Our table at the Security meeting was having fun. Caroline (S/V Sweet Caroline) is modeling two hats she bought today. The Roties were great! That's chicken or fish, veggies and curry in a tortilla...some are better than others, but this was huge and yummy!

Grenada is safe compared to St. Vincent, Trinidad and Venezuela! Unfortunately, there have been 5 incidents of violence and or thefts in the last year. A meeting was held with the Head of the Coast Guard, the Police Chief, the media and a huge cruiser turnout! A couple of the victims were present and posed a lot questions and complained! There were lots of questions which revealed the serious lack of funds. The Coast Guard Cutter sitting in the lagoon across from this place, De Big Fish, is derelecht and they have no money to revive the corpse. They have only two large inflatables which need to run between here and Trinidad along with everything else...and that's it! Thank goodness there isn't a lot of crime! One of the other issues is communication. The 911 number is not manned, or womaned (are they words) after 4p nor any assurance the other numbers that were posted are either.

All in all, the meeting was handled very calmly, very intelligently and with humor where appropriate!

When we were leaving, we thanked the Coast Guard guy and he said..."here's my cell phone...call me any time...I will get you help". We asked if we needed to clear that with his wife!

Thanks Grenada for being such a peaceful, loving and productive place to be!

Dudley and Bec