Bad Ending to Otherwise Good Bonaire Trip

[mike_s]

I'm glad to hear that. I've been told that you should not leave anything out drying overnight there. Glad to hear that it's not true and you can do the same.

All the rest of you in agreement with that?

Do you also leave your dive gear out over night to dry on accessible patios?

hell... I don't leave my dive gear out overnight on accessible patios in Florida.

no sense in making it an easy "theft of opportunity" for someone.

 

[DennisS]

Are you serious? Sure it has legitimate medical uses. Did you not check the video about Scope as an assault drug?

Wikipedia has some information about how it is uniquely administered in Columbia.

In recent years the criminal use of scopolamine has become epidemic in Colombia. Approximately one in five emergency room admissions for poisoning in Bogotá[14] In a bizarre case, a band of female thieves would impregnate their breasts with scopolamine and then would lure potential victims to lick their nipples. "Losing all willpower, the men readily gave up their bank access codes. The breast-temptress thieves then held them hostage for days while draining their accounts."[15] In June 2008, more than 20 people were hospitalized with psychosis in Norway after ingesting counterfeit Rohypnol tablets containing scopolamine. [3] There have been many reports of tourists robbed after having scopolamine slipped into drinks in bars, as well as food saturated with scopolamine being served to tourists in fast-food stands in various Asian countries. Most recently, these incidents have been reported in Thailand. [16] have been attributed to scopolamine.

 

[TheWizard]

Wikipedia has some information about how it is uniquely administered in Columbia......

This has nothing to do with the incredible amount of crime of all types taking place daily on Bonaire, along with the secretive bands of mental white-washers who strive to cover it up.
Please try to stay on topic...:blinking:

 

[ScubaSteve]

This has nothing to do with the incredible amount of crime of all types taking place daily on Bonaire, along with the secretive bands of mental white-washers who strive to cover it up.
Please try to stay on topic...:blinking:

WOW if you wanna join our club you need to work on them words ....if we are a secret then that means that you should not tell everybody about us.....IJS

 

[TCDiver1]

Using the two forums of the Bonaire forum and the Cozumel forum here, a quick search shows an unscientific result of Bonaire far outstripping crime reports versus Cozumel.

What do you draw from that? Well, you obvoiusly have to take it with a grain of salt, understand the validity of what proof there is, but to anybody with reasonable sensibilities, it's pretty obvious that there is either a lot more crime going on in Bonaire than in Cozumel, or for some reason there is not a lot of posting of crime happening in Cozumel that is happening.

So which is it?

I've stayed at 4 places in Cozumel and have always left dive equipment drying on the patio in all 4 places and never had a problem.

Can you do this in Bonaire?

I'm sure this will be like trying to wrestle a pig/troll in his own slop but what the hey.

Trying to compare Coz to Bonaire is like trying to compare apples and asparagus. Bonaire by it's nature allows more opportunity for crime due divers cruising the sites on their own vs Coz which is virtually all boat diving. Coz is much easier to control in that aspect. I would not keep valuables in my rental car in Coz either if the dive sites were set up like Bonaire. Ultimately they could get ripped off also if the opportunity existed like does on Bonaire. I have little doubt of that.

Related to the safety of storing stuff on balconies. You may have never noticed but many resorts on Coz are walled in. If the wall is not that high they usually have what i call "Caribbean razor wire", broken glass embedded in the top of the wall. The glass isn't there for decoration. It's there to keep people out. Also, the wrot iron security bars/screens on most accessible windows and doors in Coz aren't just for decoration either.

Bonaire should do the same you say? Maybe, but i've been to Coz over six times and Bonaire three times and never had a problem drying gear on the balconies in either place. Perhaps i'm just the wrong size.

I've have had a battery stolen from my rental car on Bonaire. But i've also had a battery stolen out of a rental car in Coz. Perhaps it was the same international rental car, battery stealing cabal in both places because it seemed similar to me.

 

[DandyDon]

Fair enough; I'd forgotten about the pickpocket problem that does happen on Coz at times. I've never been a cruise boat visitor and didn't think along their experiences and warnings.

Wikipedia has some information about how it is uniquely administered in Columbia.

In recent years the criminal use of scopolamine has become epidemic in Colombia. Approximately one in five emergency room admissions for poisoning in Bogotá[14] In a bizarre case, a band of female thieves would impregnate their breasts with scopolamine and then would lure potential victims to lick their nipples. "Losing all willpower, the men readily gave up their bank access codes. The breast-temptress thieves then held them hostage for days while draining their accounts."[15] In June 2008, more than 20 people were hospitalized with psychosis in Norway after ingesting counterfeit Rohypnol tablets containing scopolamine. [3] There have been many reports of tourists robbed after having scopolamine slipped into drinks in bars, as well as food saturated with scopolamine being served to tourists in fast-food stands in various Asian countries. Most recently, these incidents have been reported in Thailand. [16] have been attributed to scopolamine.

Yeah, there's better info than that article on the use as an aerosol assault drug. Minute amounts can be simply blown from hand into the face, and the one in five ER admissions is certainly disputed in Bogota.

What the risk may be in Bon is impossible to examine with not only news suppression but also discussion suppression here. My original post on this subject laid out the basics.

 

[ScubaSteve]

What the risk may be in Bon is impossible to examine with not only news suppression but also discussion suppression here.

Are you trying to claim that there is no "news suppression" taking place on crimes in MX?

 

[ScubaSteve]

CNN just posted a video on Scope. A bit dramatized but interesting, even tho he is wrong about it being used in Columbia only.
Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

Do you have documented proof that this is being used for crime on Bonaire?

 

[DandyDon]

Are you trying to claim that there is no "news suppression" taking place on crimes in MX?

Nope you made that up all on your own, typical of smoke screening. I actually admitted to that earlier today.

 

[ScubaSteve]

Nope you made that up all on your own, typical of smoke screening. I actually admitted to that earlier today.

Nope, nothing made up. In fact I would say that given the context of your last 4 or 5 posts in this thread it was a very safe interpretation of the statement you made here:

What the risk may be in Bon is impossible to examine with not only news suppression but also discussion suppression here.

You claim otherwise and I accept that. Where however, has the conversation about Bonaire been suppressed?