I'd like to be able to discuss the needs for
security in the
Bahamas and why people do or do not think a particular level of protection is or isn't needed.
Myself I don't have a lot of experience in the
Bahamas, I've visited Paradise Island twice (staying at a yoga camp, not a resort), cruised in the Abacos for tow weeks and picked up a 52' sailboat for a
delivery north on one of the islands
offshore from
Miami.
While on Paradise Island I noticed all of the private homes were surrounded by walls topped with razor wire and this seemed quite out of place with the surroundings of the yoga camp.
On my second trip to
Nassau and Paradise Island the cab driver asked if we could take the back way through
Nassau so he could deliver a message to someone who didn't have a
phone. That trip was eye opening, in Nassau there is a dramatic difference between the have's and the have not's or as we might say in contemporary jargon there is a huge
income gap. This side trip and my conversation with the cab driver who had a Harvard degree but was driving a cab so he could live where he was raised, clarified for me why the luxury homes on Paradise Island were surrounded by prison like walls.
Now I'm not asking anyone to speculate or to share their fears on this thread, I am asking for other real experiences that address the topic of "Security in the Bahamas".
Thanks