History on the Town Of Sauteurs in Grenada

This is where the Carib's believed to have jumped

The town of Sauteurs is located on the North side of the island in the parish of St. Patrick's. The town got its name from an historical event that took placed in the mid-seventeenth century. The  French were fighting the Carib inhabitants for possession of the island. The Carib warriors facing defeat, ran to the cliff overlooking Sauteurs Bay and leaped to their death,rather than surrender.
"The town of the Leapers". The catholic Church now stands on that site today. Imagine what it would take today for you to jump off the precipice to your death in today's era, now imagine the tragic event that took place over Three Hundred years ago.

Another shot showing a possible jump off point

Grenada's inhabitants before the French and English colonisation were Amerindian Carib Race. In 1651, after much struggle for control of the Island the Carib's were driven and forced to the North of the island, it has been reported that about over forty Caribs leaped over the cliff to their death.

Grenada Carnival

These were taken as the bands made their way to the Judge's stands

Enjoy the scenes from old mas( Jouvert)

Revellers enjoying themselves

The  carnival season is now in full gear and the people on the island are attending various shows this week all leading up to Monday morning jouvert,but it cannot be compared to that of Trinidad, New York  or Toronto Caribana. I must say it was something I had to see and compare the other parades to and make a comparison to where Grenada carnival stood.As you can see from the pictures that I have posted it was around 5:30am in the morning and the bands were just starting to get organized, all in all the music was loud as the calypso music was being played.The revellers were just having a great time working up their bodies and sweating as they went along. The favourite part of the morning was the way they  dressed in skimpy outfits some just wearing a bra and underwear, but all having a great time, in order to walk between them one had to dress in  old clothes so that when any of the masquerader's touched you or even pass close to you, which you can have paint on you clothes can be discarded. I can only say this, most revellers did enjoyed themselves, during the festive season  of the  carnival.  I can say this much about the people of Grenada they know how to get a party going and  how to enjoy herself, most of the Grenadians that played mas say that it  was  well put together but because of the economic situation it was not as spectacular as previous years, but hope next year is  better than this year's masquerade, to appreciate what carnival is all about you have to be here on this beautiful island of Grenada they call the Isle's of Spice.The pictures you are looking at was taken on Jouvert morning early and later in the morning around 7 :45 am enough said it was something that i have not witnessed in quite a long time and I am glad that i had the opportunity to come back to Grenada and see for myself what it was all about.

My Trip to Grenada

My trip to Grenada took me from Toronto Pearson Airport, after being dropped off after clearing customs I had some interesting conversations with a teacher while waiting to boarded on flight 611 with Caribbean Airlines to Trinidad.All part of the flight experience, along with taxing down the runway and waiting for instructions from the tower for the pilot to take off.
Sitting to my left were a couple from the strewn side of the island, who was returning for a wedding and also to see what type of damage was  done to their house since they were heavy rains in the deep south on the island of Trinidad.
Yes there were turbulence, but the pilot stayed clear from the worst part of the storm that was approaching,by avoiding that area. the flight seems to have quite a lot of children and the constant crying could be heard both front and back of the plane this is where a mp3 player come in handy to drown out the crying, the pilot announced that we were  going to land twenty minutes ahead of schedule,
Looking out the window at the setting sun was breath taking, as the sun and the clouds made a majestic array of light giving off the colourful effects of a rainbow.As the sunlight faded and the night sky got dark, the lights of the islands could be seen below us as we flew by, we passed over the island of Jamaica, and the outline of the island with many of the  lights was all aglow.
The plane touched down right on time at 10:30 pm we all clapped to show our appreciation for a wonderful trip, after clearing customs and retrieving my bag, i approached the exit one can immediately feel the heat left by the day sun rays.
I was picked up by my good friends and spent part of the night at his son's home in Arima talking, eating and drinking, left there at 3:00am got dropped off at the airport and waited for my next flight that would take me to the island of Grenada which was early, good in a sense, with a smooth touchdown, exiting the plane i was once again greeted with the previous day's heat, once inside the air condition airport building they were server's  with drinks asking passengers if they would like a drink in showing the hospitality side of the island.
I got my bus to home sat in the veranda and relaxed until my sister arrived from the beach, sat and had  a talk then i went to do some groceries for myself. Later folks hope it was a good read just letting you all know about my trip down.