Maybe I am too jaded but the guy's story is quite inconsistent.
I relocated to the Dominican Republic on the 14th of October to pursue study abroad programming for American students and teachers, as well as to work on a documentary ?the other side of paradise?.
Probably got fired from his job and went South for a few months of beach bumming and mongering. Not that there is anything wrong with it.
After initiating my projects in the coastal beach town of Boca Chica, I decided to concentrate my efforts in the northern region of Puerto Plata in the small town of Cabarete.
Weird choice of locations for his "educational" project.
In order to penetrate and gain the respect of the local communities I solicited the assistance of a 24 year old Dominican whom I previously met and interacted with on prior visits.
Looks like he found himself a boyfriend. Not that there is anything wrong with it.
I left the apartment around 2:30pm to go work at my local writing spot, Vela Vela, located on the beach.
Around 6pm I finished my daily work and decided to return home. I encountered my assistant on the beach and he decided to return with me. We arrived around 6:30pm. ... After the initial walk through I noticed that my bag with my laptop, Ipad and US money were missing.
He goes to "work" without taking his laptop or iPad; what does his write on, table napkins? Why bring "assistant" home at night?
On a positive note, my bag with my laptop and Ipad were later found.
WTF? Half the post was about the alleged "robbery" and then out of nowhere everything is "found".
As I have traveled to the Dominican Republic various times over the last 4 years, I?m fully aware of the perils of working here: drug trafficking, police corruption, juvenile delinquency to prostitution....When I returned I was informed that I could not file a ?denuncio? for the robbery because they did not have a computer to do it. They were informally letting me know that in order to do so I would have to pay them. I refused.
The guy knows how things work in DR and wouldn't pay a few hundred pesos to file a report? This is just dumb.
I can go on here, but I think there is a story behind a story here. I see a boyfriend trying to go for a quick score to get his regalos de navidad, and trying to cover with a fire. The rest is building owner trying to cover their damages and little police action trying to fleece a gringo, nothing unusual.