I want to start this story off by saying that I still like and
recommend Mexico for traveling to and throughout. Even though sometimes bad
things happen; on the 18th of December 2012 just before 1 am I was
sleeping in my tent at the RV and Camping Park at Playa Linda when someone
brook into my tent by cutting it, then tarring the wall next to the door. I
woke up just as he was only 18 inches away from my head and grabbing something
and left. I screamed, stepped outside my tent, and saw him running away toward
the beach. He was wearing an orange T-shirt; it was dark so I could not see
much as he disappeared into the darkness. I used my flashlight to looking my
tent to see what he had taken. I found that my laptop and the bag I had made
for it were gone, but not the power cord.
I went to look for the security guard, I found him sleeping on
the sidewalk outside the office door. I yelled at him and had him follow me
back to my tent to show him what happened. At the same time my RV neighbor from
Quebec heard me scream and came out to see what happened. He also helped me
with translating. I requested the security guard to call the police.
At about 1:10 am two more security men arrived and looked
around. A short time later the police showed up and also took a report and looked
around. Nothing more could be done the thief and my computer was long gone.
At 7 am as the sun was rising I got out of my tent and looked
around for myself. A section of the fence that encloses the RV Park was down. I
also found my PC bag on the sand about 5 meters west from my tent. I retrieved
it and placed it back in my tent. I then made temporary repairs to my tent with
duct tape.
At 9 am when the lady in the office gets to work, I talked her;
she speaks English and told her what happened.
Later that day the park personel and I talked to the guard and
his boss. We went over again what happened and it was agreed that the security
company was at fault and they would pay to replace my PC, 7000-9000 pesos.
On the 21st of Dec. I found out that the night
guard did lose his job, but it was not just because of this theft.
As of today the 8th of January, I still have not
gotten any money. I did buy a new PC but it took most of this next month’s money
to do so. I still need the money that is owed me for this month’s food, gas,
lodging and car insurance. Maybe I will be able to stay here free as part compensation
for the time it has been to recover; only time will tell…
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