Grenada, 1st step of my trip accomplished

As in Barbados, 1st day is always wandering amongst the people and around the market. Checking where the local juices are and tasting the truly local food.
Got on a van to the center of the island, to the rainforest. 1st stop: Annandale Waterfalls. My 1st bath in the island. Not only that though. They were "professional" national jumpers from the top of the waterfall and doing it without any style (that's why was original), just leaving themselves to be atracted by gravity. I saw also a praying mastin for first time in my life!! Such a big insect! The stick one we had at home in MQ was nothing compared to it. I could see Rhianon saying "OH NO!" if one like that would have break in her place haha Pura vida! (soon, Costa Rica)
Anyway, waiting for other van to keep going deeply to the center of the island to the Grand Etang National Park, someone came singing pretty nice lyrics, with love content. Finally arrived beside me and finished singing with YES RASTA! and expressing his love to the Rastafarism. We started a chat. Then a van arrived with only a place for one. I let him taking it, I did not have any hurry but he invited me to go with him too. People squeezed and we fit in (not like when we were 20 ppl in a 15 places van going down from Mesopotamia in St.Vincent to the capital, which wheels were really stinking due to the overweight, as they were being "burned"). The thing is, when he passed through where I was meant to stop and he asked (to someone like me) but the rasta replied saying no so I did not pay attention and being aware of it, I knew I was heading to extreme East of the island, albeit that was what eventually I wanted. Then there, was full of people, so many kids and teenagers with their uniforms, many fishermen, a truly village full of life on the streets. Everybody there, worse ('better' should I say) than Naples. On my researching for local juice, a driver asked me where I wanted to go, then I answered with the truth while checking I was the last passenger needed to fill in the van. So..not to waste more time and conscious I`d have my juice in downtown I took the van back to the Park. The visitor's centre closed one hour before than usual so I just lime there with the locals who were working in the bars. I had a fruit punch made with local pineapple, orange and lime juices and of course, Grenadian rhum. For 1st time in my life also (wow so many 1st things today, eh?), 70 !!! No, no Farenheit degrees, alcohol in a drink! The point was, I had to ask her to put me a bit more of it on the punch as I couldnt feel it at all haha -So Rous, your bday was remembered in a way you should have liked it ,D
Then hitchhiking was the only chance of going back to downtown as all the vans departure always full. So..unless somebody was dropped off before -rare, I would not be able to jump in. Solution, thumb up! 5 mins a 4by4 stopped. They were the organizers and the owners of Grenada Adventures!! And they were telling me about the River tubing adventure, which will take place at the moment of my plane leaving on Sunday. Thus..Grenada, wait me to come back!

p.s: today apart from my 30th anniversary of my cousin also has been the 30th bday of PacMan!! Also, 1st time I play my music somewhere (on the laptop while writing) so happy for my present&future time (as my mp3 remained somewhere in MQ I guess, which is definetely the last sign of my need of music while living -after the Canada success).

pics: Annandale Waterfall. The praying mantis. Sunset from Fort. S.George.
video: Professional jumpers (mantis included) at the Waterfalls