Day 7 - Grenada - the Isle of Spice

We headed back to the beach today and decided to get the water taxi to Grand Anse Beach.  The taxi cost $10 pp return and was a nice journey.  The couple we'd bumped into at the airport, who we met on a previous Cunard cruise, had recommended Grand Anse and told us that Pirate Jack runs the water taxi.  When we got to the water taxi there was a large man with one leg and a crutch organising people so assumed we were in the right place.

Once we arrived at the beach the boat driver called a guy over called Jasper and recommended us going with him for the best loungers and drinks on the beach.  We weren't going to decide before having a stroll down the beach, but ended up going with him as the water taxis were coming in quickly and didn't want to miss out.  We paid a further $20 for our loungers and parasol. Our waitress for the day introduced herself as Nicole and said she would get any drinks we wanted and bring them to us.  We swam in the sea and after a bottle of local beer each went for a walk down the beach.  We realised that when you get off the taxi if you walked to the right and wandered down the beach it was a bit quieter and possibly slightly nicer than where we were so next time we wouldn't be hurried so much into agreeing anything.  As we walked past Jasper he was offering people loungers and parasol for $15 so thought next time we would haggle a bit.  We took our snorkel to try it out as hadn't snorkelled much previously - we gained confidence with it but didn't see any fish.

We returned to the ship for a late lunch and I had a hot dog, chips and salad by the pool and David opted for burger and chips.  The food was nice and hot, although I ended up with indigestion later.

At dinner the other people at the table had gone to Magazine Beach by taxi and thoroughly recommended that so we may try that in the future.

That's one of the benefits of sitting with others at dinner as you can all share experiences and get tips on places to go.  Becky is the source of lots of info as she is very active on the P&O Facebook group.