{"id":1927,"date":"2012-02-12T00:55:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T05:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2012-02-10T01:01:32","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T06:01:32","slug":"grenada-review-caribheat-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/grenada-review\/grenada-review-caribheat-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenada: What draws me in… A Review by Caribheat Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before you continue first check out Part 1 of Grenada: What Draws me in<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Now for my memory… we have travelled to the island of Grenada so many times I can barely keep count.<\/p>\n

It is a beautiful lush rainforest island with several stunning beaches and several gorgeous waterfalls and several sneaky idyllic spots to escape to.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t help remembering the days spent sitting on Mourne Rouge beach under a big tree.<\/p>\n

There is almost no one on the beach so I feel, we have this whole beach to ourselves, save for an unusual long necked bird that saunters by us within an arms reach\u2026like he never learned to be afraid of humans.<\/p>\n

The waves gently lap over and over on the shore while my 5 year old screams with delight in the Caribbean sea.<\/p>\n

My 11 week old dips his tiny little toes in the water and looks both stunned and thrilled as the water rushes up to tickle his pudgy legs.<\/p>\n

The sand is as soft as silk and the warm sun is only new in the morning sky.<\/p>\n

On one side of us is a sharp hill with a little road wrapping around to the unknown, behind us is a cliff almost protecting us from reality and on the other side is the gentle slope that guided us to this spot.<\/p>\n

It is so peaceful I am rendered almost speechless, however I have spotted a local woman walking the far side of the beach bent over examining the shoreline for fine shells.<\/p>\n

Will she use these for sales today at the craft market or is she simply enjoying the blessing that is her island.<\/p>\n

Morne Rouge Beach also known as BBC, is such a gem that they have named one of the two tiny little hotels; Gem.<\/p>\n

At this Gem hotel there is a bar and restaurant with tables and chairs on the beach, in the sand. One evening we wisely made the choice to return for a drink and to watch the sunset \u2013 Thank God for wise choices.<\/p>\n

So quiet and so unassuming, as though one of the greatest sights I have ever had is not about to happen here at this beach.<\/p>\n

We order Pina Coladas for the fun of it and upon our first sip declare it heaven in a glass.<\/p>\n

Slowly the sun begins its decent toward the water… so slowly you almost feel it is teasing your patience.<\/p>\n

I am able to take a minute to realize how blessed I am as I have my husband, parents and my two beautiful sons with me.<\/p>\n

One is only 11 weeks old, but already wise enough to push his little legs into a locked position on \u201cNana\u2019s\u201d lap with a hope of catching a glimpse of this big show.<\/p>\n

My 5 year old romps about in the small sand dunes that have formed outside this low lying average looking building, with his Papa a perpetual 10 year old in a grown mans body.<\/p>\n

Suddenly there is a vibrant red glow across all of our faces, the sand, the building and we realize it is time to pay full attention.<\/p>\n

The sun continues to dip slowly downward while the sky explodes in a mix of colours that Claude Monet would envy. The Caribbean sea sits in stillness of this small inlet, waiting for this bright beautiful sun ball to slip away.<\/p>\n

We are mesmerized moving only to sip our Pina Colada\u2019s, aka Heaven in a glass.<\/p>\n

Finally when the sun has disappeared and the sky is left in a hue of reds and oranges everyone applauds…<\/p>\n

Wait people have joined us…<\/p>\n

There is a small group of other sun worshipers including all the staff from the bar and restaurant offering a hearty standing ovation… thanking the Sun for its incredible performance.<\/p>\n

Everyone, making a small vow to return tomorrow for the new show!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before you continue first check out Part 1 of Grenada: What Draws me in… Now for my memory… we have travelled to the island of Grenada so many times I can barely keep count. It is a beautiful lush rainforest island with several stunning beaches and several gorgeous waterfalls and several sneaky idyllic spots to… Continue reading Grenada: What draws me in… A Review by Caribheat Part 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1937,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927\/revisions\/1937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}