure, that would be great.  Within two minutes the inflatable was on its way
to pick us up. Primitive islands, my foot.  The Grenadines are more advanced
civilly than most places here in California. - BIG DADDY - Burlingame, CA

Last night I met with a group of Carriacou's Rastafarians. We talked about building a new business providing island restaurants, hotels and individuals with fresh produce. On Carriacou, the Rastas are our main farmers producing pigeon peas, melons, lettuce, potatoes, yams and other fresh produce.  Our first meeting centered on producing a list of products that are currently in demand and when and by whom. With this list, the farmers will then decide on the items that they can produce here. After discussions with the buyers, we will then grow the crops on contract rather than just planting the fields and then hoping that when the produce is picked, that we can find buyers. The current system results in periods when supply outstrips demand and prices paid to the farmers fall below their production costs or crops just rot in the fields. At other times, fresh produce just isn't available, except what comes up from Grenada on the boat twice a week, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
I printed 200 Crew Lists for Carriacou Immigration to clear-in/out visiting yachts. I am working on a web site for the Carriacou Immigration/Customs/Port Authority and I intend on publishing a new Homepage with up-to-date news and information coming from the Government of Grenada affecting visiting yachts, i.e. Port & Customs charges, statistics on visiting yachts, anchoring restrictions, etc. Watch this space for up-dates.  I received an inquiry from a man in the States looking for 5-8 acres on Carriacou or Petite Martinique, preferably beach front, for the construction of a 40 room small resort, each of 10 buildings holding four units, one bedroom and two bedroom buildings. I received another inquiry from a man in the States interested in selling Northern White Cedar, Eastern White pine, and several varieties of hardwoods. Captain John Smith of the Mermaid of Carriacou was in to answer his e-mail. We also made contact with garmin.com to get a RMA number to return for repairs his GPS12XL Personal Navigator. A couple from the States Sailing The Grenadines were in to connect their notebook to JUNO_MAIL. 

Winston Fleary, Chancellor of the THE AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AMERICAN FOLKLIFE INSTITUTE, was in to pick-up letterhead and prepare letters.
A message from Mr. Fleary:
We hail this long overdue project as a dynamic activity in promoting the essence of our valuable cultural heritage and art form of the African and European influences and distinctive practices, authentic with their diversification for well over 350 years.

It is our resolve therefore to reconstruct a physical suite at the Belair Great House facilities to reflect a blend of aristocracy and folkocracy so that our "children may be as plants grown-up in their youths, after the similitude of a palace."  That our visitors, natives and the world at large could experience, education through information disseminated - a multi-disciplined approach to applied sociology, anthropology, musicology, drama, dance, craft, literature, history, philosophy and religion in a sincere appreciation of the human values and ecological environment. Contact Mr. Fleary with offers of support.

A priest visiting Carriacou was in to check his Yahoo Mail. A young, local woman, Miss Eugene Coy, was in to prepare a letter requesting a visa to travel to the States. 

Views Out The Window...
It's Thursday afternoon and I'm sitting in the office, drinking a freshly squeezed grapefruit juice and looking out the window.  I see a small white kite flying high above Hillsborough's Back Street in a perfectly blue sky. It's quitting time and the vehicles pass by heading to points South such as Lauriston, L'Esterre, Harvey Vale and Belmont.
It seems that on Carriacou, if you are one of the lucky few to own a private transport, then the thing to do is to paint a name on it. In big letters right there on the front windshield above the sun visor and just below the beginning of the roof. FIRE IS LOVE (a small black jeep owned by an ancient American, well, he looks to be about 105, who built a hillside home in Harvey Vale overlooking Tyrrel Bay) LIVE & LEARN  (a red bus owned and driven by Linky from Belmont) GEMINI (a dark green bus owned and driven by Norbert Allert) MR JOHN ( a small pick-up truck used by Francis Gay's New Age Construction) BOTH AH DEM (a red bus owned by Linky but driven by D.J. Putty) NO RIDERS (a white pick-up owned by GRENLEC, the island electricity company) RUDE BOY (a small blue pick-up truck owned and driven as a taxi by Jeffus Samuel)  LUXIN (a white bus owned and driven by Lennox) CHEERFUL, SKIPPER, CHRIS, SPRIG, SILVER LINING, D OFFICER, BIG DOLLAR, ABU, BLONDE, MY VISION IS BOLD, SPEAK THE TRUTH, DE BEAST, CHOICE, THE KING, D OFFICER, ALWAYS READY, TWO BOTHERS