My Left Foot

Hi guys.



Today the sun hit us in a big way. Luckily my foot, which has been looking like it was about to rot and fall off is better. I scratched a mosquito bite until it burst and then accidentally got mosquito repellant in it and it hurt in another Big Way. I tried swimming with two plastic bags sealed to my foot but they took in water bigtime and I ended up dragging about 4 litres of salty water stinging my wound back up OUT OF the water with me and it was another two minutes before I could dislodge the salty contraption. The whole thing was really rather funny if it hadn't been for the cosmic pain of wound-trapped-in-bag-of-salt-pain.



We took a trip into Grenville and got a tour of a nutmeg factory today, which was pretty cool. All the factories here are like a trip back to the 1700's. All made of wood, and people still do most of the work manually. The guide yesterday excitedly told us about the electrical machine they now had that could peel the cocoa beans "All by itself" so now they do not have to dance on the beans for 2 hours a day anymore, although it sounds like fun to dance on the beans, I think it would get a bit long-wound if you had to do it every day. But of course Ganja grows wild here. Business models like this will have a hard time to compete internationally if they ever would like to build a functioning infra structure here though. But I am also thinking that they may not really NEED much of an infra structure since it is so warm and you can get an abundance of food for free in the forest.



From the city we went deep into the rain forest, and took a hike around a crater lake, which is a volcano that just filled up with rain. It was muddy. It was warm. There were invisible monkeys we could hear but not see. Lushness-a-plenty and greenery all over. Like living in a greenhouse. Like the guide yesterday said: "If you go into de fields, you will meet all de different kinds of mango". I like that he chose the word "meet" about fruit.



After the trek we went up to a cafe and had a very good cup of local tea and met a monkey who played really hard to get, even though he was begging for food. He was unimpressed with my offering of cheddar crisps and chose a banana peel instead, I guess he knows what is healthier.



Then we went back here to the Cabier and chilled in the afternoon, Rays hitting us with Force now. I had my final lecture with my Animation mentor who thought it was a lot of fun to have one of the pupils coming in live from the caribbean, live with palmtrees and waves in the background. More and more animation work is being done remotely so maybe I will be able to settle on a cheap island eventually and just work over the net. I hope so, since the charm of London is almost nonexistent unless you're a moneyman raking home the millions in the City. Then again those fool seem not to exit the game after they have accumulated the 5 millions needed to live a good life anywhere without working, but just live out their lives in Grayland without any real existential connection. Even more boring than political people in my humble opinion.

Anyway, I will let Jaana say a few words now:

Well, I don't know if there is a lot to add, other than that tonight is our last night at Cabier (and Grenada), since tomorrow we will be heading to the smaller island of Carriacou.



Considering how laid back Grenada is, it is really funny that everyone is saying that Carriacou is REALLY quiet. We will catch the ferry for Carriacou tomorrow, which apparently gets everyone seasick, since the route goes over an active underwater volcano by the name of "Kick 'em Jenny". Fortunately I brought some travel sickness pills. And when we get there, we will check in to the Green Roof Inn, a guesthouse owned by Swedes. So if their internet connection works as it should, we will report more tomorrow. Until then, take care everyone and please write a comment if you like!