Worrying Development

[George]

George are you stalking me?

If you happen to be the blond with the long legs and large assets..... might be!!  

george g...

[dimitri]

George are you stalking me?

If you happen to be the blond with the long legs and large assets..... might be!!  

george g...

sorry mate it was the george from brighton i was talking about.

[Greecemad]

Ahh yes i remember it well,a small footpath to the beach the turtles still came then.Those were the days,locals still not too jaded to think only of the money.Happy days indeed,Damnoni was beutifull then,how things change.Get used to it!Before you and yours arrived these people had nothing,poverty was very real.Only a generation ago they had nothing but hard work and damm all to show for it.Even now only a handfull of people make the real money and very few of the ordinary locals get rich.The wages are shit the hours long and the season short.You guys fly in and blow more money in a week than most of them make in a month or two.I lived and worked for tradesmans wages when i was there,i earn a lot more here than i could dream of on Crete.Good luck to them they only want what we have,its not an adventure park for tourists its someone else"s home.They dont see what you see,if you were born and live there the tourists are like a shoal of salmon,to be used every year to keep the wolf from the door.
Dont stay in a hotel,rent room is better and cheaper,go to the mountain villages and spend money,help the people who need it.
Dont buy an over priced villa.
Do buy a red pick up truck
Do grow a big moustache
Do wear a black leather jacket

Dimitri,

Do you remember the plank of wood over the stream on the way to Damnoni? The farmer used to lift it up to stop his sheep (or goats) crossing the stream.

Greecemad

[steven]

Last week i took some pics of the building site, it's not really that bad.

[George]

Last week i took some pics of the building site, it's not really that bad.

I totally agree with you Steven, I've been saying this all along these topics. I was there last week and got up high over the two developments. They are a bit of a blot, but the village hasn't been changed any by it's new neighbours. Even the new harbour looks good!

When I get my head screwed back on after the XL scenario experience, I'll do a report as always, hopefully next week! Heard there was a bit of concern for me, Thanks all!!

george g...XX

[Barny]

Yes I thought you were going to have to move into one of the new appartments !!

                       Barny.

[George]

Yes I thought you were going to have to move into one of the new appartments !!

                       Barny.

The one's at the top of the hill look like they're finished, just a bit of landscaping to do and get the road sorted. But they are all empty at the moment, so that was always an alternative Barny!

Evidently, the new development as it stands at the moment took two months, from nothing to what it is now!

george g...

[harribobs]

here's another taken from above the Plakias Bay

chris

[Davos]

Hi
I will be going in 09 but after 18 years of going to Plakias I think this will be the last time. Sorry to say but may be time to move on.

[Chas]

Although there was still some work being done last week, I can't help wondering how much longer it will continue with the current financial state of the world.

The big worry for the future is that there will be large numbers of part-built complexes, not just in Plakias but all over the Greek islands.

[Mike from Sussex]

Although there was still some work being done last week, I can't help wondering how much longer it will continue with the current financial state of the world.

The big worry for the future is that there will be large numbers of part-built complexes, not just in Plakias but all over the Greek islands.

And similarly Cyprus. There are developments everywhere, not just on the coast, all financed on borrowings. I wouldn't keep any savings with a Cypriot bank right now.

[Chas]

Although there was still some work being done last week, I can't help wondering how much longer it will continue with the current financial state of the world.

The Manchester (Sale) based company that was marketing the properties (see the earlier post from their representative) has stopped trading .... this is the website homepage:

[dimitri]

just looked at the pics of the new development,noooooooooooooooooooo,a vision of hell or what?Glad i moved out of the cave,never get any rest with all that work going on.

[Graham_and_Karen]

just looked at the pics of the new development,noooooooooooooooooooo,a vision of hell or what?Glad i moved out of the cave,never get any rest with all that work going on.

I think we've got one more year before the new developments have the potential to change the Plakias we've all grown to love. If Plakias gets too busy, there's always Souda just down the road. There's really no shortage of quiet places to stay so I'm sure we will be returning to the area for many years to come.

[harribobs]

Now I'm not a Chartered Accountant, so this may be 2+2=5 ..... but "Mitchell Charlesworth" have a link on their website for a "Solvency Check", so I wonder if they are acting as Insolvency Practitioners or Receivers for "Fastro".

i would think so...

oh dear! now you really do wonder if this process will be repeated in other north european countries

Whatever, I don't think Harribobs is going to get any royalties for the (unauthorised) use of his copyrighted pictures!

damn i'll just have to wait for my £25m from Nigeria