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"May The Wind Be Always At Your Back", Blowing out of the south (from Cuba)

I nmy town the police carry a handgun, a shotgun on the dash and an m-16 in the trunk. That wouldn't be necessary if there wasn't a crime problem in this town in Northern California. I'm sure crime is also a problem in San Pedro. So everywhere I go I watch my back and expect the worst should I make a mistake.....like leaving Belize in Dec and putting my cell phone in my suitcase........it wasn't there when I got to California!

Ke, Your're so smart!! Thank God we have you!!

who cares!!Doesn't anyone want just a care free, peaceful feeling on this beautiful beach anymore? What's more important, winning battles and wars or having sunrise?

Depends on what you are facing down, lacy.

If you are just sitting at a picnic table under a palapa around 6 am, then you are absolutely right.

That is until, some guy comes along, says his name is Gary and proceeds to make those few moments extremely difficult.

clover... no matter where I travel, I always take a smaller suitcase onboard for things that I would be really upset if stolen.. oooppsss.. sorry, if "lost"

In the past,I placed magazines etc. in the outside zippers. I had seen my luggage before it went inside Goldson, zippers all closed and when I received it the zippers were all left wide open.
They like magazines, newwpapers, etc......

Sooooooo....fair warning to others.

Since I began to carry one carryon bag nothing was tampered with

OUCH, my hand hurts Denny!!

Well I've got to pop in here and say something.

SOMETHING.

I guess I am not the only one who has had some negative experiences in San Pedro. I love the island and the country of Belize. I will be back, much the wiser. But let's be realistic, no place is perfect, negative things DO happen, and we should do what we can to avoid them. BUT, anybody on this board who rips on another for their unfortunate circumstances will surely find themselves in a similar situation at some point in their lives...it just seems to work that way. Just because 9 out of 10 people have a great experience at MR, and the owners are personal friends and great people, DOES NOT mean that one person's negative experience is THEIR fault. The staff, managers, and owners at MR may have been rude this one time, but that is all that matters to that one person.

I want to publicly thank one of the kind forum members who will be good enough to try and pick up my police report on their upcoming trip to San Pedro.

And one random question - what is the water level at the deepest part of the island? We were looking for a swimming pool deeper than 3 or 4 feet. Does that exist on the island?