first hand knowledge here, don't want to scare ppl away . . . my friend was staying in a guest house across the ocean, was woken up by a guy with a machete trying to hack in through the bathroom window, his body was halfway in . . .my friend was terrified and in her panic could not locate the keys to the grill to unlock it and run out . . .

my person experience = i was alone in my place when a deportee walked into my place by the back door and demanded money . . . we had a pit bull tied up at the front door and i backed up i unhooked his leash and was holding the dog, if the guy did not walk out i was ready to let the dog at him . . . i tried staying a couple of more times but never felt safe enough especially since my pitbull was poisoned shortly after that . . . too bad, was a really peaceful spot . . .