Bird Lovers Pay Attention!

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The 19th Regional Meeting of the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds will be held
27-31 July 2013
St. George’s University, Grenada
Theme: Bird Conservation in a Changing Climate

As a lead up to the birding conference which sees up to 300+ persons, Caribbean Horizons Guides will be part of the intensive bird guiding – training which will take place in June using experienced facilitators and research ornithologists as presenters. Our “graduation” will be to take the birders to the nesting sites of the Grenada Dove, Hookbilled Kite, Tattinger and other island species as well as the migratory ponds and lakes on the mid conference tours which also include Carriacou and Union Island!

Caribbean Horizons is assisting the organizers of the event with logistics and planning.

Call us if you would like to go to this meeting or register directly at the website:
https://sites.google.com/site/scscbmeeting2013/home

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Traditional Cross Harbour Swim

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Last Saturday was the traditional Cross harbour swim from the Carenage in the town of St. George’s to world famous Grand Anse Beach in the south of the island.
The fastest time this year was 38 mins, the sea was choppy and it was windy!
Congratulations to Grenada’s top 2 swimmers who came 1st, in male Kerry Oliverre and female Oreoluwa Cherebin. They will be going on to Carifta swim meet later this month.
The event saw 73 entrants from 11 years to 70 years. This was also a good warm up for triathalon teams and iron men like Danny Donelan.

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Something for Everyone!

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Grenada is getting ready for three great events in January!

Budget Marine Spice Island Bill Fish Tournament – 22 January – 26 January

Bill Fish Tournament

Bill Fish Tournament

The first event is the 44th Annual Budget Marine Spice Island Bill Fish Tournament, 22 January – 26 January. This prestigious event was first held in 1964 and has been running annually since then. Boats from other islands such as Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, St. Lucia and Martinique join with anglers from all over the world to experience the great fishing grounds in Grenada. The event is held at the Grenada Yacht Club, Lagoon Road, St. George’s with its great dock facilities, where docking is free and water, electricity and fuel are available to all the yachts. Blue and White Marlin, Spearfish, Yellow Fin Tuna, Wahoo and Dolphin are captured but released to be in line with modern conservation practices. For released billfish points are given by species instead of weight, a camera will confirm the capture. Three days of fishing and a lay day promise great fun and competition.

www.sibtgrenada.com/

 Grenada Sailing Week – 31 January – 5 February

The second event is the Grenada Sailing Week, 31 January – 5 February. For the past 20 years this regatta has been run by the Grenada Sailing Festival and the dates are marked in many regatta and race calendars. The event attracts yachts from all over the world, the races are competitive and challenging.

If you do not have your own boat, take the opportunity and book your space with one of the various charter companies that offer spaces on their boats. Port Louis Marina on Lagoon Road, St.George’s is the base of the regatta and offers all the facilities that make racing even more fun. Four days racing, one lay day in between and six nights of parties make this a great event!

www.grenadasailingweek.com

 United Insurance Work Boat Regatta – 2nd & 3rd February

Work Boat Regatta Grenada

Work Boat Regatta

The third event in this series of three is the United Insurance Work Boat Regatta, 1st – 3rd February. The 20th Work Boat Regatta will be staged on the famous Grand Anse Beach with two days of spectacular racing in wooden, bamboo rigged boats. The fishing communities of Grand Mal, Gouyave, Sauteurs, Woburn and the sister islands Carriacou and Petit Martinique will compete against each other and guarantee exciting races. This event is very traditional with its colorful boats with unique names, ‘Full Force’, ‘Unity’, ‘Young Stunners’ to just name a few. The atmosphere is carnival-like with a lot of food, fun, music and great racing. This is a ‘must see’ event!

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A son of the soil’s service to Country and Tourism recognised

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Grenada Hotel and Tourism Association (GHTA) celebrated its 50th Anniversary at Spice Island Beach Resort on Saturday 15th December 2012 and honored distinguished son of the soil Sir John Augustus Watts KCMG for his years of service to his country and in particular to Grenada’s Tourism.

Present at the ceremony were the Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean and Lady Glean, Prime Minister Hon. Tilman Thomas, leader of the Opposition, Dr Keith Mitchell, Minister of Tourism Dr George Vincent and the President of GHTA Mr Ian DaBreo as well as past presidents, board members and members of the association and the Press.

The evenings host, owner of Spice Island Beach Resort, Sir Royston Hopkin KCMG gave a synopsis of Sir John’s years of service to Grenada, recognising him as being the driving force in persuading the hoteliers in 1962 to form the Hotel Association and then of Sir John himself becoming President of the Caribbean Tourism Organization that same year. Dr Watts as he was then known, was a Charter Member and the driving force behind the formation of the Rotary Club of Grenada, holding the post of District Governor for the Caribbean and parts of South America for two years. Sir Royston gave an example of Sir John’s unstinting commitment , stating how Sir John gave up his dental practice in Grenada for two years and moved to Trinidad where the airlift was available to fulfill his duties as district Governor which involved traveling throughout the region and internationally. He stated that when you talked Tourism, John Watts and Gert Protain were the Grenadians you thought of.

Earlier in his career, Sir John with his friend Herbert Blaize started the Grenada National Party (GNP). Dr Keith Mitchell in his congratulatory speech made mention of his bid for leadership of the party in 1989 when he ran against Herbert Blaize, noting that Sir John, unlike many of his peers, was the one person who stated, “Let Democracy prevail” when he wrested leadership from Mr Blaize, which led to the formation of the New National Party.

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Prime Minister Tillman Thomas handing over the congratulatory plaque to Sir John

Past President of GHTA and CTO, Sir Royston Hopkin KCMG, GHTA President Mr Ian DaBreo, Dr Keith Mitchell leader of Her Majesty's Opposition, Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean KCMG, Sir John Watts KCMG, Tourism Minister Dr Geroge Vincent, Prime Minister Mr Tillman Thomas, Past President of GHTA Mr Leo Garbutt.

Past President of GHTA and CTO, Sir Royston Hopkin KCMG, GHTA President Mr Ian DaBreo, Dr Keith Mitchell leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition, Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean KCMG, Sir John Watts KCMG, Tourism Minister Dr Geroge Vincent, Prime Minister Mr Tillman Thomas, Past President of GHTA Mr Leo Garbutt.

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Do you know these plants?

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Some time ago we asked you if you know these two plants

Yellow Shampoo Ginger

Yellow Shampoo Ginger

Red Costus

Red Costus

The flower on the left is a Yellow Shampoo Ginger, the one on the right side is a Red Costus.
Both flowers belong to the Ginger Family. Ginger or ginger root is a rhizome. Many of these decorative plants are often used in landscaping.
Edible or “root ginger” is used as a healthy spice in many Caribbean dishes, candies, teas and juices.
Fresh ginger root can be sliced, chopped or grated. Fresh ginger tastes very different to dried ground ginger. This is good to know if you search for recipes that use fresh ginger. You can not substitute fresh ginger with ground ginger.
In Grenada we use Ginger in our traditional ‘Christmas Sorrel Drink’. Sorrel can be bought fresh at the market.

Christmas Sorrel Drink

Wash and clean the sorrel.
Take a big enough pot and put the sorrel and any spices you want to use (bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon and fresh ginger) and cover it with a few inches of water.
Boil it, leave to cool and steep overnight in a non metal container, strain and sweeten to taste.
You can also serve this with rum.
Please note: if you boil it too long you loose the sorrel flavor, but you will get maximum color. Use glass or plastic to steep and to store.
Let us know if you would like to share your ginger recipes with us!

Sorrel

Sorrel

Fresh Ginger

Fresh Ginger

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Farewell

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dinner for the Individual Holidays Garden Group at the Beach House Restaurant.

Pumpkin soup salad or shrimp cocktail, grilled lobster, blackened sword fish, chicken tarragon, coconut ice cream and guava desert were some of the delicious items available.

The group was led by Chelsea designer Suzanne Gaywood and had a great long week filled with fun, garden history and nature of Grenada.

Caribbean Horizons Tours wishes this group bon voyage on Thursday and looks forward to welcoming the second group of garden enthusiasts who arrive today.

Dinner at Beach House

Dinner at Beach House

Delicious desert

Delicious desert

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Individual Holidays Garden Group 2012

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Garden Tour at Smithy's

Garden Tour at Smithy’s

visiting Smithy’s Garden with Suzanne Gaywood, Grenada’s designer for Chelsea. Members of the Horticultural Society of Grenada and Trinidad joined the Grenadian Breakfast and Garden Tour with Anne Campbell. Anne Campbell is a Chelsea arranger and owner of. Smithy’s garden, located in Morne Jaloux, St Georges, Grenada.

Menu
Fruit and juice from the garden:
Coconut water + jelly, sorrell and passion fruit juice, tea and coffee.
Banana, mango, golden apple, mandarins, pomme granit, watermelon, pawpaw, passion fruit, grapefruit, and orange.
And salt fish souse, scrambled eggs, black pudding, johnny bakes, toast, plum jam and cheese.

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Farewell Kim!

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Tribute to Kim Henry

Tribute to Kim Henry

Tribute to Kim Henry, a Chelsea Team Member, who passed away far too young, she will be missed greatly!
The flowers in this picture are from the family farm ‘Balthazar Estate’ and were arranged by Tony, a family friend and member of the Trinidad Horticultural Society.

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Individual Holidays

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On Monday 26th November, Smithy’s Garden welcomes Individual Holidays 2012 Garden group accompanied by Grenada’s Chelsea designer Suzanne Gaywood to an early morning garden tour with the added attraction of the group sharing a Grenadian breakfast with Trinidadian judges and VP Elen Radix from the Horticultural Society of Grenada’s Flower and Garden Show. Early morning bird calls will add to the rich experience of tastes, sounds, smell and colours!
Right now the group is setting out to visit Hyde Park Garden and enjoy some sunset drinks with the owners. Afterwards the group will head up to Gouyave for the famous Fish Friday!

Individual Holidays

Individual Holidays 2012

Individual Holidays 2012

Individual Holidays 2012

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