A cautionary tale, especially for returners

[onthecorner]

amazing how many different views on one suject people can have.....not going to attack anybody but will point out a invasion of an OCCUPIED room took place....this is different then a burgalry......at some point somebody like me or fred is going to wake up and somebody is going to get hurt or killed....and your right shelly, it may well be the tourist...and it doesnt take a degree to figure that out....what troubles me the most is i have been from bora bora to belize to tobaga......but found negril 12 years ago and have been back 10 reaches....have always recommened to other people and have in fact taken down groups with as amny as 15 people including my son and my neice.....but in the last year i have had to back off doing that due to the apparent rise in crime....if the country,the town,the residents, the resort owners, everybody involved basically doesnt come up with some solutions people will quit coming just like they did in the early 80s when the u.s.a. declared jamaica dangerous.....i love negril and the vibe but anymore it seems like it is a mask and under the mask is a monster who just fakes it for the tourist to their face but pulls of the mask when you are not looking......i personally dont want to vacation in a place that makes me feel like a mark waiting to happen

[nutz4travel]

amazing how many different views on one suject people can have.....not going to attack anybody but will point out a invasion of an OCCUPIED room took place....this is different then a burgalry......at some point somebody like me or fred is going to wake up and somebody is going to get hurt or killed....and your right shelly, it may well be the tourist...and it doesnt take a degree to figure that out....what troubles me the most is i have been from bora bora to belize to tobaga......but found negril 12 years ago and have been back 10 reaches....have always recommened to other people and have in fact taken down groups with as amny as 15 people including my son and my neice.....but in the last year i have had to back off doing that due to the apparent rise in crime....if the country,the town,the residents, the resort owners, everybody involved basically doesnt come up with some solutions people will quit coming just like they did in the early 80s when the u.s.a. declared jamaica dangerous.....i love negril and the vibe but anymore it seems like it is a mask and under the mask is a monster who just fakes it for the tourist to their face but pulls of the mask when you are not looking......i personally dont want to vacation in a place that makes me feel like a mark waiting to happen

Well said onthecorner - something needs to be done. I don't want to spend my vacation looking over my shoulder or being afraid to go to sleep. We don't live like that and I certainly don't want to vacation like that...

[Accompong]

amazing how many different views on one suject people can have.....not going to attack anybody but will point out a invasion of an OCCUPIED room took place....this is different then a burgalry......at some point somebody like me or fred is going to wake up and somebody is going to get hurt or killed....and your right shelly, it may well be the tourist...

You are exactly right and that was the point I was making way back in the beginning before..... well, before.

You might wake up or you might not. You might get maimed or even killed and/or you might maim or kill the intruder.

It is just (as they say) "a matter of time" before something catastrophic happens. No matter how you look at it, no scenario is a good one. I agree that one has to defend oneself if it comes to that. I just disagree with the idea that it is up to the tourist to defend his or her property at the risk of great bodily harm to anyone. After all, it is just a possession and can be replaced.

Putting pressure on the owners, police and community leaders to do something about this is (in my opinion) the right way to approach the problem. I have seen the toughest of people reduced to unrecognizable victims. It may seem important to some to show their cajones and bravado on what they would do but the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

Peace and Guidance