At least 80 Americans have been kidnapped in Haiti in the past year!!

[Ricardo900]

FYI, for anyone wanting to travel to the other side of the island.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/sto...p-370884c.html

[NALs]

Richard, um... this is DR1.com.

I understand the connection there is to Haiti with Haitian neighbors prowling through this site and potential visitors to Haiti as well.

But, Haiti is Haiti and DR is DR and this site is devoted to DR.

-NALs

[HOWMAR]

Mark Schneider, a Haiti expert at the International Crisis Group think tank, said the spate of kidnappings began last year when corrupt cops realized Haiti's government and the UN weren't going to get rid of them.

Good thing most Dominican cops can't read English.

[HOWMAR]

Originally Posted by NALs

Richard, um... this is DR1.com.

I understand the connection there is to Haiti with Haitian neighbors prowling through this site and potential visitors to Haiti as well.

But, Haiti is Haiti and DR is DR and this site is devoted to DR.

-NALs

But many threads have addressed the safety issue of traveling from the DR to Haiti.

[NALs]

Originally Posted by HOWMAR

But many threads have addressed the safety issue of traveling from the DR to Haiti.

Good point!

So, why do we need another thread?

I think what needed to be said about this subject has been said and then some.

Another thread of the samething may not bring to the table anything new, other than the same responses from before but with different words.

-NALs

[Ricardo900]

Originally Posted by NALs

Richard, um... this is DR1.com.

I understand the connection there is to Haiti with Haitian neighbors prowling through this site and potential visitors to Haiti as well.

But, Haiti is Haiti and DR is DR and this site is devoted to DR.

-NALs

My name is RICARDO, not Richard since the last time I checked my birth certificate and passport, but anyway, Since many posters acquire about travel into Haiti, (To Haiti)
DR and Haiti

I thought this would be an informative post, so yes it is somewhat Dominican related, since many DR travelers sometimes would like to visit Haiti. Thanks for pointing this out for me.

[NALs]

Originally Posted by Ricardo900

My name is RICARDO, not Richard since the last time I checked my birth certificate and passport, but anyway, Since many posters acquire about travel into Haiti, (To Haiti)

I thought this would be an informative post, so yes it is somewhat Dominican related. Thanks for pointing this out for me.

Sorry RICARDO for translating your name into the preferred language of DR1ers.

I'm not really criticizing you per se, just wondering why people keep creating more and more threads about this subject since all the other threads say pretty much the same thing over and over again.

In any case thanks for the info, eventhough it simply reiterates what has been said in other threads.

-NALs

[Ricardo900]

By all means, if this thread turns into one of those nasty DR vs. Haiti debates, then the powers that be, by all means should close it down, because it was not my intentions to stir up contraversy.

Ricardo

[HOWMAR]

Originally Posted by NALs

In any case thanks for the info, eventhough it simply reiterates what has been said in other threads.

-NALs

Or disputes it..

Originally Posted by NALS

While Haiti is in a little bit of turmoil right now, whatever risks there are in Haiti towards personal security is much greater for people who live in Haiti than for people who will be there for a few weeks or days

[chuckuindy]

NALS seems to be a little touchy today. Could it be that he is Haitian? Why not, If I remember right he has lied about other things.

Chuckuindy