FYI:Sad article

[AbacoChris]

:( http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/travel/19out.html?ex=1298005200&en=c411a26a57221b5e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

[Marty]

...said Tony Lariño, a senior vice president of international development for Starwood. "As I look around the Caribbean, this really is a blank canvas that's on the verge of being discovered."

"Blank canvas" my ass. He obviously keeps his eyes on his wallet and not the horizon.

[AbacoChris]

"Around midafternoon on New Year's Eve, when nearly all the island's rooms were booked, not a single soul could be spotted on Ten Bay Beach, about six miles south of Governor's Harbour, despite a brilliant sunshine and near perfect temperatures. The only sign of civilization was a small fishing boat, bobbing in the distance like a wine cork. And the only sound came from a warm breeze, tickling a grove of coconut palms and casuarina pines.

CONTRAST that with Nassau or Paradise Island the following afternoon, when it was nearly impossible to find a spit of sand without roaring Jet Skis, wailing kids or live reggae. "

Dont these mulit-millionares realize that not every place in the world needs a hilton or a jetski rental place?