Moving from the wilds of the L'Esterre peninsular into the outskirts of the capital of Carriacou, Hillsborough made an interesting change. We stayed at the Grand View Hotel which I'd thoroughly recommend for it's friendliness, balconies, views and rum punches.
Our first day at Grand View was a bit cloudy, but you can see the town viewed from above and the peninsular where we'd been staying for our first 4 nights in Carriacou in the distance.
On our first day, we visited the museum in Hillsborough run by Ms Caliste, daughter of local artist Canute Caliste
whose paintings occupy the top floor of the former cotton ginnery where
the museum is housed. If you click on Canute's name, you can read a
fascinating obituary of the man, who at his peak, produced 20 paintings a
day, an example of his mermaid paintings here
The museum has a great collection of pottery found on the island and quite a lot of information about Amerindians and colonial days including lists and descriptions of slaves owned by plantation owners.
Above a photo of an old sewing machine, and below a water container and a bit of a jumble of found items.
This case shows examples of English table ware, the one below shows 'Sherds of the Bosphorous pattern, made R Hall, England 1800-1825, Craigston'
We took a minibus to the village of Windward famed for its boat building, this was due to Scottish sailors passing on their boat building skills. This boat is being built at the moment just back from the shoreline by someone who was keen to talk about how many boats he's built. This one will be ready in a few months.
This was an island seen from Windward which may be Petite Martinique
There were fabulous gardens at Windward, but because of the dull day, the photos haven't come out well, apart from this one:
From Windward, we walked to Petit Carenage Bay at the north of Carriacou, seeing these delightful twin lambs on the way:
Signs to the nature trail where you can go bird and turtle watching at certain times of the year.
Lambi shells guide your way
and there's a picturesque wreck off the point.
And a sunset from Grand View Hotel's balcony:
The museum has a great collection of pottery found on the island and quite a lot of information about Amerindians and colonial days including lists and descriptions of slaves owned by plantation owners.
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