Friday, January 13, 2012

Dutch Apartheid?

I haven't researched this, but right now it looks to me like the Dutch have bought lots of property and converted it into bed-and-breakfasts, and other tourism-related businesses.  Then they bring in Dutch employees and interns, so much of the money generated by those tourism businesses doesn't circulate in the local economy.

Mind you, I look like a local.  I went to a beach the other day and the parking lady spoke Dutch to me and didn't speak the local language.  A Dutch family saw me and thought I was the taxidriver they had called. 

I can see how some speak of neo-colonialism.  I confess, though, that I haven't sought out "the other side" to get a different perspective.

And what I'm saying may be unrelated to the sticker, but it's just interesting to note.


The traffic sign means something along the lines of, "Watch for pedestrians."

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