I would like to respond to Croc's recent posting in defense of our story. Our intentions in sharing our story were certainly not to bash the island or the people who live there. As we all know, there is good and bad everywhere. Being strangers in a strange land left us feeling not only defenseless, but bewildered. The incident was certainly an isolated one in an otherwise wonderful week. Some of the respondants to the story have criticized my husbands comments regarding the way he sees me. What you said in reference to the irrelavance of his subjectivity is appreciated. I just wanted to add that there really isn't any more to the story than my husband told. In fact, knowing and realizing that I would be on a boat with nothing but men and having to shimmy into a wet suit without privacy I had the foresight to wear less revealing clothing (in other words...shorts instead of a bikini bottom) in order not to give an inappropriate signal or "tease". Our intentions were to make a dive and see the beauty of the reef. There were NO social interactions of any kind between us and the divers at the shop either before, or after. That is what is so confusing to us that is why my husband posted his original comments. We were simply looking for feedback and we appreciate any intelligent (not beligerent) comments from those who took the time to send them.

Dear Mr & Mrs Scorpio

Glad to hear you had an enjoyable visit despite one strange and frightening episode.

Now that you have this off your chest is it time to let it drop?

If not you should know that contacting the Belize Tourist Board, the Tour Guide Association and Belize Tourist and Industry Association would provide more sympathetic responses.

Without having a name of the person that harrassed you, a vague description and a hunch about where he works might not be enough information to warrant an investigation.

As one of the earlier posts suggests, this fellow might have simply overheard your names and where you were staying - it might not be an employee of the dive shop that you frequented.

Or he might have been trying to deliver something you had expressed an interest in purchasing?

Or maybe it happened exactly as they said it happened!