Ruhm Runner

SGU is awesome!! Today they arranged for all of the orientation kids to take some free tours. Some kids toured the Nutmeg factory and had a walking tour of the Capital city -St. Georges, I went on the boat cruise and waterfall/lake tour. We started out early and the buses left for the boat cruise at 9:15. We drove to St. Georges (about 20 minutes) and boarded the Rhum Runner. There was a carribean steel drum band, dancing and rum punch. We stopped at Morne Rouge beach and they let us off for an hour and a half while locals pulled kids who wanted to go on the bananna tubes. We also tossed crackers off the boat to feed the fish -they were huge! The weather was a bit funny, raining for a few minutes and then sunny for an hour, rinse and repeat!

The Ruhm Runner

As soon as we got back to campus, the second tour left for Annandale falls and Grand Etang lake. The falls were first. I'm amazed at the roads here -they are super steep and narrow and windy. It's lucky that the school has reliable buses because anything with questionable breaks could kill you. I also think I'd have to work up my nerves prior to driving anything out of town. The falls were really pretty, there was a cliff that some people were jumping off of into the deep pool below. I didn't jump but conveniently I had my swimsuit on from the cruise in the morning so I hopped in the pool to cool down -delicious!

Annandale falls


All of these school outings are definitely helping to meet some people. Already I am starting to notice some people around campus and know their names. Grand Etang lake was highly disappointing, it's a crater lake formed from an old volcano but really it looked like a small marsh. It probably was destined to be disappointing though because it was super cold there (higher altitude with lots of cloud cover plus I was soaking wet from the falls.)
Grand Etang Lake
Later that night we had a welcome bbq for all the SGU students with free food and beer. It was really fun, everyone had a nice time and later we went to one of the local nightclubs (bananas) until about 2a.m. Long day but lots going on and lots of fun.