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This time a year ago, I was in Grenada for a Beer and Rum Festival. Unfortunately, it isn't happening this year. The down turn of the economy in the area has caused the producers to cancel for this year.
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I am still there in my mind, and would love to be there this year as well. Here are a few of my memories of the visit to this marvelous jewel of the southern Caribbean and still wishing I was there enjoying the beauty of the island and the warm people that made the event so much fun.