Well apparently I am now living in the most dangerous country in the world :-)
At least according to one guy.
Was going to post the Link but apparently that's not allowed on here, so I believe.
Anyway title of the page was “DR the most dangerous country in the world”
He obviously hasn't been to Honduras or Caracas :-) .... Syria anyone? :-)
Bit of an exaggeration one could say.
But the situation regarding crime here does seem to be deteriorating.
Other day saw a posting on Facebook were somebody was robbed at gunpoint,in an area near Casa Marina which I would have thought is fairly safe, but apparently not.
Another unusual aspect the robbers were in a Honda car, not a motorcycle as usual.
Well, already having been robbed and knifed in Puerto Plata a while back, I sure hope they are not going to start these games in Sosua!
Also few days ago somebody was deliberately poisoned and died in City Lights Bar on Pedro Clisante. Although the circumstances are somewhat unclear as yet, as he was Dominican should think most likely some kind of revenge thing, debt or something.
Actually walked past the place last night as I live not far from there,..kind of gives you the creeps when you think somebody collapsed and died on the floor there.. Prefer my drinks without rat poison, so decided to have a drink somewhere else :-)
And apparently the Gringo owner of Perla de Sosua has been missing since last November, disappeared off the face of the earth, so I think we can guess what happened to him.
Plus read some comments on other sites which does not make Sosua look very good.
There was a story about police corruption setting up innocent tourists and demanding money... And apparently there was a time the whole local police force was disbanded for corruption. Well, never heard that before so I don't know the truth of that statement.
Personally never had any hassle from the cops, in fact they been quite helpful most of the time so one should not believe everything that's on the Internet, but with those other incidents above, does make one realise things are going downhill around here.
Should think the new Crimestoppers will be quite busy in the future :-(