Salto Jorge wrote in message news:<3FC61837.E3657217@qwest.net>...
> I spent 21 days in Honduras/El Salvador in August.
>
> One must be careful at all times. All large cities are the same any
> where any country.
>
> We did not have a problem in La Ceiba, but it seems like the stores in
> town are locked
> up when it gets dark to prevent theft. Unemployment is high.
Most stores lock up about 6 p.m. in Honduras - except the large
"superstores" and malls in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula
>
> The only problem we had was in San Pedro Sula, my wife had a very
> expensive cross inside her blouse and a street thug quickly reached
> inside her blouse and ripped it off from around her neck.
How did you let a street thug get close enough to get his hand INSIDE
her blouse and how did he KNOW she had expensive jewelry on if it was
INSIDE her blouse?
> The police would do nothing, they said crime in the country was so
> high that you would have to
> capture/detain/restrain or do something else to the criminal on your
> own before they got there.
Sounds like the same song and dance the Tacoma, WA police have given
to people who have been victimized in their fair city, like I was.
> I did see a number of upper class people in honduras openly wearing
> side arms to protect themselves and family. Crime is not directed
> towards non residents !
And you think upscale people in the US don't arm themselves? |
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