I mean, its not like DR hasn't been in the news lately...
Posted on 06/21/2019 10:35:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
Edited on 06/21/2019 10:58:04 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A Pennsylvania man claims a pair of would-be robbers savagely attacked him at the same Dominican Republic resort where a Delaware mom claims she was savagely beaten.
Robert Walker of New Castle said he was ambushed walking alone back to his room at the Majestic Elegance resort in Punta Cana, news station WPXI reported on Thursday.
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I mean, its not like DR hasn't been in the news lately...
Why anyone is still traveling to that place is beyond me
He said he had just won big at the luxury property’s casino when two men hit him from behind. Walker, however, said he’s “most upset” by the response he got from the resort.
Somehow it just doesn't sound that much like a resort. Thanks Red Badger.
I was thinking the same thing and it occurred to me that many of these trips were booked 6-9 months ago. Some people that have a strict set vacation schedule book trips like school vacation week a year in advance.
So, they will not get back their deposit or the money for the entire trip including airline flights if they cancel now.
I am starting to wonder IF this is an act of either a psycho or a terrorist. It has to be crushing their economy going forward.
A pathologist on Fox News this morning thought it was most likely a pesticide being used and not methanol. Apparently, 2 people died in the USVI’s a couple years back from an illegal pesticide that is colorless and odorless. It causes the same pulmonary edema.
Many American tourists are TOTALLY unaware that the rest of the world is NOT America and no one really “protects” them.
The hunting grounds are rich for robbers and terrorists in the Caribbean and the Yucatan.
Guess s**t-hole countries should be stricken from your Vacation List.
How can they believe the world is like Mister Rogers Neighborhood? All a big human family with friends you haven’t met yet and people to share the wonders of harmony and compassion with. ——In Dominican Republic or Venezuela? Gimme a break.
How about: “buying a ticket there is evidence of mental illness” to be in revised edition of psychiatrists’ DSM volumes?
Should my neighbor cancel her trip to the Congo? She got 20% off.
It wouldn’t be surprising if the people were murdered and then the killer robbed them.
Who stands to gain here?
Maybe Cuba is desperate for more tourist dollars.
Jamaica, Aruba, looking for more scuba;
Cuba, Bermuda, come and see the ‘cudas;
then, baby, I don’t know ... head out to Kokomo.
I think it is the Florida tourist board.
OR
Maybe Rick Steves. He has to be the mastermind behind this.
The real Dr. Evil
STAYCATIONS, dammit
Good grief people if you want to party with Dominicans, go to a damn MLB game
Were the victims Democrats or decent people....?
I keep to myself mostly and staycations are fine with me.
Keep the big sports.
These days it’s Ellery Queen and Most Wanted reruns.
Agree..... I never thought of the Dominican Republic as a tourist spot in the first place.
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