24725: Beckett (ask) about travel to Les Cayes

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From: Greg Beckett <beckett@uchicago.edu>

I received this message and thought it best to ask the list. Please 
reply directly to Gerald Elgert at <is423@juno.com>

Thanks.
Greg



Greetings
       As a "friend," a visiting college professor to the American 
University of the Caribbean in Les Cayes, I am planning to travel there 
for teaching this summer. My concern is in not only getting there, but 
in local conditions. One plan is to bring a vehicle down, through the 
port at Mariguane, and drive to Les Cayes from there. Another is to fly 
to PAP and hop aboard a local  Carbintair flight to Les Cayes. I will 
be bring along a considerable amount of teaching materials and fear for 
loss of those as well as my own personal security.
        Is Les Cayes really out of harm's way and "peaceful," or are 
there unreported incidents that for whatever reasons are not making the 
news?