A new wood boat at Windward, Carriacou.

We took a taxi ride up to Windward, on the north-east shore of Carriacou today. This part of Carriacou is an area of traditional wood boat-building. The driver showed us this boat, which has yet to launch, and also several sailboats that launched recently.

He also took us to the bird sanctuary, where we walked to the beach. He then proceeded to take us on pretty much every road of Carriacou, just to show us around – the airport, the south coast, the hospital (on top of one of the peaks, with old English cannons), an old well where they collected fresh water for their indigo business, and several sites of previous sugar-cane plantations. The island no longer grows sugar cane, but the artifacts from that era are still around.

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