点评:Armed robbery warning.
Nice beach near Orient Bay with much calmer waters. A little off the beaten path (a bumpy, part-dirt to get there), but had read about it being a nice calm beach. Went one day to check it out and a quick swim, only one other person there. Liked it so much we returned the next day for a longer stay. There were two large families also there.
When we parked, we noticed a man hanging out under a tree with a red motorcycle. Looked a little suspicious but didn't think too much of it, especially since there were quite a few people around. I went in the water and my friends set up under a tree a little further back. 10 or so minutes later they, and the other people on the beach, were frantically calling everyone out of the water. A man in mask with a gun had jumped out of the bushes behind them. One saw him and screamed, he demanded their bags, the other friend gave him one of the napsacks he had and luckily he didn't notice the other bag (although they said the guy seemed to not know what he was doing). He then got on the motorcycle with the guy who was under the tree and they took off.
Luckily, it was the bag with towels and sunscreen and not the one with wallet and car keys.
It's not clear how common this is, but it was all quite jarring. We now feel we need to stick to heavily populated areas for the remainder of our trip and will have to skip some of the interesting beaches we were hoping to explore. The manager of our Airbnb was quite surprised, and said it was the first time he had heard of this at Galion beach. However two days later he told me that a similar incident had just occurred on the south side of Orient Bay, not nearly as secluded.
Obviously, this type of thing can happen anywhere, but when it does happen, especially in an unfamiliar setting, it changes your outlook.
I imagine that most times the beach is perfectly safe, but wanted to put out the warning.
翻译:武装抢劫警告。
靠近东方湾的漂亮海滩,水面平静得多。有点偏僻(路途颠簸,部分是泥土),但读到过这是一处漂亮而平静的海滩。有一天去看看,游了一会儿泳,那里只有另一个人。我们非常喜欢,第二天又回来住了更长时间。那里还有两个大家庭。
当我们停车时,我们注意到一个男人骑着一辆红色摩托车在树下闲逛。看起来有点可疑,但没想太多,尤其是周围有不少人。我下水了,我的朋友们在稍远一点的一棵树下安顿下来。大约 10 分钟后,他们和海滩上的其他人疯狂地呼喊所有人从水里出来。一个戴着面具、拿着枪的男人从他们身后的灌木丛中跳了出来。一个人看到他后尖叫起来,要求他交出他们的包,另一个朋友给了他一个背包,幸运的是他没有注意到另一个包(尽管他们说那个人似乎不知道自己在做什么)。然后他和树下的人一起骑上摩托车,出发了。
幸运的是,那个包里装的是毛巾和防晒霜,而不是装钱包和车钥匙的包。
目前尚不清楚这种情况有多常见,但这一切都相当令人震惊。我们现在觉得我们需要在剩下的旅程中呆在人口密集的地区,并且不得不放弃我们希望探索的一些有趣的海滩。我们 Airbnb 的经理非常惊讶,说这是他第一次听说加利恩海滩有这种事。然而两天后,他告诉我,在东方湾的南侧也发生了类似事件,那里并不那么僻静。
显然,这种事情可能发生在任何地方,但当它真的发生时,尤其是在陌生的环境中,它会改变你的看法。
我想大多数时候海滩都是非常安全的,但我想发出警告。