Bluegrass Dive Club
Lexington, Kentucky

April 2nd to 9th, 2011 - Grenada, West Indies

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Trip Leader:

For Questions Regarding Trip
Doug Geddes
(859) 224-3197

Financial:

For Questions Regarding Payments
George Fleischmann
(859) 873-9539

Dates:

April 2nd to 9th, 2011 (Saturday to Saturday)

Dive Operator:

Aquanauts Grenada
PO Box 1456
St George’s, Grenada, West Indies
Phone (473) 444-1126
Fax (473) 444-1127
email: dive@aquanautsgrenada.com
USA Reservations Toll Free (800) 513-5257

Costs:

Disclaimer:
These cost figures are accurate (except those marked estimate) but not to the penny.  Some are rounded.  Your final cost will be determined by the club treasurer.

Package Includes:
 - 7 night accommodations in an air-conditioned "Standard" Room
 - 10 Dives (5 days of 2-tank morning dives)
 - Afternoon/Night dives available at additional charge
 - Airport Transfers
 - Daily Breakfast
 - FREE Nitrox 

Accommodation Type

Diver Non-Diver
Standard Room - Double Occupancy $1546 $1051
Standard Room - Single Occupancy $2563  
Standard Room - Triple Occupancy $1378 $883

Options

 
10 Dive package Add Incl
Per Additional/Night Dive Add $45
Nitrox Add Incl
Transfers Add Incl
Airfare (estimate only at this time based on 2010 fares) Add $800
All rates are per person, in U.S. dollars excluding and departure tax.
Click here ===> To access BGDC Trip Refund Policy

Trip Insurance:

Click here ===> To view information about Dive Emergency Assistance and Trip Insurance from a Bluegrass Dive Club partner.

Grenada
Electrical
Standards & Plug
Requirements

230 Volt AC (Alternating Current) 50 HZ (Cycles)

Plug Type "G"

Adapters to US plugs will be needed (Click on a link, above, for more info)
Note: Most newer electrical  devices (Camera battery chargers, Laptops, iPads, iPods, Phone chargers) and many other devices can accept 100VAC to 240VAC, 50-60 HZ.  Be sure to look closely at the sticker or power requirement stamp on the device or charger to check.  If it only says 110 VAC you will need a transformer.

Notes:

Where is Grenada located?
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Flag of Grenada
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ENTRY / EXIT REQUIREMENTS: All Americans traveling by air outside of the United States are required to present a passport or other valid travel document to enter the United States. This requirement will be extended to sea travel (except closed-loop cruises), including ferry service, on June 1, 2009. Until then, U.S. citizens traveling by sea may present government-issued photo identification and a document showing their U.S. citizenship (for example, a birth certificate or certificate of nationalization). Starting June 1, 2009, all travelers must present a Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) compliant document such as a passport or a passport card for entry to the United States. While passport cards and enhanced driver’s licenses are sufficient for entry into the United States, they may not be accepted by the particular country you plan to visit; please be sure to check with your cruise line and countries of destination for any foreign entry requirements.

For additional information concerning entry/exit requirements, travelers may contact the Embassy of Grenada, 1701 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009, telephone: (202) 265-2561, fax: (202) 265-2468, or the Consulate of Grenada in New York. Sea travelers must have a valid U.S. passport (or other original proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a certified U.S. birth certificate with a government-issued photo ID).

There is no visa requirement for stays up to three months. However, now that the United States requires a passport to re-enter, Grenadian immigration authorities have been more closely scrutinizing the documentation of arriving American citizens and may deny entry for insufficient documentation of citizenship. There is an airport departure fee of US$20 for adults and US$10 for children between the ages of five and twelve.

Information about dual nationality or the prevention of international child abduction can be found on the Department of State web site. For further information about customs regulations, please read our Customs Information sheet.

The U.S. Department of State is unaware of any HIV/AIDS entry restrictions for visitors to or foreign residents of Grenada.

Grenada, Grenadines, West Indies

From: Wikipedia:  The island Grenada itself is the largest island; smaller Grenadines are Carriacou, Petit Martinique, Ronde Island, Caille Island, Diamond Island, Large Island, Saline Island, and Frigate Island Most of the population lives on Grenada itself, and major towns there include the capital, St. George’s, Grenville and Gouyave. The largest settlement on the other islands is Hillsborough on Carriacou.

The islands are of volcanic origin with extremely rich soil. Grenada’s interior is very mountainous with Mount St. Catherine being the highest at 2,756 feet (840 m). Several small rivers with beautiful waterfalls flow into the sea from these mountains. The climate is tropical: hot and humid in the rainy season and cooled by the trade winds in the dry season. Grenada, being on the Southern edge of the hurricane belt, has suffered only three hurricanes in fifty years.

Hurricane Janet passed over Grenada on Friday 23 September 1955 with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h), causing severe damage. The most recent storms to hit have been Hurricane Ivan on Tuesday 7 September 2004 causing severe damage and thirty-nine deaths and Hurricane Emily on Thursday 14 July 2005, causing serious damage in Carriacou and in the north of Grenada which had been relatively lightly affected by Hurricane Ivan.

Links to information on:

True Blue Bay Resort - Accommodations in Grenada
Aquanauts Grenada - Dive Operations
Grenada Map - Information and maps of the area
Time in Granada - AST-0400 UTC -
Grenada is in the Atlantic Time Zone and does not change for Daylight Savings Time.  They are one hour earlier than U.S. Eastern time during non-Daylight Savings time and the same as Eastern Time when the U.S. is on Daylight Savings time.
Delta Airlines - Flight transportation
U.S. State Department - Consular Information Sheet - Grenada
Embassy of the United States of America - Grenada
Embassy of Grenada - Washington D.C.

Weather in
Grenada 
CIA World Factbook - Grenada
Wikipedia - Grenada

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