We had an uneventful passage to Grenada. The winds were light but adequate for sailing and the seas were low. After checking in with Immigration and customs and moving to Hog Island the next item on our addenda was to deliver the peppers that I bought in the fresh market in Port of Spain, Trinidad for Joanna at B Spot Roti in St Georges. It seems that Joanna has been having trouble finding good scotch bonnet peppers for her homemade hot sauce at her roti shop. She was delighted with the gift and we enjoyed a delicious roti lunch.
It took about 3 minutes to find the Grenada grove on the maxi taxi into town. A maxi ride costs 2.50 EC (Eastern Caribbean dollars), which is about $0.80 USD for a 20 minute ride. It is good form to greet everyone on the maxi with morning, morning (rhymes with yawning). The return trip must start at the terminal because the maxi leaves full and if you try to get on elsewhere in town there will not be room on the maxi. When I say full I mean really full. I have seen 23 humans in a van that holds 19 if you jam in an extra person on each seat. Okay, so it is hot and the maxi is in the sun and the driver keeps jamming in one more person until finally the driver gets in and the wheels start to roll. At this point you pray for a bit of fresh air. You usually do not need to hang on as the maxi careens around the bends in the roads- the pack job hold you tight until a few people knock on the side wall signaling that they would light to get off. We get off at the end of the line and tumble out at Nimrods Rum shop and walk to our dingy for the last leg of the journey. We are anchored in Hog Island in our usual spot.