Hi, Hope you are doing well, This is from your neighbor. I was raised in Hawaii on an outer island spent 27 yrs of my life their I was as local as a white girl could ever be. Mt friends were all natives and we spent most of our time at the beach. My young men friends were constantly hussling the tourist girls, it was their job. Its pretty much the same here with some exceptions, This is only my opinion. Most of the Harrys here and most of every native here are to our standards poor. Their parents and grandparents did not have the tourist to suppliment their income. We come here go out to eat everynight wave our money around talk about what we have and where weve been and leave to go back to our mansions and expensive cars and all our things. This however may not be the case alot of us dont have at all what we are typecast to have. I know this was your first time here and I dont know how much you have traveled to places were alot of people are dependent on tourist, where a slow season can mean you literally dont have food. But its always tourist beware. I know you are a genuine person and the emotional rape was probably worse that loosing the money and SHAME ON HARRY. Their are probably 20+ Harrys on the street here and not all of them are bad people perhaps they dont respect us because they think we have life to easy, we have to much. I would suggest a warning to everyone, especially young women to be very wary of the to good to be true person you met here that wants to be your best friend because its just a job they do. Its not just here in Belize, its the beach boys of Hawaii, any city or town or village that is poor thet depends on tourist dollars. I am so sorry for what happened to you. I know you cared alot. Its a shame that the wonderful time you had here and all the new friends you made had to be ruined by one persons actions. I am not at all saying what these guys do is right and not all locals here are like that, but it happens alot you are not alone. Thanks again for the pot of Chili you brought us, God bless you.

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