Last night when one of my trucks was returning home to Higuey on the Macao road from Bavaro at approx 1am after the show, they were flagged down by a Canadian Gentleman alone just past the Hard Rock Hotel which those of you who are familiar with it know it is almost deserted at this time of night.
He had been outside the Flamenco Hotel which is a very busy tourist area looking for a taxi (to take him where i am unsure), he was picked up by one and taken to the secluded area i mentioned and was robbed of everything he had by five men, luckily he was not beaten which seems to me a real miracle.
My truck turned round and took him back to the Hotel he was staying at his request. Of course they urged him to go straight to Politur but i presume he was shaken up and perhaps wanted to report it to the hotel.
I am unsure if the five men were already in the taxi or if they were waiting for this so called taxi driver to bring them a victim, but either way i thought it was important to warn people to only use hotel taxi's from the resort if they are unfamiliar with their surroundings.
I do realize that we can all sometimes do stupid things and make silly judgements after a good night out on the town, but this could have turned out alot worse and i thanked my team for being so helpful and for going out of their way to help this man.
Be Warned!
He had been outside the Flamenco Hotel which is a very busy tourist area looking for a taxi (to take him where i am unsure), he was picked up by one and taken to the secluded area i mentioned and was robbed of everything he had by five men, luckily he was not beaten which seems to me a real miracle.
My truck turned round and took him back to the Hotel he was staying at his request. Of course they urged him to go straight to Politur but i presume he was shaken up and perhaps wanted to report it to the hotel.
I am unsure if the five men were already in the taxi or if they were waiting for this so called taxi driver to bring them a victim, but either way i thought it was important to warn people to only use hotel taxi's from the resort if they are unfamiliar with their surroundings.
I do realize that we can all sometimes do stupid things and make silly judgements after a good night out on the town, but this could have turned out alot worse and i thanked my team for being so helpful and for going out of their way to help this man.
Be Warned!