Homecoming

We arrived home to a jimmied lock and a missing safe. We think it happened the first few days we were gone. Our first night home we spent with the police filing a burglary report. The investigators came and took photos and finger prints. 

It seems there has been a rash of burglaries on the island. The robbers watch houses and  know when you are not home.  They came over the wall from the rental house next to ours.

Disturbing. We feel vulnerable. Not safe. Angry.

So we took action.  We had all the locks on the house replaced and re-keyed.  The safe had all of our house keys with labels.  We put door stoppers in all the door tracks.  We ordered a security system with cameras, alarms, and surveillance.  The windows are a weak link with missing handles and closures.  We ordered new windows.  We changed the auto lights to turn on earlier. We increased our insurance.

Interesting tidbits: there is no locksmith on Bonaire.  Handymen replace doors and locks.  There are no pawn shops on the island.  We thought we could monitor those for our goods.  The police have no idea where stolen stuff is fenced.

Paradise lost.