For the past 30 odd years that I have read comments on > the topic, every cruiser says the same thing. Do not cruise into > poverty stricken areas while flaunting your wealth.
But this is only a good general rule. It does not always hold true. While I was in the USN I saw, close up, 167 countries. Some of them, folks were dirt poor...but honest as the day is long. In other places, wealth was all around, and you were lucky if you did not get robbed blind. e > For as long as I remember smart cruisers have advocated avoidance of > areas known to be inhabited by sea going pirates and boat thieves. I > think Lin and Larry Pardey were among the first whose writings made > that point back when they first cruised on Serafyn.. The best approach, I am convinced. > > As an aside, piracy in Somalia is now so bad the UN has dispatched > naval ships Right. Read; USN again. Been there, done that. -Ken _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
