During our hike, Cliffon invited us to come to his hometown for a cookout party with his community. He told us he'd cook oildown for us outside his brother's rum shop in his town. Oildown is the national Grenada dish which is kind of like a curry stew with coconut, saffron, chicken, salt fish, and a bunch of local produce.
We met up with Bob and Christine and headed towards the bus stop near Prickly Bay. The bus driver was awesome and agreed to take us all the way to Vindome, Cliffon's town.
When we arrived at Vindome, the bus driver decided to stay and join in the party.
Here's Bob and our bus driver
Cliffon preparing the oil down
(The oildown is a big pot with carrots, green bananas, breadfruit, calaloo, onions, celery, okra, chives, green peppers, chicken quarters, salt fish, sea crabs, saffron, curry, dumplings, and coconut milk)
Raddi showing us the crabs that will be steamed on top
Cliffon's brother's rum shop.
Gene, Cliffon, and Bob displaying the oildown
Christine and I played cards with some of the guys inside the rum shop. Here we're learning the rules. (I'm hidden behind the bus driver who's teaching me how to play.)
Oildown cooking on the open fire
This is Talman who's somewhat of a celebrity in Grenada. He's a singer and on tour throughout the Caribbean performing. Here he is being interviewed by the local paper.
Talman's picture is on the beer bottle. He's showing us his pose.
Mmmm... oildown and a cold Carib beer
After we ate, Cliffon took us to his house up the hill.
Atomic moment!
And finally, we caught the bus driver taking a nap, too much rum. So Christine's going to drive the bus home while I'm the conductor.
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