Fleeing Bequia
Blue Beyond , The adventure begins.
Mark and Maxine Frost
Sun 15 Mar 2009 17:33
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Because of the serious nature of these events I
have changed some names to protect the identity of the other family involved
.
Bequia was just lovely , it was on my top ten
places in the world to visit and I was finally here , we met another family who
had been on the ARC as well and we all went to the Green Boley bar as there was
an excellent singer in there , he did not disapoint, we had a geat night , we
moved along the beach to the next bar which had a live band, and a young
guy grabbed me and tried to drag me onto the dancefloor and was not taking no
for an answer , Mark intervened and they were nose to nose for a minute But he
backed down and we decided it was best to leave in case there was any trouble
,we had a lovely day the next day and a quiet night and turned in early , but ,
at 8 am 'Mork and Mindy' raced over to our boat in terrible shock , this same
guy had got on their boat in the night , high on alchohol and drugs ,
demanding food and going on about sorting out Mark , he then stabbed Mork in the
hand and threatened to kill his family , Mork grabbed the winch handle and you
can guess the rest , another guy who was with the perp dragged him unconcous
into their boat and left , Mork went to the police station , but they wern't
that interested ( they hadn't yet had all the information about the extent of
his injurys)and went to the hospital for them to look at his hand but they were
all polishing of a bottle of rum , and just draped a bandage around it
.
So in the cold light of day revenge from the perps
friends and family was a serious issue , also , when the police finally switched
themselves on how would they deal with situation , would Mork be arrested? would
we all be arrested ?, would the boats be impounded ? fleeing seemed the best
option all round , Mark and Mindy went ashore and checked out with customs and
immigration , that went smoothly , we left immediately and headed over to a bay
in st Vincent , It seemed the best bet was to get back to St Lucia and contact
the british embassy , we spent the night in St Vincent and learned form our
american friends that the perp had been taken to st vincent and was in a pretty
bad way , we all had a pretty disturbed night as St Vincent was the ONE place I
did not want to do too because of pirate attacks ....
we left St Vincent at 5 am and made our way to St
Lucia , we were all very glad to be here , Mork contacted the British embassy
who said to stay put for a day or two in case the perp makes a complaint and
then they would help to deal with that situation when it arises , so all the
right things had been done .
more news then arrived ,the police went round to
the perps brother and sister to interview them , they tried to resist this and
run away and the sister got shot in the foot so she is now in St vincent in
hospital with her brother , we are so glad we left as it seems to be
escalating.
so , as shocking as this all is I suppose these
things can happen anywhere it is just more difficult when you are relying on the
juridiction of a third world police force. Hey Ho!
 not a very happy face leaving Bequia , I won,t
ever be able to go back . young cut island in St Vincent , looks lovely but piracy is rife
 Mork finally having his wound dressed by Mark
'properly'so ,
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