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Subscribe to RSSPHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten -- St. Maarten police on Sunday arrested a suspect in the slayings of a South Carolina couple whose slashed bodies were found in their beachfront condominium on the tiny Dutch Caribbean territory.
Police spokesman Ricardo Henson said the male suspect was arrested before dawn Sunday and has not been charged yet.
Citing the territory's privacy rules, Henson declined to give further details about the suspect, saying police will issue a statement "as soon as more information can be divulged."
The bodies of Michael and Thelma King were found Friday in their condominium at the Ocean Club Resort on St. Maarten, a 16-square-mile territory with about 50,000 inhabitants that shares a small island with the French dependency of St. Martin.
Tied to a chair
Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos said both Americans appeared to have suffered fatal stab wounds. The woman was found tied to a chair, and the man was lying on the floor, partially over an overturned chair. Both were in their 50s.
Autopsies were expected to be conducted Monday, according to Mos. Relatives of the slain couple have arrived in the territory.
Friends said the Kings were part-time residents of St. Maarten and owned several homes. They also owned a condominium in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
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Terry Tamblyn, a resident of South Carolina's coastal city of Isle of Palms, told The Post and Courier newspaper that King was a retired insurance executive who later started a successful printing business that he sold. He said King also owned a couple of restaurants on St. Maarten.
Local restaurant owner Topper Daboul has told The Associated Press that he and Michael King were building a rum factory together on the territory.
'Pains everyone'
Daboul said he last saw King on Wednesday afternoon and "some other friends had drinks with them that night."
He said he wasn't able to reach the Kings on the phone Thursday so he drove to their house the next day and banged on the door. He said he asked a person on the premises to climb over a fence to see if anyone was in the house.
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Daboul said the person reported a lifeless man leaning over a chair inside the house.
Shortly after the slayings were announced, the St. Maarten government said "every government resource is being brought into play to investigate and solve this case."
Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams said she was "shocked" by the murders.
Police said roughly 25 officers were part of the investigative team.
The St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association said it's outraged by the murders, which "pains everyone in the community deeply."
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Let's not get this started in the Islands please. Vandersloot was 1st. No more. I am so sorry. RIP.
St Maarten is a safe place. This is unfortunate. But to be honest, no place is entirely safe. Hell, they have robberies and murders in gated, security patrolled communities here in the usa. Every place you take a vacation is potentially dangerous. THUGS and criminals watch. They know when you are not part of the..regular scenary. A man tried to rob me and my wife when we visited the Philippines 5 yrs ago. Luckily for me, I am a master of martial arts. I took him down so fast, even he was shocked!!!! The cops roughed him up pretty bad. You see, there is no such thing as..police brutality in most countries.
Some people just need a good a$$ kicking for good measure. Think Rodney King.
The problem is that the "Perception" throughout the world is that you can kill Americans, kidnap Americans, rob Americans, rape Americans, and nothing will happen to you.
#1 dissolve all relations with foreign governments that will not sign a extradition treaty with the USA. That especially includes ISRAEL.
#2 Cut off ALL AID to foreign governments that will not sign extradition treaties with the USA.
#3 Inform all governments that we hold THEM ultimately liable for any harm that comes to our citizens. Make harming Americans very very expensive.
#4 Invade Mexico, kick ass, take names, install true democratic government. Summarily execute all drug traffickers.
#5 Open up Mexico's huge oil fields and build pipeline to the USA. There is nothing wrong with that oil, its just like west texas crude.
#6 Enforce new tax code that severely penalizes ALL mexican families that have members illegally in the USA.
Nice tea bagger tirade. Is the USA to be held accountable for the actions of US citizans in other countries like point #3. Obviously you do not believe in reality or the rights of other independent countries. We are not the owners/rulewrs of the world. Get real.
No true paradises remain on Earth.
The couple 'owned ' other properties...........
Look to the help first. Most probably a recently fired or P.O'ed employee...............
Hey Dennis...I don't care what your position on the story is, but its obvious you are a crackhead. All you morons who believe you have to point a finger at a Political Party have no clue. You are angry welfare cases. Sorry you flunked life.
For a safe " paradixe getaway "Try Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada...."
Unless they've just failed to win another hockey cup!
The Natives are getting restless !!!
I think "the Thing" was arctic in the original version. Holywood takes all kinds of license with things.
Lazaro for your info tea baggers are not a political party you crack head. Sorry to inform you I make over a $100,000 grand a year. So you assume anyone that speaks out against the tea baggers is on welfare? What a crackhead assumption. So sorry you have to live life hindered by your lack of brain power, you mental midget.
Such a pity. My condolences to this couples family and friends. I've been to St. Maarten several times and always found it great. A shame crime has reared its ugly head on the island, find them, convict them and execute them.
Since this couple appears to be well off I don't believe it was Teabaggers--probably Occupiers. To make sure see if they were raped.
The Lasauro....Dennis does have a point>
A pointy head perhaps. Everything Lasauro said is true. You just have to shake the mental disorder that is liberalism to understand Lasauro's idea.
Where's the President on all of this? What's Obama doing to protect our citizens in the Caribbean? We need a real president who isn't afraid of sending in troops to invade this POS little country, blow them to smithereens and build oil pipelines from their tiny island to our refineries in Texas! That'll teach 'em not to f*** with us!
The answer is right here :
"He said King also owned a couple of restaurants on St. Maarten.
Local restaurant owner Topper Daboul has told The Associated Press that he and Michael King were building a rum factory together on the territory."
Building a RUM FACTORY.....Not anymore...."local Distillers" made damn sure of that.....
"Topper Daboul"...was sent a message....he heard it loud and clear....bet it's his last venture into the rum making business.....
I'm convinced more than ever that Fox closed their forum just so the cockroaches would show up here looking for their daily loaf of hate. The Vine was a civil and sane place up until about three years ago - now it's just a pissing contest.
Not working out so well - that always trying to reason everything using American culture. I'm sure every other country loses lots of sleep thinking; if only we thought like Americans.
I've been on a Caribbean cruise where Americans got off the ship wearing all kinds of pro American clothing - and you wonder why the get targeted? One idiot was all decked out in American garb when we visited communist Venezuela - what a dumb @!$%#. Needless to say - I went the opposite direction of him,
I think Mike and Delray hit it right on the head.It wasn't a robbery and i could see him stepping on some toss,and them sending a message.Thats there Island.But i would like what Ken Johnson is smoking,lol.
Maybe Topper stood to inherit 100% of the rum business if his partner died.
How many poor people in these places really enjoy watching a bunch of rich folks come in and take advantage of their homeland. Rain-forests, tropical islands, resorts. ETC. of course they are going to be victims sooner or later. Look at all the muslims and asians coming to America taking over whole neighborhoods, stores, jobs, etc. Just makes me sick. Why do you think Romney has all his money in off-shore accounts? Rich whites getting over on the system!!!
Hey SEEWHAT, does your LIBERAL brain allow you to think of what a LOUSEY(sp) and decrepit life these islanders would have without the incomes derived by MIDDLE INCOME and rich WHITE folks , YOU LIBERAL !!!!!!
Seewhat... you missed
Can't get a promotion past the deep fryer? You need to try harder, only YOU can get your ass out of debt!..
With my wife and children in mind, I was wondering: is Mexico safer?
NO! I live in Texas and don't even go near the border! Want a nice safe place outside of America? Try Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada....
If you are planning on eliminating your kids and wife or spend the most terrifying vacation of your life, Mexico is the place.
Ok honestly, most of the tourist areas in Mexico are absolutely fine, and cheaper now too. The violence is focused in the border areas, the "corridors" used for drug trafficking and human smuggling. If you go to Cabo, or Queretaro, or Cancun, you'll be fine.
Source: A guy who's lived in the border towns of Mexico for years, married a girl from Matamoros, and we haven't been able to go back to see her family for years because of the insane violence.
Just remember, judging the whole country is kind of like saying you wouldn't want to vacation in San Diego because you've heard that Detroit has a lot of violence.
However, since I am from Vancouver, British Columbia, I do have to agree with Abby and say that I would still prefer BC... gorgeous, simply gorgeous. Depends what you're looking for, you want amazing snowboarding, go to BC, you want great beaches, go to Cancun.
Amazing snowboarding, amazing wakeboarding, great beaches, great hiking and mountain biking, and at the right time of year you can do them all in the same day in Lake Tahoe.
You never hear about any violence near tourist areas because it isn't reported. I was in the Yucatan in 2007. The tour guide said on occasion the buses are stopped and everyone on board is robbed blind. Ever read about that in the papers?
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1539990
Odds of it happening may be slim, but no thanks. Plenty of other safer places to take the family than anywhere in Mexico.
Whipsplash, just got back from a vacation in Tahoe, it was fantastic. I live in southern CA right now, so I typically will head up to Tahoe or Mammoth for my boarding needs, but I still have to get up to Whistler once in a while to get my fix.
HS - Yes, I did actually read about that occasion. Since we're on a story about being murder and mayhem in St. Maarten (playground of rich and famous), I think we'll all agree that there is no such thing as a "perfect paradise" and bad things can happen anywhere.
My statement was simply that the majority of tourist areas of Mexico do not have the level of violence and mayhem that are in the cartel battlegrounds. Remember, the cartels like to operate under the radar, when possible. They typically stay away from touristy areas and curious eyes. Again, Cancun, Cabo, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and another gorgeous areas haven't been touched by the violence that we hear so much about in the battleground areas.
Going to Baja tomorrow for three weeks. I've been driving all over Baja for many years , never had any problems.
You seldom hear of all the crime in Orlando as well.
No Mexico is not safer. I can tell you that 1st hand. My wife is from Mexico. and when we go there. I make sure I blend in with her relatives. Thank God I'm real tanned!!!
No. It's open season on Americans. Sheriff Joe needs much more authority. Get the weasel out of government.
There is no such thing as a "safe place" anywhere in the world.
No place safer than the US or Canada. Mexico is full of robbers rapists and murderers and anyone that goes there is putting their lives at risk.
This hardly looks like a common robbery done to tourists. Really wicked murder to people with strong local roots, not typical tourists. And I would say that St. Maarten is safer than most places here in US.
Max, than you would be wrong. St. Maarten's has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Do a little research.
Shurly you jest. their having a drug war down there.
grilled - I stand corrected. Looks like gangstas in St.Maarten are as bad as those on the South Side of Chicago. Still, Chicago often has more murders in one weekend than St. Maarten has in a year.
Coccodre, technically in the US we still have a "War on Drugs" "War on Terror" and "War on Gangs".
and don't call me Shirley.
Sorry, all that's been said is that not every area of Mexico is dangerous, just not every area of the US is as dangerous as Chicago or Detroit.
Getmad, you're kind of an idiot. You do realize that the robber/rapist/murderer rate is considerably higher in the US, also known as the largest jailer in the world, right?
Jack... well you're just crazy as hell so I'll just laugh at your post and go, oh that crazy jack... chuckle... what'll he say next?
I have to go with the grilledcheesesandwich. On my first and last trip to St. Maarten, the cab driver ripped us off and I was propositioned to buy cocaine in front of the courthouse in Philipsburg. Never again. The poverty there is overwhelming, and I imagine that it has gotten worse since I was there, not better. If I want to get my Caribe vibe on, its off to the USVI, St. Thomas and St. John. Still some poverty there, too, but the U.S. government subsidizes the area more significantly than the Dutch do St. Maarten. Never had a bad trip to the USVI.
There might be one safe vacation destination remaining:
Antarctica.
Isn't The Thing still down there? Nowhere is safe!
Issac;
Baja has seen a 100 fold increase in drug smuggling in recent years. Be very careful wandering around the Baja peninsula, it only takes one encounter with smugglers to be your last.
TO: sig-1249839 who wrote:
I'm sure Hawaii is safer. I like to think in terms of vacationing on U.S. Soil, and we do have some beautiful destinations in the United States.
Nicodemus, I'm not entirely sure if the numbers back up your random statement. Ah well. American Girl, couldn't agree with you more, if you haven't been to Maui, skip Cancun and head there. Amazing, beautiful place, December/January is the best time of year to visit, and you don't have everyone there begging for money. It's great!
American Girl I agree. Maui is one of the most beuatiful places on this planet and it is very safe. I have been there numerous times and will always bee the first place I return to for vacation. Yes the plane ride stinks from the east coast but it is well worth it. While Maui does have crime it is not wide spread and the most that would happen would be getting riped off for herb or having something stolen from your car. I advise anyone that has the chance to goto Maui that they take it. While it may cost more than many of the carb islands it blows all of them away in beauty and things to do
Yes Travis Dec/Jan are great as the whales are mating right off the beach. Actually you can catch the whales up till April/May. The best thing there is that they really have no seasons as it is the same temp in the summer as it is in the winter...always around 85 degrees
Also if you can stay in the Kaanapali Beach area Jan through Apr as you can watch the whales over some Kona Joe while sitting on the lani or is it lanai oh darn it the balcony
I read of a case on the internet Michaela McAreavey who was on her honeymoon to Mauritius and was strangled in her hotel room (allegedely by three people who worked for the hotel). It was a robbery and she walked in to get something briefly. I would be very cautious vacationing on tropical islands.
I dated a girl years back whose family(aunt/uncle) were murdered while asleep at a high class resort in Jamaica. Tis was years back when it was much safer there. I would still goto Jamaica before I would ever goto St Maarten but not to worry as Maui will always be my place.
It does help that my best bud lives in Kihei, and has a Hana behind his house that's always open for me for free. Also, living in CA is pretty sweet, I can get a round trip flight direct from my little town on the central coast to Oahu for 300 bucks round trip. Sorry, Mexico...
Too bad the Mexicans didn't allow the US to steal just a couple of hundred more miles south of Texas, then we could be over there exploting some of those wonderful beaches and destinations of tropical resorts. Don't hate on them because they have all that.
Regretfully, crime occurs everywhere, but I have no confidence in the Police and Justice system in St Maarten to accomplish anything in this case. They botched the last two cases involving U.S. citizens so poorly that I don't believe they can bring anyone to justice for anything.
I agree. Those authorities are the poster boys for incompetence.
St. Maarten is no longer a safe haven to go to. Jewerly stores have to close at dusk as there insurance does not cover them. In the evening it is a drug infested island with crack addicts and crystal meth addicts everywhere. It's a beautiful place to visit but you have to be very careful at night.
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don't act like every crime here is solved. we have dead women in long island.
and dead women in our desert.
lots of police forces pick and choose. here and every where else.
People just assume that these islanders want us their, maybe they don't. They look at us as rich wasteful Americans.
I Believe your right Seewhat .
I was in Margaritaville at Montego Bay, Jamaica a really fun bar with a indoor water slide . when some drunk tourist ask the band to play Jimmy buffet. Not cool , yes you're a tourist . But there is that old saying about "when in rome" it applies everywhere.
If one more Canadian comes down here to the love bug state and tells me how to live. I might make msnbc headlines. I used to like Canadians.
I bet Bush did it, right Obama!
Why are you such a moron?
No, Bush didn't do it. This couple sounds like rich, successful people "hiding" their money offshore. I suspect they were killed so their money could be redistributed (to the killer) and help level the field.
There's always an idiot who has to try to make a topic into something about U.S. politics when it has absolutely nothing to do with U.S. politics. Desperate people.
Idiots always have to put their political bull @!$%# into everything.
And the really scary part, Rick and John-3421065, is that these idiots are allowed to vote. Lord have mercy on us all.
@Risk1
Shut the f*ck up please. Go be an attention whore someplace else.
George W. Bush is the most intelligent Republican living in the Southern States.
GWB is a blue blood from up north who has a home in Texas to avoid paying state income taxes.
Don't make texas look bag by trying to make it sound like he is from the south.
St Maarten looks awesome from the cruise boat. We went back and actually stayed for a week on this Dutch side. The island itself beyond the resorts is seedy and you feel like prey. I would stay in a mobile home in 8 mile Detroit before I wasted 5 grand on that island again. Pass.......
I thought the same thing and upon further examination have concluded the whole region is a cesspool.
I guess this is "Paradise Lost" in literal form.
We have been on the island about 5x in the last 10 years. Admittedly there are a few areas that anyone would consider "rough", but overall its an amazingly beautiful place, with great beaches and nice spots on both the Dutch and the French side of the island that are very safe.
As for the murder, it of course makes me sad that this would happen in a place like this, but if you look at the story in the Daily Herald (the local SXM paper) it appears that there is something more going on than a simple robbery gone (really) bad.
totally agree there is more to it.. the guy was doing business and perhaps one side was unhappy. doesn't make it right.. who knows.. he could have had a hostile employee. i have been to the island many times, and it is somewhat uncharacteristic. does seem like there is more to it.
what catches me is he was building a rum factory, etc...
Could be he also did not want to give up the cash. Home invasion is a massive problem on that Island. I could also just be a straight up murder though. It appears now you are not safe anywhere on that island
St. Maarten has now surpassed much of the world when it comes to murder per
capita. And if you don't believe this you are a deluded fool. Some facts will
set you straight. According to the World Bank, our murder rate in 2004 was an
astonishing 47 per 100,000. To put things in perspective, Japan has a murder
rate of around 0.83 per 100,000 people. And it has a population of 130 million
people!
Murder, Rape and robbery and everything under the sun takes place on these corrupt Caribbean Islands.
Ummm...isn't that true evereywhere?
True in Denver. San Francisco. Chicago. New York. Maybe Ray lives in Mayberry RFD?
Things in Mayberry have been pretty quiet since Ernest T got sent away on that "vacation."
Sounds like a shaddy deal gone really bad.
Shady or Shoddy?
Also, it just sounds like a well-to-do American couple who lived on the islands, were well known on the islands (owned several restaurants, building rum factory, etc), who word got out probably had money stashed in their home, and they got cut up for the cash.
I didn't see anything in the article that looks like they were involved in drugs, or any other kinds of (Shoddy?)(Shady?) deals.
@JoAnn-1038484
Is your life that boring that you've got to sit there and create some fantasy scenario about this and then run to Newsvine to share your insights?
You know nothing. I know nothing, We know nothing other than a couple of what seems to be fairly well-to-do Americans have been killed. Nothing about anything being stolen, or shady dealings. So rather than muddy someone's reputation with no justification AT ALL, you just keep your mouth shut until you have some facts. Sound good? K thx.
damn........nobody is allowed to speculate. So, why have a "comments" section?
People, none of your opinions mean squat. Stop commenting.
/sarc
Travis....I think "shadey" is the correct word for what he's trying to say.
And wow!! Chris from y sure gets bent out of shape over one small sentence. It's just an opinion chris, what's the big deal. Isn't that what what this page is for??? You sound really uptight.
You would be too if you lived in "YUKapie". The gateway to Indio.
We got off the boat and went for several tours too. I felt safe in town but out of town was a different story but, in a condo in town they should have been safe.
Security cameras, alarms, guard dogs maybe?
These people had the resources to protect themselves but didnt.
The guy just climbed the fence to look inside and was able to see inside the house.
(( He said he asked a person on the premises to climb over a fence to see if anyone was in the house. Daboul said the person reported a lifeless man leaning over a chair inside the house.))
Americans need to get a clue, life abroad isn't like the burbs in some city here. We strut around like we own the world then act shocked when this happens.
Interesting that it doesnt sound like a robbery. Anything taken?
Sounds like revenge or a personal motive........
muslims! Just wait and see!
What a stupid comment
G: Do you have ANY knowledge of the Carribean ?
I've traveled to many of the Carribean Islands and I found St Maarten ,Dutch side ,a rather beautifull area when compared to some of the other islands .Murders do happen but rarely .Compared to just one of USA metropolitan areas ,the crime rate there is far below ours.
It would not discourage me from traveling to these areas.
totally agree....its not going to stop me either from going to st maarten again...its a beautiful place and I met the most amazing locals while I was there
20 years ago I spent a week in St. Croix. (U.S. Virgin Islands). Driving around the island, I felt like I was in the middle of a crack ghetto. We were warned by some of the locals to always watch our backs & possessions. We went there to scuba dive & that was awesome. But unemployment & drugs have destroyed what could have been a beautiful place.
Think again Tigger, crime is very wide spread on all of the island
St. Maarten has now surpassed much of the world when it comes to murder per
capita. And if you don't believe this you are a deluded fool. Some facts will
set you straight. According to the World Bank, our murder rate in 2004 was an
astonishing 47 per 100,000. To put things in perspective, Japan has a murder
rate of around 0.83 per 100,000 people. And it has a population of 130 million
people! The deluded among us may stubbornly disagree with the World Bank, but
even they cannot escape the logic of mathematics.
thedeadlyisland.blogspot.com/#!/
St. Maarten – Though they’ve spotted a “definite decrease in crime in general” the Police Force of St. Maarten has observed an increase in “serious violent criminal acts.” This point was stressed in a presentation to Parliament by Head of the police’s Judicial Department Commissioner Denise Jacobs that included figures and comparisons from the first half of 2011 (January to June) versus the first half of 2010 (January to June).
“The serious forms of criminality (offences against human life and robberies with use of grave/ serious force) are on the rise and the lighter forms of criminality are declining,” Jacobs said.
americans just need to be careful and not forget they are in another country where sometimes the laws are not the saem as the us. also that sometimes we flaunt our wealth another no no.
I'm in St Maarten every year and it's extremely rare for this to occur. It's a very safe island with so much to offer. I wouldn't worry about traveling there now or in the future.
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Sounds like a motive from possibly another business owner
If it looks like paradise there are probably snakes.
More snakes everywhere than most of us can imagine!
Snakes are cool. (Unless the reptilian complex of your brain dominates you.)
Sarah Palin can see St. Maarten from her Kitchen Window.
Troll
That would be Tina Fey.
It will be alright..Odumbo will apologise for it.
Gad66 - you get the award for turning this into a slam on the President. Thanks~
MplsMinn -
Yeah, because up until Gad66's comment, this post was a shining example of unbiased, benevolent relevance to the topic. Thanks~
Condolences to the family. What an awful thing to have happen.
Guess the 1% aren't always the lucky ones!
Not when they flaunt it...
I always find it funny when people like wryobsever are cool with people dying as long as they were rich. Sorry about your own failings in life.
Why be sorry about wry's on failures.
He is very happy sitting home collecting his welfare check.
Sounds like a hit to me. Maybe some local business owner didn't want them to keep growing their business.
Like Asians and muslims coming to America, taking over our neighborhoods, jobs, stores, then trying to show their a$$es. ( not so much the asians, they don't have much a$$).
I know it sounds anal but when friends mention a cruise to the Caribbean or the like, I always mention the beautiful beaches we have right here in the US. You want tropical, try Key West or exotic, try Hawaii. This is not even including the miles of beaches between Texas to Florida and the East and Weat coasts. I say keep our money in the US and keep our people working. Other courtries have gotten out of hand with their internal drug wars and the politics making it a dangerous place to "wander off" the tourist trap areas.
I understand the point about economics. I do like traveling everywhere, including the U.S., though. I think it is good to be exposed to different ideas, different cultures, and different wonders. One should always strive to be safe though. (St. Maarten is generally safe) I would love to see some sights in the Middle East, but I just won't risk the dangers. I try not to drop too much (money) overseas. I'll spend on restaurants, lodging and touring, but I try to limit other purchases.
There's a whole big, wide world out there. Tis a bit narrow-minded to limit your exposure to only your home country.
We could all live in plastic bubbles if we wanted nothing more than to simply remain safe. Life is an adventure. You have to go out and experience the world in order to understand it.
I lived in St. Kitts for almost three years. I visited St. Maarten multiple times. The people in the Caribbean are wonderful and the islands are beautiful. I plan to retire in the Caribbean one day.
I've been to St. Kitts & thought it was horrible. Some of the worst poverty I'd ever seen on an island, and I've been to more than a few of them. The government is among the most corrupt in the entire Caribbean and the residents made no effort whatsoever to hide their resentment of "rich" tourists (and in their eyes that means every single tourist on the island.) We never felt safe at all. As I said, I've been all over the Caribbean and never felt threatened the way I did on St. Kitts. We were at a casino one night when the securty guard told us that someone had just been robbed at gunpoint right outside the casino - and this was around 9pm. Our terrible experience culminated with me being stalked by a young local on a quiet stretch of beach in broad daylight RIGHT NEXT TO OUR HOTEL and the only timely intervention of our hotel's manager saved me from what could have been a truly terrible experience.
I would never consider going back to that cesspool.
You obviously have never been to Port AU Prince.
You obviously have never been to Port AU Prince.
I was in St. Kitts around 25 yrs ago it seemed fine to me but the food wasn't very good. Now after living in the Fl Keys for a yr I felt safer in St. Kitts.
This was about 22 years ago, and by all accounts, it's only gotten worse since than. We constantly got the "hard stare" and this even though my husband I were very young at the time. dressed very casually, not wearing flashy jewelry, etc. Just driving around the island we got the cold stares and it was very disconcerting. Throw in the other bad experiences we had there (and yes even the bad food) and we just wouldn't even consider spending the time or money to go back there again.
And no, I haven't been to Port Au Prince. I try to go to NICE places, not places that are going to depress the hell out of me. I've been to Grand Cayman, Turks and Caicos, St. John. St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda (I know, not technically the Caribbean) and St. Kitts was the only one I said I would never go back to, and I never will.
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beach+boys/kokomo_20013920.html
Having been there , believe me you do not need to see it.
cops r stupid
justice is served on the lotus eaters