Sandflies trump mosquitos

My first week here has already flown by! The 12 other new volunteers and I have been all over St. George's, had sessions on the Caribbean slang language, learned more about the devastation that Hurricane Ivan caused in 2004, walked around town to familiarize ourselves with the local people and markets, visited a Nutmeg Processing Plant (Grenada is the #2 nutmeg exporter in the world), went to the Fish Friday in Gouyave and heard their awesome steel pan band, and all this while being eaten alive by sandflies. They are impossible to catch and then burrow themselves in your skin. In short...they are the devil. Otherwise, I've been having a great time meeting the people I'll be working with and getting to know my community on foot....and building my calf muscles since you can't walk for 5 minutes in Grenada without climbing a hill.