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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the poster who has been labeled as the cruising apologist. Lol.

My Haitian friends and coworkers haven’t visited Haiti in years. It’s not safe, and they say they would be targets.

No American can safely travel to Haiti right now unless they arrive by ship to Labadee. That’s a fact.

Yes, Labadee is far removed and protected from the rampant violence further south.

I disagree that it isn’t an authentic experience. You will see the lush beauty of the beaches fronting the tropical mountains, swim in the ocean, and interact with locals working onsite.

What would you get at a Haitian resort? The only difference I see is risk. [/quote]

Wow. Just wow. You really think an afternoon in Labadee is an “authentic experience” in Haiti? It is not. An “authentic experience” would be visiting the Sans Souci Palace ruins and the Citadelle only an hour away. An “authentic experience” would be touring Port au Prince and leaning about Haitian history and art. An “authentic experience” would be a visit to Jacmel. Locking white tourists up on a beach on the north coast of Haiti where their only interactions with local Haitians are those hand selected by Royal Caribbean and who pay RC a commission for the privilege is not an “authentic experience.” You are delusional to the point of absurdity, you do know that right??!![/quote]

We took a cruise with a port stop in “Honduras.”  For a minute I didn’t fool myself into thinking I actually visited Honduras.  What we visited was a private, controlled beach that happened to be in Honduras, but there was nothing Honduran about our visit.  It was a fun day- beach was nice, great snorkeling.  It was my one and only cruise.  I’m not a cruise person, but not snobby enough to take myself some seriously that I can’t have a fun time no matter where I land.[/quote]

Glad you are realistic and not claiming to have had an “authentic experience” like the other bozos here. But you should try San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa sometime, as well as Copan and other country towns. Both wonderful cities![/quote]

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