I flew back to St Thomas and got the new boat ready for sailing. I worked at my carpentry job a few more weeks and then left the Virgin Islands. I sailed up and down all the Leeward and Windward Islands visiting places like Martinique, St Lucia, Dominica, Carriacou, Bequia and Grenada. In Grenada I spent several days hiking and exploring with my friend Melissa who came down to see me from Canada. We visited the beautiful waterfalls of Grenada and toured factories where the spice nutmeg is processed.
Farmers bring nutmeg fruit from their trees and sell it to the cooperative.
At the factory workers separate the seeds for nutmeg and the pulp for the spice mace. It is done without machinery in much the same manner as it has been done for a hundred years or more. We arrived in Carriacou in time for the large regatta featuring local sailing vessels of all types. There were small catboats designed for racing as well as wooden cargo vessels once used for inter-island trade. In Dominica we visited the sulfur springs and botanical garden.