Sandy Island Adventure!

On Thursday, October 7, 2010, some friends and I took a catamaran trip to Sandy Island, a small island off the northern shore of Grenada.

Starting up the west coast of the island, the fishing town of Gouyave, home of Fish Friday

Right to Left:

Sheridan, Sherry and I

Sandy Island and Carriacou in the distance

Enjoying the good lfie

The Northern tip of Grenada

More Northern Grenada

Sheridan capturing the island beauty with Sandy Island in the background

Sandy Island and yes the water really is this blue

Grenada girls partying under water!

Somehow this picture says so much about us

We stumbled upon a sea turtle that was stuck behind a palm tree in the brush

After she finished laying her eggs we helped her move back into the ocean

And, as always, I jumped off the boat a few times

Booze Cruise 2.0 - Post Midterms

I organized a booze cruise (the same trip I went on a few weeks ago) for the Foundations of Medicine students to celebrate the conclusion of a painful week of midterms. 

Boarding the catamaran

First rum-punch of the day with my SO girlfriends, Sheridan and Sherry

My mother-in-law Nancy

CW and I enjoying rum-punch and Carib

Another SO, Robert, and I snorkeling in Flamingo Bay

Post-snorkeling beach and ocean fun

Me jumping from the boat, onto the water tramploine and into the clear blue ocean

Swimming with a beer in hand is an important skill, which Sheridan and I have both mastered

Foundations of Medicine students liming on a water trampoline

What a beautiful day! Successful booze-cruise!

Snorkel and Booze Cruise - West Grenada

This past Saturday I went on one of the most fun trips I’ve done on the island so far, a snorkeling booze cruise! My SO friend, Sheridan, invited me to go along.

We boarded the catamaran on Grand Anse beach at 9:30 am and set sail northbound, Carib and rum punch in hand, to the West side of the island. Our first stop was at Flamingo Bay. We snorkeled around a reef and saw lots of beautiful fish and coral.

Underwater Erin

Then we swam back to the boat, where the crew had inflated a water trampoline for us to jump from the boat and into the water. They also had a kayak and some foam rafts to “lime” (Caribbean lingo for hanging out or partying) on. We hung out for about another hour while the crew cooked us a barbeque chicken lunch right on the boat! The meal was complete with rice, vegetables and salad.

Fun times on the water trampoline

Fish below my feet, dangling off the catamaran

After lunch we drank, swam and fooled around on and off the boat for a few more hours before the anchor came up and we sailed further south to the Underwater Sculpture Park, a group of sunken sculptures created by artist Jason de Caires Taylor. You can see examples of his work in Grenada and in Cancun, Mexico at his website: http://www.underwatersculpture.com/index.asp

After we all returned from snorkeling and checking out the sculptures, up came the anchor and we heaed back to Grand Anse Beach.  The crew gave us each a piece of cinnamon cake and we watched the beach where we live get closer in the distance.

Erin gets her lime-on with a raft and some rum punch at Flamingo Bay

This weekend I'm going on another trip through the same charter company for whale and dolphin watching!  Stay tuned faithful viewers!