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Deyna's City Inn St. George

Melville Street St. George, Grenada

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Grenada

A travel blog entry by sv.equinox

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... was on strike and in protest. Nonetheless, independence was thrust upon the island and Grenada came of age under the rule of Sir Eric Gairy, a flamboyant and controversial figure who had a very divisive effect on the population. This resulted in the 1979 left-wing coup by Maurice Bishop, who greatly admired Fidel Castro. Bishop attempted to turn Grenada into a socialist state. He improved medical care and education, but he did so at ...

School kicked in while in Grenada1/26/11 Salutatio

A travel blog entry by dlandrso

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... stalls. I also got the impression that he knew many drug dealers (side note was offered marijuana about 17
times). The place was buzzing, lots of different types of music playing people
walking around being friendly (hitting on tourists). I have often wondered why
reggae is so popular here. It is still incredibly prevalent, seems that it will
always be the music that defines these islands.



I met this incredible guy he is ...

Oh...RAINforest...now I get it.

A travel blog entry by vegasv

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... over by the French and the British since its inception, but around the time Jenny and I were born, the US invaded the islands to fight off a socialist rebellion. In 2004 the island was ravaged by hurricane Ivan and less than a year late, another hurricane hit the island. These two hurricanes wiped out everything in the islands. The amazing jungle has bounced back with a vengeance. There were still ...

Day 4 of the Cruise - Grenada

A travel blog entry by loolie

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... and Poolie got props from a local dude. He was pretty happy about that and said that Kris would be jealous. Nice to see that the locals are so friendly! :)

We boarded a small van and met our tour guide, Louise, who is a super sweet and positive-minded lady. Many of her stories related back to her own personal experiences of the events, such as their war in 1983 and Hurricane Ike in 2004 - she lost the roof of her house! Still, she ...

La Grenade... escale annulée !

A travel blog entry by alainbob

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... au abords de l'île, provoquaient des vagues d'une bonne vingtaine de pieds. Certaines passaient par-dessus les renforts sur le bord du quai... Bref, le capitaine a pris la sage décision de ne pas rester là et nous sommes repartis en direction de Bonaire. Il y avait aussi un autre bateau de croisière avec nous à la Grenade cette journée là. Il s'agit du "Club Med 2", un magnifique voilier ...