Infos on Tortola and Grenada

I could use usefull infos for these two places, Tortola and Grenada. Like
what to do or to see in these places.
Thanks Jay Gee

Jean&DD wrote:

>I could use usefull infos for these two places, Tortola and Grenada. Like
>what to do or to see in these places.
>Thanks Jay Gee
>
>Grenada is a scenic island with only moderate tourist development limited to the south. The rest is largely agricultural - spice and banana plantations. Some good hotels and restaurants. Very nice people. You can get more information at grenadaexplorer.com
>
>

On 15/12/03 17:23, in article %dlDb.8240$Ve.772341@news20.bellglobal.com,
"Jean&DD" <dd.jean@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I could use usefull infos for these two places, Tortola and Grenada. Like
> what to do or to see in these places.
> Thanks Jay Gee
>
>


For me the BVI is for sailing, we have gone there for years. The Islands
are interesting to visit by boat but the main island (Tortola) is not that
big.

Grenada is a much larger island. I have only been once and came by sail
boat, stayed in the harbor and went ashore to visit. We went in the 80s
there and did a couple of trips through the Grenadines by sail. Since we
have concentrated on the northern Caribbean. For boating it is safer.

Earl (from Paris, France)

On 16/12/03 17:02, in article BC04EB0A.1FAFC%evleth@wanadoo.fr, "Earl
Evleth" <evleth@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> On 15/12/03 17:23, in article %dlDb.8240$Ve.772341@news20.bellglobal.com,
> "Jean&DD" <dd.jean@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> I could use usefull infos for these two places, Tortola and Grenada. Like
>> what to do or to see in these places.
>> Thanks Jay Gee
>>
>>
>
>
> For me the BVI is for sailing, we have gone there for years. The Islands
> are interesting to visit by boat but the main island (Tortola) is not that
> big.
>
> Grenada is a much larger island. I have only been once and came by sail
> boat, stayed in the harbor and went ashore to visit. We went in the 80s
> there and did a couple of trips through the Grenadines by sail. Since we
> have concentrated on the northern Caribbean. For boating it is safer.
>
> Earl (from Paris, France)
>


My wife reminds me that we took a nice trip into the hills in Grenada it is
much more tropical than the BVI. They also had a nice museum. My wife had
done a lot of archival research on the islands for a French priest on a
small island in the Grenadines so she could fill me in on how many times
these islands had changed hands between the Spanish, British and French.

The main problem with all the islands is that they never were very
economically viable and today it is tourism they depend on.
Every hurricane which came through destroyed that years crops.
Rain is not steady so the islands have water problems at some times
of the year.

I remember visiting one island near Union which had nothing but goat paths,
the priest had had a parish there for years. We were there on a Christmas
day and struggled to the village on a hill top, which still had the church
the priest had been at. While walking around and old black woman came up
and greeted us and asked

"Where are you from"

We answered

"From Paris"

She responded, delightfully,

"Oh, then you must know Father Divonne"

In fact we did know Father Divonne! She did not know how big Paris was
and from her village and island viewpoint you knew everybody in the
village you lived in. In fact the good father, in visiting Paris now and
then
stayed in our area, which has a number of Catholic institutions, missions
etc.

We talked with her a few minutes, said good by and went back down to the
beach and took our dingy back out to our sail boat and sailed off. Also
delighted.

A small world indeed.

Earl

In article <brptdh$u64$1@newsfeeds.rpi.edu>, Ron Bailey says...
>
>Sorry to hear that people have had negative experiences with the people
>in Grenada, but in 5 visits over the past dozen years or so our
>experiences with the people have been very positive overall, both in
>and out of the tourist area.

Yeah, it would not be fair or accurate to judge the friendliness of an entire
island based on a handful of negative reports. Almost without exception, you
can find people reporting negative experiences on all of the larger Caribbean
islands. Is there a consensus that Grenada is an unfriendly island to visitors?
Perhaps, but not to my knowledge. Ive been there twice in recent years and
didnt notice anything unusual regarding hostility or rudeness towards me. You
can get unluckly and encounter a hostile or surly individual from time to time,
but that can happen anywhere, even at home...ha. In fact, Im somewhat surprised
it doesnt happen more often in the Caribbean considering the legacy of slavery,
the perceived disparity in wealth and the simple fact that maybe 10%(you pick a
%)of the population of the earth is anti-social by nature, especially in dealing
with someone that is different.

Grenada does have a history of dealings with left-wing anti-western
governments,like Cuba and Libya, so they are a little different in that respect.
Whether that has influenced the attitude of the overall population in a negative
way towards tourists is a question I'm not prepared to answer. If so, I didnt
notice it.

john

In article <bd8vtvov0be64jn7n7f4kgb8h9scj4p8gn@>, Don Wiss says...

>>Grenada is a scenic island with only moderate tourist development limited
>>to the south. The rest is largely agricultural - spice and banana
>>plantations. Some good hotels and restaurants. Very nice people.
>
>Well, I suppose if you consider taunting and being called white man by the
>local kids being nice, then the people are nice. Of course in the tourist
>areas everybody is nice as they are dependent on making money off you.

Well, you can't judge the whole island as not being nice just because you
encountered a rude bunch of kids. I read your trip report and you had many
contacts with other people in the country side in Grenada...were they rude
and unhelpful and treated you with disrespect? Be honest.

Also, I read about your negative encounter with the owner of the Lime Pub in St.
Vincent...on the basis of that, do you conclude that the people of St.Vincent
are also not nice?

Just out of curiosity, how nice were the people in St. Lucia or Dominica? Did
you experience a marked difference in the friendliness of people on the various
islands you visited or would you say they were all pretty much the same?

Anyway, I enjoyed reading your trip reports with all the details.
Much better then reality TV. Thanks for sharing.

john

Thanks to you all for the comments. They will be used as a guide line for my
visit to these two places and upon my returs I will post a review with
comments
Thanks again, Jay Gee
"Jean&DD" <dd.jean@sympatico.ca> a écrit dans le message de
news:%dlDb.8240$Ve.772341@news20.bellglobal.com...
> I could use usefull infos for these two places, Tortola and Grenada. Like
> what to do or to see in these places.
> Thanks Jay Gee
>
>

On 19/12/03 0:12, in article CvqEb.18824$CK3.1698912@news20.bellglobal.com,
"Jean&DD" <dd.jean@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Thanks to you all for the comments. They will be used as a guide line for my
> visit to these two places and upon my returs I will post a review with
> comments
> Thanks again, Jay Gee
> "Jean&DD" <dd.jean@sympatico.ca> a écrit dans le message de
> news:%dlDb.8240$Ve.772341@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> I could use usefull infos for these two places, Tortola and Grenada. Like
>> what to do or to see in these places.
>> Thanks Jay Gee
>>
>>
>
>

Of the two, Grenada will be more adventurous.

Earl

I have visited Grenada 7 or 8 times and have found the people to be very
friendly. As a matter of fact I have been invited to dinner in the homes of
ordinary people like craft vendors, taxi drivers and constables.

I think that it is very important that visitors to foreign countries do a
little research about their destination. When you share a particular
interest with the locals such as music, cricket or football it is amazing
how many friends you can make.

Most Gerenadians will appreciate your interest in their country.

Of course day visitors from cruise ships are going to face the most
aggressive vendors, tour guides, etc., because it is their only chance to
make a dollar off of you.

Redlocks