I agree with Rambo - noise! Some 30 years ago I had my cabin door kicked in about 3:00 am - I got out a quick scream before I had a machete at my throat and then I was shaking so bad I couldn't even move. A Jamaican in the yard was woken up by my scream, but when he didn't hear anything further so he went back to sleep. I was lucky, I was not injured, the thief got very little (I was there for a long stay and my money was in my bank account at the NCB in Negril). The police were helpful - first they told me to move as the cabin was not safe, and they had me up at the police station to look pon some suspects. About 10 days later, the thief was shot and killed by a security guard on a beachfront property (I saw the body and it was my thief). For quite a few years after that I always slept with an airhorn beside the bed and made sure that other people in the yard knew I had the airhorn for security.

A humorous side note - for a few nites after the robbery I stayed in an upstairs unit at BarBBarn (where I knew the owners and all the staff). The very first nite I was there, about 3:00 am there was a flash of light and a large bang in my room and I woke up sceaming my head off. Security knew it was me and were there within seconds. I was shaking so bad it took me several minutes to get the door unlocked to let in security - a ceiling fan had come loose and crashed to the floor landing right beside the bed. After making sure I was okay and would not get electrocuted, Lindsay (the security guard) rolled me a large spliff and assured me he would keep a good watch on my room for the rest of the nite. BBBarn treated me great, and after a few days I found a much safer accomodation at a monthly rate (by which time I had acquired an airhorn)!

In the 30 plus years I have been travelling to JA, I have only been robbed twice. The second time I was robbed by a tourist (and he got caught too).