Comments on: Gros Islet fishing village impressions http://www.ianandwendy.com/travel/st-lucia/gros-islet-fishing-village-impressions.htm Hotel, restaurant and reviews of sights from our trips around the world. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:22:22 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: debra http://www.ianandwendy.com/travel/st-lucia/gros-islet-fishing-village-impressions.htm/comment-page-1#comment-25308 debra Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:33:41 +0000 http://www.ianandwendy.com/travel/caribbean/st-lucia/gros-islet-fishing-village-impressions.htm#comment-25308 I was a peace corps volunteer and worked in gros islet initiating the grow well center. while your description is accurate, it is no the only or ost important thing about grow islet. when i was there in 1996 it was a community of interdependence, mr. braverly ringing the church bells mostly on time, a place people gathered for pitons, music and dancing in the streets. i was told that the political lines created much of the demise - -not sure how accurate that was, but apparently grow islet supported the unpopular party. i remember beautiful people in grow islet, especially the children who are surely now grown. zachias, indira, the twins, and others. tourists might realize they are with a culture of warm people, and know much of the most prime,beautiful land is sold to resort corporations, meaning not much of that money ever circulates back into the country directly. if i make my way back to st. lucia, i most certainly will stay in grow islet or bobaneau....making your way is what it's all about. I was a peace corps volunteer and worked in gros islet initiating the grow well center. while your description is accurate, it is no the only or ost important thing about grow islet. when i was there in 1996 it was a community of interdependence, mr. braverly ringing the church bells mostly on time, a place people gathered for pitons, music and dancing in the streets. i was told that the political lines created much of the demise – -not sure how accurate that was, but apparently grow islet supported the unpopular party. i remember beautiful people in grow islet, especially the children who are surely now grown. zachias, indira, the twins, and others. tourists might realize they are with a culture of warm people, and know much of the most prime,beautiful land is sold to resort corporations, meaning not much of that money ever circulates back into the country directly. if i make my way back to st. lucia, i most certainly will stay in grow islet or bobaneau….making your way is what it’s all about.

]]> By: Calixte http://www.ianandwendy.com/travel/st-lucia/gros-islet-fishing-village-impressions.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16396 Calixte Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:21:54 +0000 http://www.ianandwendy.com/travel/caribbean/st-lucia/gros-islet-fishing-village-impressions.htm#comment-16396 Hi Ian and Wendy. What a lovely site. Thanks for the frank description of the town of Gros Islet. I'm a Saint Lucian national and am from the quarter of Gros Islet although not from the town itself. The town suffered a sort of death, being cut off by the Rodney Bay Marina Channel from the rest of the economic growth of the general area. A lack of investment in the town itself also meant that its streets turned into dead zones, brewing much undesirable activity. Quite sad but a clear indication of how planning can make a big difference. I truly hope in years to come it can be a place of authentic urban regeneration to realize its potenial given such a wonderful location. Hi Ian and Wendy. What a lovely site. Thanks for the frank description of the town of Gros Islet. I’m a Saint Lucian national and am from the quarter of Gros Islet although not from the town itself.

The town suffered a sort of death, being cut off by the Rodney Bay Marina Channel from the rest of the economic growth of the general area. A lack of investment in the town itself also meant that its streets turned into dead zones, brewing much undesirable activity. Quite sad but a clear indication of how planning can make a big difference. I truly hope in years to come it can be a place of authentic urban regeneration to realize its potenial given such a wonderful location.

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