Friday I was at a restaurant in Sosua waiting on an official from the Dominican government, as many of you know I?m actively putting together a clean up project, and the gentleman was Dominicanly late, by an hour and a half.
As I waited I had a couple of Presidente? and watched the beautiful scenery in front of the restaurant. My tranquility was broken by the table next to me where a pudgy middle aged gringo sat with two women. One of the women was a chain smoking over middle aged lady that spoke in English with a Russian accent. The other woman was a Dominican girl that could not have been over 18; she was slight and delicate and seemed to be very nervous.
I respect other people? privacy and am not the type to ease drop on conversations. Being that there was only four of us in the restaurant and the tables were next to each other it was hard to ignore their conversation. What I heard disgusted me and raised an ire in me that drove me to write this post.
Please keep in mind that the Gringo was typically loud and boisterous, he was bragging loudly to the silver haired chain smoker how he loved his new home in Bermuda and didn?t regret his move from cold Canada. At the same time the ?silver fox? (as I promptly named her) was translating for him to the young girl in Spanish.
I immediately assumed that this was just another Sanky transaction, he?d fallen for her, he?s getting ready to leave and now they were finalizing the ?arrangement? of how to proceed with their new love.
Wrong, as it turns out this was their first meeting. The Silver Fox was some kind of madam that was in the process of ?selling? the girl to this disgusting plum of a man. Their conversations were very straight forward. Puerco Boy first defined the monetary details of the transaction with Silver Fox. He had prepaid $2,500USD to Silver Fox and now, if he wanted this girl, owed another $2,500USD. After the money talked stopped he then started his interrogation of the young girl.
How old was she? 18, of course. Did she expect him to meet her parents? No, of course not. Did she know where Bermuda was? No. And the ultimate question. Do you think you?d be happy being my wife? ????..
I don?t know what to say about this other than it was the most pathetic thing I?ve witnessed in this country. I?m not na?ve, I know this is a common thing in many developing nations however to witness this display that was barely a step away from a slave transaction physically made me ill.
Jack
As I waited I had a couple of Presidente? and watched the beautiful scenery in front of the restaurant. My tranquility was broken by the table next to me where a pudgy middle aged gringo sat with two women. One of the women was a chain smoking over middle aged lady that spoke in English with a Russian accent. The other woman was a Dominican girl that could not have been over 18; she was slight and delicate and seemed to be very nervous.
I respect other people? privacy and am not the type to ease drop on conversations. Being that there was only four of us in the restaurant and the tables were next to each other it was hard to ignore their conversation. What I heard disgusted me and raised an ire in me that drove me to write this post.
Please keep in mind that the Gringo was typically loud and boisterous, he was bragging loudly to the silver haired chain smoker how he loved his new home in Bermuda and didn?t regret his move from cold Canada. At the same time the ?silver fox? (as I promptly named her) was translating for him to the young girl in Spanish.
I immediately assumed that this was just another Sanky transaction, he?d fallen for her, he?s getting ready to leave and now they were finalizing the ?arrangement? of how to proceed with their new love.
Wrong, as it turns out this was their first meeting. The Silver Fox was some kind of madam that was in the process of ?selling? the girl to this disgusting plum of a man. Their conversations were very straight forward. Puerco Boy first defined the monetary details of the transaction with Silver Fox. He had prepaid $2,500USD to Silver Fox and now, if he wanted this girl, owed another $2,500USD. After the money talked stopped he then started his interrogation of the young girl.
How old was she? 18, of course. Did she expect him to meet her parents? No, of course not. Did she know where Bermuda was? No. And the ultimate question. Do you think you?d be happy being my wife? ????..
I don?t know what to say about this other than it was the most pathetic thing I?ve witnessed in this country. I?m not na?ve, I know this is a common thing in many developing nations however to witness this display that was barely a step away from a slave transaction physically made me ill.
Jack