Cheryl's Adventure

Today I ventured out on my own for the first time. I had to take some documents in to be couriered home and Griff was busy with appointments on the boat so off I went. Flagged down a bus and headed towards St. George's. The FedEx building is on the harbour front just before you get downtown. On the bus I was seated beside a woman on holiday here from England. She and her companion were talking about the bus system and I joined in on the conversation, explaining how the busses were operated privately and they tried everything they could to get passengers on the bus. What I found interesting was she said it sounds like you come here often - I said no, but I had been here a month and used the busses often. I could see FedEx in the distance so I knocked on the side of the bus to get them to stop and they did.


After sending off the documents I decided to walk back along the harbour front until I came to a grocery store so I could do some shopping. Then it was back on the bus for the trip 'home'. I stopped at the boatyard and had lunch with Griff before heading back to the apartment.


Yesterday we also went into St. George's for a short shopping trip and to pick up a parcel at the post office. We spent some time in the market place buying some souveniers. There we met a fellow wearing a T-shirt from Calgary - the 2004 Calgary Corporate Challenge T-shirt. His sister had sent it to him, she lives in Canada. He actually has five siblings living in Canada. We bought a pendant from him that he had carved from a piece of driftwood - it was a tiki charm similar to those carved by the Caribs, the original inhabitants of the islands.

Through out the downtown area there were groups of police recruits. We saw a total of 24 recruits in groups of 6 with their instructors. They seemed to be learning how to direct traffic. Watching the instructors was like watching dancers. They were graceful and their hand movements were amazing. The group in the video were at the top of a hill and were directing the traffic at the intersection they were at and also the traffic at the intersection a block away at the bottom of the hill.




The other thing we saw/heard was a woman who was using a bullhorn to talk to the people in the streets. She was telling people to remember their youth and to repent. At one point she was saying "take care of your children". With all the traffic noise and music coming from the stores you could only hear her about a half a block away.