"Brien Alkire" wrote in message
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Thanks. I'm sure you're right. In fact, my cousin has been there for
diving many times and loves it.

The thread I was referring to is titled "Boater Tragedy in Belieze" (sic),
dated June 27. There's a link to a story about a cruiser that recently
ran
aground there. His yacht was ransacked when he went for help.



Ah... well, I guess that can happen. The natives that we ran into were
extemely nice. At one point a fishing boat pulled up next to us at a lonely
lagoon. There were perhaps 10 on the boat. At first we were a bit nervous,
especially when a few of them got their skiff running and motored over to
us. We thought that best case, there were going to hit us up for booze or
money. Actually, they wanted to know if we had any books we weren't using
and soda we could spare. They got both, and later that night we could hear
them reading one of those cheap Harliquin romances novels out loud. The next
day, they offered to take us out to their fishing traps and to their camp,
so they could repay us and brag about their catch.

Another local told us that it would be foolhardy for them to assault
tourists, since everyone would know who did it and they would be caught
immediately.

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