Re: Least Third World

The way I read it is the question is ... Which countries are fully developed for American Tourist needs, has the least visible poverty where violence and crime only effect the locals? The O.P. whats to go somewhere that won't show the negative elements of the island -- nothing that could be considered a downer to his/her r & r plans.

I don't have an answer for that. We don't live in a perfect world, even All Inclusives can't filter out all the negative elements of their location. You have to leave the property some time even if it's only to be transported to and from the airport.

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On 9/6/2006 8:06 PM yamba@xxxxxxxxxxx plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said:
stan@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
............(snip)> I guess I'd stop here and ask what you mean by
third world countries. ......

I wondered the same thing. If it means very poor economically, then
most of the islands qualify as third world countries. Last I heard
officially was Caymans & Barbados were not with a few other countries
on the way out of that classification. I'm not sure about the American
islands but some of the French definitely are poor economically.

I notice this is a very old thread but by the end of last year, Jamaica
had became the murder capital of the world. I was living there for
months and violent it certainly is. From news - both the media and
people I know - it still is.

Jan


Does St
Maarten qualify? Spent two weeks there in May and loved it. We went to
Curacao for 12 days over New Years with the intent of buying, and after over
15 years of visiting them, fell out of love with the Island. Some of their
people are totally out of control and there is no police presence. Fifteen
years later and we still had assholes running up our tail and passing us no
matter what the conditions were. I have to assume they are still breaking
into cars parked at dive spots, just as in Bonaire.

I'm back to Grand Caymen for a few weeks this month, and would move there in a
heart beat if I could afford the cost of living there. October I'm spending
two weeks in Belize. From my travels, reading, talking to people, emails,
etc., I think I am going to vote Belize on the top of the stack. Many are
looking at Costa Rica, but from what I've been quoted by 'sales people' the
prices are outrageous. Buy an acre for 75 grand to be a few miles from the
beach? Belize you can purchase on a lagoon at reasonable prices. I'll know
after my next trip.

Cozumel runs even with me to Belize, but I don't speak Spanish... Belize is
English speaking. I will say this about the Mexican population in Cozumel.
They are the warmest, friendliest people I've met in decades of travel.

Just my 2 cents.

Stan



HonkyTonkBlues@xxxxxxxxx (Hank, Sr.) wrote:
Which of the islands is the least third world? In effect, the least2poverty,
lowest crime rates, most hospitable people?
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