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Southern Caribbean Cruising — Puerto Limón, Costa Rica


Welcome to Puerto Limón

Our destination aboard Grandeur of the Seas on 28 February this year was Puerto Limón, the capital city of Limón Province in the Central American country of Costa Rica. Limón is the seventh largest Costa Rican city with a population just barely over 61,000.

Grandeur of the Seas moored in Limón

While there’s a lot to take in visually here in Limón, there’s not a lot to discuss in such a small city. As such, this week and next will be heavy on the photos and light on the text.

The puerto (port) in Puerto Limón

Except for Fun Photo Fridays this week and next, the photos I will present of Limón will pretty much follow the chronological order of the self-guided foot tour Ursula and I took that day. I’ll begin at the cruise port, where we were warmly welcomed:

A welcoming Caribbean beat

Stepping out of the port security area and walking along Tomas Guardia street, we first strolled into Vargas Park (Parque Balvanero Vargas Molina). There are several items of interest here, including this rather interesting monument dedicated to the multi-ethnic development of Limón Province:

Vargas Park sculpture
Vargas Park sculpture
Vargas Park sculpture

Also in the park are artifacts from indigenous people:

Indigenous stone sculpture

A short walk to the western edge of the park puts you at the Southern Caribbean shoreline:

View of the Southern Caribbean from Vargas Park

We’ll continue this self-guided tour on Wednesday.

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Fun Photo Friday — Southern Caribbean; Grenada Favorites 2


The Spice Vendor

Today concludes our view of Grenada. Next week we move on to another Southern Caribbean destination. Until then:

Tropical Flower
Inner Harbour Colors
Selling to Tourists at Grand Etang
How Do You Hear Me Now?
Red on Green with Yellow in Between
Rusty

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Southern Caribbean Cruising — Grenada; the Inner Harbour


Garfield St. Louis offered to drop us off closer to port, but Ursula and I wanted to see more of St. George’s before we headed back. So, Garfield dropped us off at a suitable location with plenty of directions to get us started. We began with a quick trip to Market Square (see above), which had a very few items of interest. We didn’t spend much time here. But, if you’re looking for spices, you might want to give Market Square a try. We already had ours from a vendor to which Garfield took us. From Market Square we headed south to Sendall Tunnel for some sightseeing along Inner Harbour.

North entrance to Sendall Tunnel

Sendall Tunnel was built for horse-drawn carriages, and it was quite the marvel back in 1894. It connects the Esplande (north) to the Carenage side. The tunnel is 340 feet/104 meters in length, and it is cramped. Vehicles travel one way, south-to-north, while pedestrians hug the west side of the tunnel.

Sendall Tunnel fun facts

The Carenage side is a bit better marked, which one would expect since cars enter from that side:

South (Carenage) entrance to Sendall Tunnel

Once you get to the Carenage (Inner Harbour) side of town get your camera ready. Sights will be coming at you everywhere beginning with these interesting structures on Monckton Street:

Ministry of Finance

Now we turn east and head along the Inner Harbour, which is nothing but view upon view:

Fun Photo Friday will complete our tour of St. George’s and Grenada, but today I’ll leave you with this image I took as we started back for Sendall Tunnel:

Young Street looking north

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