A Walk to Texaco

Okay I'll give you a second to get over the fact that tiny Grenada has Texacos. I actually don't think I've seen any other type of gas station here (not that I get out much but still).

Anyhow, this is a story about how myself and 7 other friends were misled to believe that instead of waiting in front of the restaurant for a bus we should walk down the road and try to catch one in a more central, main location. This would be all fine and well if a couple of things were true in Grenada: abundance of side walks, reasonable traffic laws, and reasonable drivers. But, alas, we are in Grenada where the sidewalks are sketchy at best (and mostly just near campus), there are no traffic laws around here that I can figure out, and the drivers scare me!

So the evening started out by a group of us going out to a restaurant to celebrate a friend's birthday. The restaurant, called The Red Crab, was absolutely delicious and we celebrated with Baked Alaska at the end :). Although a bit more pricy, the restaurant was excellent and worth every penny. Come visit me and we can go there if you're curious.

So at the end of the evening, two of our friends that live near by told us that we could either wait for the bus in front of the restaurant or try to walk up the road a little ways to a more central location where buses pass by more frequently. The bus system here is not at all what you would expect in the US. It's reliability can be sketchy at best and stops running "frequently" after dark. Our friends told us that the buses tend to come by every 30-60 minutes but it all depends. No one had seen a bus pass by any time soon, but we decided not to test our luck. Instead we chose the quick 15 minute walk up the road to Texaco idea.

The group of us walked along the edge of the road for a good 8-10 minutes before being "rescued" by a bus. I assure you that we were in no danger other than perhaps of being run over by a reckless driver. However, the road, while well lit, was full of crazy drivers and no place to jump out of the way. We were also no where near civilization (or so it felt-it's probably not actually true). Lesson learned. Next time we will just wait for the bus haha. Lots of crazy speeding cars drove past us (and as each one drove by, it seemed less and less intelligent to be walking on the side of the road).

Thankfully the bus stumbled upon us before we completed our journey! We thought at the time that it was just up ahead and around the bend, but that actually turned out to look like more of a 5-10 minute walk from where we were picked up at and along a bit more sketchy path. Oops!

I love Grenada for all of these wonderful and amusing experiences that I continue to have. :)