Aruba Trade mission to attract Chinese tourists … Its not your Parent’s Aruba

 

When you can’t count on American tourism where does Aruba turn to … China. The China_flagAruba Travel Authority has found the one country that they believe has not heard of Natalee Holloway. Watch this move change the face of Aruban tourism forever. It is truly an amazing tourism  philosophy they seem to have in Aruba. Don’t fix the obvious that will cure the ills of their tourism issues, but instead market to a mass number of people like China and hope they don’t care or don’t know.

Aruba cherishes those “nouveau riche” that are fond of traveling, and of course ignoring those human rights issues in China. After all, what’s more important, tourism or human rights?

The young nouveau riche of China is very fond of traveling and the market is very large.   The delegation will also talk to tour operators and travel agents.

Aruba, the Chinese are also found of their safety on vacation and making it back to Beijing alive.

Amigoe; June 13, 2007: Trade mission to attract Chinese tourists    

ORANJESTAD – The most important objectives of an Aruban trade delegation that went to Beijing this week is the attraction of tourists and the establishment of an international commercial center with high-quality Chinese products, here in Aruba .    

Prime Minister Nelson Oduber, Minister Nilo Swaen of Economic Affairs and Finance, and Agustin Vrolijk, director of Foreign Relations Administration are part of the delegation.   Other members of the delegation are:   Myrna Jansen, director of Aruba Tourism Authority, Peter Steinmetz of Aruba Airport Authority, Alfonso Boekhoudt of Aruba Ports Authority, Greg Peterson of Free Zone Aruba, Frendsel Giel of Aruba Investment Bank, Rien Schoon of Aruba Stevedoring Company, Gideon Blaauw of Ernst & Young and businessman René Kan.    

The delegation stays in Beijing for one week.   They will talk to the Chinese aviation authorities.   The young nouveau riche of China is very fond of traveling and the market is very large.   The delegation will also talk to tour operators and travel agents.

Vrolijk says that China is interested in establishing a commercial center in Aruba for the region and for South-America.   Up till now, Dubai is the only country that has such commercial center.   Aruba would love to welcome such commercial center especially in the Free Zone.   Aruba is thinking of high-quality high-tech products.    

The delegation will talk with harbour authorities in Shanghai about ocean transportation.   The programme is put together by the Chinese trade delegation that was in Aruba for orientation conversations a few months ago.    

The delegation will also visit an elementary school.   A large number of elementary schools are going to represent the participating countries in the Olympic Games in Beijing .   To participate, the schools need to have sufficient information about the countries in question.   The delegation returns to Aruba via Amsterdam on Sunday, June 24th.   The group will arrive in Aruba on Tuesday morning.    

Posted June 13, 2007 by
Aruba, boycott, Economy, Travel, World | 74 comments


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  • Comments

    74 Responses to “Aruba Trade mission to attract Chinese tourists … Its not your Parent’s Aruba”

    1. buster on June 13th, 2007 9:17 am

      Does any one have Chinas number ??? Let’s give them a quick call………………………………………….

    2. bleachedblack on June 13th, 2007 9:59 am

      Hmmmm this move has me scratching my head. What makes Aruba Tourism think that the Chinese would pass on such places as Fiji, Marshall Islands,and Bali as island getaways to travel all the way to Aruba? Checking Travelocity flights from Shanghai,China all make 2 stops,travel time 33hours and costs range $1600. and up. WTF?

    3. Vicki on June 13th, 2007 10:21 am

      what a joke…What in Gods name can LIERUBA offer the chinese? To spend that kind of money to travel,one would think that they would go to Vegas..or NY. But the BOYCOTT isnt working??hahahahahaha

    4. Meee on June 13th, 2007 10:25 am

      Because they are desperate for tourist.

    5. Carpe Noctem on June 13th, 2007 10:37 am

      How do u say “Nelson Oduber is a stanky,

      child molester with a most wicked case

      of beer breath” in Chinese?

      JUSTICE 4 NATALEE

    6. Vicki on June 13th, 2007 11:39 am

      Hey Carpe, for that matter..How do you say Rudy is a pedifile in chinese..or dont go to carlos and charlies in chinese.

    7. minnesota dad on June 13th, 2007 11:44 am

      What a joke…..and what desperation!

      Why would the ‘nouvo-riche’ of China waste their time travelling to a lame ass Caribbean Island known for kidnapping, drugging, raping, and murdering tourists?

      The Chinese can jump a 3-5 hour flight to dozens of absolutely gorgeous and unspoiled islands. What would be the attraction of flying 12 hours to look at an oil refinery and to spend most of your time panicked that your children could be kidnapped and raped by the Dutch elite —- or even assaulted by chollers.

      This is what happens when a country is absolutely desperate financially and morally. We have seen Croes denounce the Netherlands. Now we see government leaders of a tiny speck of coral in the Caribbean thinking they are ‘players’ by talking to some low level Chinese officials.

      Me thinks this is all a ploy. The Arubans are exhausted by the effectiveness of the travel boycott to their country. They want American politicians to back off of their positions….or else they will bring China and Hugo into Aruba and change the current corrupt dynamic going on down there. Our politicians don’t want that….so they will give Aruba money (because the Netherlands won’t any more!) to keep Hugo and the Chinese out of there. Great way to make up for the severe loss in tourist $$$. Plus, the money, rather than go to the people of Aruba, can go into the pockets of the corrupt MEP party!

      md

    8. Brie on June 13th, 2007 11:47 am

      Kung Fu…Oduber…hope it hits you where it counts!!! Eliminating the head…that wouldn’t hurt anything!

    9. robots on June 13th, 2007 12:05 pm
    10. Richard on June 13th, 2007 12:13 pm

      Aruba didn’t have any money to help with the Natalee investigation … and isn’t saying anything … but it can send its prime minister and other bozos on a junket like this?

      Hope they come back as chop suey, Aruban style.

    11. Pearl on June 13th, 2007 12:19 pm

      Warning to the people of China regarding travel to Aruba: zhulong may be on the loose!

      It is believed by some that Zhulongs roam the beaches, and prey on beautiful, respectable, young innocent girls.

      In some instances, it is believed that Zhulongs DRUG, KIDNAP , RAPE and MURDER young innocent girls, and then, Zhulong claims to “dump them on the beach” while secretly telling others the chilling words: “No Corpse, No case.”

      PEOPLE OF CHINA: BEWARE OF THE ZHULONG THAT COULD BE ROAMING THE BEACHES IN ARUBA!!!

    12. Pearl on June 13th, 2007 12:25 pm

      WARNING TO THE PEOPLE OF CHINA:

      Americans conclude that the Natalee Holloway so-called “investigation” carried out by Aruban officials is FILLED WITH A LOT OF “YIN” – but very much LACKING in any “YANG”.

      SAVE YOUR FAMILY! DO NOT TRAVEL TO DANGEROUS LOCATIONS WHERE YOUR CHILD CAN BECOME DRUGGED, KIDNAPPED, GANG RAPED, BEATEN AND MURDERED BY THE CRIMINAL ZHULONGS THAT MAY LURK ON THE BEACHES OF ARUBA.

    13. Pearl on June 13th, 2007 12:36 pm

      MOGWAI WARNING!

      To the people of China: WARNING! MOGWAI ON THE LOOSE, BELIEVED TO BE LIVING AT “THE HOUSE” IN ARUBA.

      Young, beautiful Natalee Holloway had everything to hope for and dream of as she approached her graduation day in May of 2005.

      But Natlaee never got to follow her dreams.

      THE MOGWAI IN ARUBA IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DRUGGED THIS BEAUTIFUL CHILD, DRUGGING HER, KIDNAPPING HER, BEATING HER, RAPING HER, AND THEN MURDERING HER.

      MOGWAI HID NATALEE’S BODY FROM HER LOVING FAMILY.

      MOGWAI IS STILL ON THE LOOSE IN ARUBA!

      WARNING PEOPLE OF CHINA: DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN BE TAKEN BY THE MOGWAI IN ARUBA.

      MOGWAI HAS MANY JIANG SHI WHO TOOK NATALEE HOLLOWAY AWAY FROM HER LOVING MOTHER AND FATHER – FOREVER.

      DO NOT LET YOUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN BE TAKEN BY MOGWAI AND THE JIANG SHI THAT TOOK NATALEE HOLLOWAY AWAY FROM HER FAMILY FOREVER.

      PROTECT YOUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN!

    14. IndyDan on June 13th, 2007 12:51 pm

      Considering the Chinese views toward women, Aruba must feel they have a lot in common.

    15. Brie on June 13th, 2007 1:09 pm

      Yes, people of China, Aruba has dragon pigs, ghosts, evil spirits and demons. They have taken the form of looking like human beings. Although, there actions and intentions are not civilized. Beware!!! Incognito!.

      When is Tim Miller beginning his water search? I hope they are there on Sun. June the 24th. What are those people doing?
      Aruba’s response, one of our American tourists was drinking heavily and accidentally fell overboard, we are going everything we can to find her!

    16. Richard on June 13th, 2007 1:16 pm

      Just had another look at the list of Aruban notables going on this Chinese junket … hey, guess what? A member of the Aruba Stevedores Union is included.

      Since when does Aruba, or anywhere else, resort to sending a Teamsters guy to attract tourists or investors?

      (Meaning no disrespect to the Teamsters Union, I assure you.)

      I guess this is a way of handing out thanks for loyal political support (patronage?) on Aruba….

    17. Richard on June 13th, 2007 1:19 pm

      One more thing: the article says that the mission left Aruba “this week” and returns on June 24. (I don’t think Rudy Croes went, though I might have missed his name; who’s sitting in back home for Oduber?)

      This is really far-fetched … but maybe Oduber expects something to happen soon in Natalee’s case, and wants to be out of the country, in the time-honored way of politicians, so he won’t be on the hook for the consequences?

    18. Observer on June 13th, 2007 1:19 pm

      “high-quality Chinese products” LOL!! China is the counterfeit capitol of the world!!

      #2 Is right!! Aruba has to go to the Opposite end of the world to try and fiind someone who is not Familiar with Natalee Holloway or the Corrupt Aruban Govt. Problem is that there are hundreds of places much closer and more affordable to travel to. All throughout South East Asia they have pheneominal places to visit Like Singapore,Malaysia,Indonesia,Phuket..etc

    19. Brie on June 13th, 2007 1:33 pm

      Who wants to buy Made in China, in Aruba. When tourists travel they generally like to buy souvenirs they somehow represent the places they have visited. Things that are native to the island, or things that at least signify you were there. I guess Aruba thinks it would be novel to sell dragons and demons.

    20. JusticeforNatalee on June 13th, 2007 1:40 pm

      Aruba: Delusional

    21. Pearl on June 13th, 2007 1:45 pm

      What do Joran Sloot and Jiang Shi have in common?

      JS…………..JS.

      It’s all in a name.

    22. mayan_moons on June 13th, 2007 1:47 pm

      Don’t worry Aruban’s……for parting gifts China will be sending tubes of toothpaste back with the visiting shyster’s for everyone on Aruba!

    23. Brie on June 13th, 2007 1:47 pm

      So China will import their trolls and Aruba will export their missing persons. Oduber and Croes..sounds like a deal to me!

    24. mayan_moons on June 13th, 2007 2:00 pm

      The new tourist tv ad China has made beckoning travelers to Bejing looks very very interesting and is in direct conflict with buddying up with the likes of Aruba. Prolly just another reason to get off that stinking rock for a few days!

    25. sparrow on June 13th, 2007 2:55 pm

      omg, how would you like to be the interpretors on this trip? Observer is right. There are far more beautiful places for the Chinese to visit that are closer to them.

    26. Carpe Noctem on June 13th, 2007 3:03 pm

      Recompensa!

      Natalee’s

      Diario spread.

      http://tinyurl.com/2wavhm

      Rough Translation:

      ORANJESTAD – in the morning booklet dia Rio staatn again

      paginagrote advertisements with a reward of 450,000 florin

      for valuable tips concerning the teenager disappeared

      Natalee Holloway. The advertisement comes two years after

      American without a trace disappeared during a holiday on

      Aruba.

      7 Jun, 2007, 17.14

      Justice 4 Natalee!

    27. disgustedmom on June 13th, 2007 3:31 pm

      #2 said what I was going to say.

      How lame are they in Aruba? This is so nuts!

    28. Miss-Underestimated on June 13th, 2007 4:08 pm

      Hu Jintao, Chavez, & Oddudders,

      Reminds me of another country’s political party.

    29. Miss-Underestimated on June 13th, 2007 4:11 pm

      Maybe they are hooking up with China to take care of the stray dog problem in Aruba.

    30. Pearl on June 13th, 2007 4:27 pm

      YES, #15 – Brie!

      Aruba has JS – JIANG SHI, or vampires that present themselves as “tourists” to young, unsuspecting beautiful girls with everything to hope for in their future.

      These Jiang Shi VAMPIRES, “hop around, killing living creatures to absorb life essence (qì) from their victims.”

      Then, after stealing everything that a precious child has to hope for, the Jiang Shi desecrate their victims, while helpless, suffering and tormented family members are forced to watch, while local polis do absolutely NOTHING to help them find their baby.

      REAL VAMPIRES IN ARUBA, WALKING AROUND ON BEACHES.

      Chinese warning: Aruban Jiang Shi predators drug, kidnap, rape, and heavy battery assault and murder innocent Natalee Holloway, and then denegrate the victim, desecrate her body, and in smug commentary state: “No corpse, no case”. THE JIANG SHI ARE INCOGNITO, BRIE! BUT NOT FOR VERY LONG!!!

      #18 – Observer! How right you are..

      THEY CAN RUN, BUT THEY CAN’T HIDE FROM WHAT THEY DID TO NATALEE HOLLOWAY AND TO HER FAMILY.

      They can try to travel to the opposite side of the world, but even there, people will learn of the Jiang Shi in Aruba, and the evil Mogwai predators who gang up on little defenseless girls so that they can collaborate in drugging them, raping them, beating them and murdering them.

      Great photo, Observer!!! “GO HOME, BETH” – words spoken from an Aruban protester who claimed to be “welcoming” to “tourists” but apparently, NOT to Beth, the mother of a brutally victimized child named Natalee Holloway, who was savagely STOLEN from her loving family.

      END THE UNJUST CONTAINMENT OF NATALEE HOLLOWAY, ARUBA!

      LET THE JUST CONTAINMENT OF THE CRIMINALS WHO MURDERED NATALEE HOLLOWAY – BEGIN!

      ARUBA: FREE NATALEE FROM UNLAWFUL,BARBARIC CONTAINMENT!

      CONTAIN THE MURDERERS, NOT THE VICTIM!!!!!

      JUSTICE FOR NATALEE HOLLOWAY!

    31. Pearl on June 13th, 2007 4:45 pm

      28 and 29………ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Maybe we should all chip in and sent a truck load of China’s tooth paste tubes, to Paulus and Anita.
      I heard Joran had “tooth problems” while he was in prison.

    32. Carpe Noctem on June 13th, 2007 4:49 pm

      What are they saying about Booshi?

      DIARIO

      http://tinyurl.com/yu66of

    33. Carpe Noctem on June 13th, 2007 4:57 pm

      #30 Pearl

      I know how to say “BRUTAL RAPIST-MURDERER”

      speaking in the Chinese language…

      > VAN DER SLOOT!

      It is UNIVERSAL.

    34. Allan K on June 13th, 2007 5:31 pm

      Aruba’s trade delegation have some serious personal issues they need to deal with. They don’t need tourists now, they need to try and start not being so corrupt including cover-up
      for Natalee Holloway’s disappearance and probable murder.
      Me thinks no fortune cookie for Aruba.

    35. Carpe Noctem on June 13th, 2007 6:01 pm

      I will never ever EVER…

      AS LONG AS I WALK THIS EARTH…

      > EVER FORGET

      the look of pain in Natalee’s mother’s eyes, Aruba…

      http://tinyurl.com/2n75o5

      When you told her SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED

      to her daughter…

      …and basically that she

      should shut up, go home, and get over it.

      I will continue to tell people what a complete effing

      > TOILET BOWL of a country

      Aruba is, as long as I can. I will continue to torpedo your

      tourism relentlessly, and you can count on that!

      Because it’s the RIGHT THING TO DO.

      Let me say it once again, lest there be NO CONFUSION!!!

      *** I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW POORLY YOU TREATED NATALEE

      HOLLOWAY, HER MOM, AND HER FAMILY. ****

      Aruba has burned that into my brain for a lifetime.

      http://tinyurl.com/32v3vs

      Justice 4 Natalee Holloway!

    36. Brie on June 13th, 2007 6:23 pm

      Wonder what Aruba’s fortune cookie would say.

      Thinking of importing and and exporting. Aruba has a free zone with 3 large docks on Aruba. RWB probably had an account set up their because of the motorcycles. Stuff is moved in and out of there all the time. You can lease and rent buildings, office space, etc. I read an article on him today that said many think he is the missing link in the Natalee disappearance. I recall reading a post from Gabe that stated, those that are responsbile for Natalee’s disappearance were clever enough to remove the last link.

    37. Brie on June 13th, 2007 6:52 pm

      Depending on how many cards Paulus had he could of made more than one withdrawal that night, not necessarily just on his bank card. That could of been upfront money and the rest came the following day. He said he made a small deposit from Joran, we don’t know if that’s true and why was it so important to make 2 trips. Maybe to withdrawal even more money. RWB along the way said it wasn’t enough and wanted more, so the riddles began to draw even more suspicion, Paulus knew it was him, so they put an end to blackmail and anything he could further say incriminating them. He was probably Shango! And started the riddles. He would know about the Lone Ranger and Tonto! He also had immediate access to barrels, crates, boxes and all sorts of containers.

      Natalee could of been taken to one of many places. Maybe she isn’t alive, but…but…but.. she could of been put into some type of container with a venilator and there was obviously someone waiting at the end, the same resource RWB used to smuggle anything else. Oh dear, maybe I read too many Perry Mason’s. However, I think the above is worth giving some thought too, at least for me.

    38. Pearl on June 13th, 2007 7:01 pm

      Hi Carpe, I hope you are doing well.

      Isn’t it interesting, Carpe how some words just seem to explode as they reveal associated meaning, hidden deep within that the words can simply not escape…

      You wondered if Van der Sloot would be synonymous with ‘brutal rapist murderer’ as more people learn of the brutality that Natalee’s family and Natalee suffered at the hands of the Van der Sloots.

      I suppose that people who inflict evil upon innocent children in particular, do indeed become remembered for their most savage cruelty that was inflicted upon the innocent child they victimized.

      It’s also like taking phrases of words, Carpe and asking yourself, WHAT else could this possibly mean but what it says?

      Phrases like:

      “No corpse, no case”…

      “And that was already IN THE FIRST DAY…”

      “We have not gotten that golden tip yet” …

      “FBI are working closely with the investigation…”

      “THEY NEVER SET FOOT IN THE WATER…; they were asked to do some SITE SURVEY WORK…”

      “If any harm comes to Natalee it would damage the reputation of Aruba”..

      “This will blow over in two weeks”…
      “Aruba is a very happy safe island”. “We are LOOKING EVERYWHERE.”

      “We can’t go in there like cowboys”…

      “WE AGREED TO GO TO THE HOUSE”.

      “Aruba is a very happy safe island. WE are looking EVERYWHERE.”

      “The father and the mother met with friends of their son, the suspect …to ask about what questions polis were raising …”

      “…and this would be an OBSTRUCTION to the investigation..”

      “These boys aren’t killers…”

      “They’re guilty as HELL”.

      Somehow, Carpe, words do find a way of seeking out and joining with the intent with which they were spoken and the truth that reveals their hidden purpose and meaning.

      There seemed to be some heavy duty word-shifters over at the ALE, when it came to WHAT WAS SAID in the STATEMENTS that survived the shredder; however, what became of all the statements that vanished of which, only traces now exist?

      THE NIGHT GUARD AT THE HOLIDAY INN HOTEL: “I never saw any sign of her.”

      The hotel employee from the HI: “We checked all the tapes; there is NO SIGN OF HER…”

      “We Dropped her off right in front of the hotel lobby entrance, where she was approached by a dark skinned guard carrying a walkie talkie.”

      “We dropped her off right in front of the hotel lobby entrance, and we even tried to help her get inside the lobby…”

      “She was approached by a dark skinned guard..”
      “She walked up to a dark skinned guard..”

      “We dropped her off right ahead of the lobby entrance, and drove away before she entered the lobby”

      “We dropped her off right across from the lobby entrance and out of the range of the CAMERAS” ( that prove ‘we’ are all a bunch of liars).

      “They dropped her off BEHIND the lobby.”

      “We dropped her off at the Marriott…”

      “We left her on the beach…”

      “We all agreed to go to THE HOUSE”.
      “We CAN’T go in like cowboys.”

      END THE CORRUPTION, ARUBA!

      CONTAIN THE MURDERERS, NOT THE VICTIM!

      JUSTICE FOR NATALEE HOLLOWAY!

    39. Brie on June 13th, 2007 7:04 pm

      #35..Carpe…”DITTO”

    40. Mary Ann on June 13th, 2007 7:54 pm

      I guess you didn’t know how many Chinese people are already in aruba. They own all the grocery stores and many restaurants. You really have to do your homework, China is not such a stretch. Everything in the world is not associated with Natalee.

    41. Brie on June 13th, 2007 7:58 pm

      Pearl, and there’s more:

      “Aw, go to Carlos n Charlie’s, have a beer, she’ll show in a couple of days”…

      “Somebody shut that woman up”

      “Go home Beth”

      “You’ll never find her”

      “Yes we will, wanna bet”

      “She ran away”

      “Something bad happened”

      “I’ll say you touched her with the car”

      “I should of killed you both”

      “If they find her you’ll get 15 years

      “Her friends made me go to her”

      “What happened to Natalee, asked the reporter at the airport in the Netherlands, “I know and I will tell you someday”

      Paulus, “We can’t say what happened innocent people will get hurt”

      Tim Miller to Dompig, “I need you to make a phone for more equipment, we can have it but you have to call, “I’m too busy” says Dom Pig

      “This is the final phase, she’s buried in the sand dunes” ,his drug infected brother-in-law

      AN EYE FOR AN EYE*********SEND US JORAN********************

    42. sparrow on June 13th, 2007 8:06 pm

      The ATM trip still has my attention. Now to find out why the trip at 4 in the morning. We know why, but I want the details. The details will tell who all the players are. If,RWB was Shango, when he write this riddle it is cruel and vicious. The riddle is part of their sick game. paulus could have used someone else’s ATM card for withdrawals. Now to with draw at 4 a. m. and then deposit twice later on–hmm. Sounds like there had to be a certain amount in the bank or else there would be questions of the money taken out. Why the hell is the ATM nagging me?

    43. Jason on June 13th, 2007 8:25 pm

      Yea…How DARE they seek to do business with the largest economy in the world.What are they thinking???

    44. IndyDan on June 13th, 2007 8:55 pm

      Word Out – A mole within the ATA leaked info that if the China tourism draw doesn’t work, their strategy is to focus on similar third world countries like Bangkok, followed by Zimbabwe and as a last resort – Baghdad. Nelson Obuder was quoted as saying, if the Americans dont like us, let’s invest in the Middle or Far East or even the Far Out.

    45. Joanie on June 13th, 2007 8:58 pm

      I admit I am a bit off the subject, but has anyone seen the very late night Aruba ads on BRAVO? Its the only channel I have seen Aruba ads on. Unfortunately, being disabled, I have alot of time to watch tv. Anything we all can do to get BRAVO to remove those pretty looking Aruba ads?

    46. Brie on June 13th, 2007 9:04 pm

      Maybe Shango wanted more money so he wanted the riddles to look like Anita! Or maybe he just wanted to make things worse.

      Statement from above, Everything in the world is not associated with Natalee, sounds like something Anita would say.

      If they own all the grocery stores and many of the restaurants, sounds like the Arubans are going to abandon ship. Aruba alias Chinatown.

    47. IndyDan on June 13th, 2007 9:17 pm

      Joanie #45 – The late night ads for Aruba competing with the other late night ads for ‘How to get Rich in Real Estate’, ‘Girls Gone Wild’, the ‘Bullet Blender’ and the ‘Ladder Giant’ isn’t going to garnish any real travel interest. They are wasting their money.

    48. Brie on June 13th, 2007 9:35 pm

      Oduber, why don’t you just blubber up and tell us where Natalee is. If you going to tell a story, it’s like this…Americans always liked Aruba, they were our bread and butter…we lost there friendship because of how cruel and inhuman we are. And how we misreated many people. We corrupt, we murder, we protect our predators. But we think we are a safe island by our standards.

    49. Miss-Underestimated on June 13th, 2007 10:06 pm

      Mary Ann

      Well, if you come here you know that everything in Aruba is associated with Natalee Holloway.

    50. sparrow on June 13th, 2007 10:29 pm

      Brie, that’s funny Chinatown, or is it little chinatown?

    51. Brie on June 13th, 2007 10:41 pm

      A little homework for Mary Ann,a little knowledge for Jason, did you know, article in BBC News, cities like Beijing have a growing drug trade. The spread of ice(also known as methamphetamine)can be partly explained by the fact that China is the worlds’s largest source of ephedrine, from which the drug is derived. Intravenous drug use is officially listed as the main cause of the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in China; while drugs of various types have found markets in the night clubs.

    52. rider on June 13th, 2007 10:52 pm

      #41 says
      **AN EYE FOR AN EYE*** SEND US JORAN
      ————————————

      I say, ***2 eyes for one***, send us Joran and Paulus

    53. Compananzi on June 13th, 2007 10:53 pm

      Let me perhaps offer the so called hypocritical point of view. First to number #43, points out the exact point. Where is the largest American manufacturing plant centered? What famous Retail store is coined as China Inc? Hmm? Doing ad persuing business with the next world superpower is logical and a no brainer.
      To #21 thru #24, actually you find it hard to defend China, cuz deep down you are also suspect of China, how dare they use up worlds resources and try to catch up with US? Your contempt of China just jumps out of the sentences you formulate.
      The simple fact is that Neither local police dutch police or US FBI is able to solve this dissapearance.

    54. Joanie on June 13th, 2007 10:55 pm

      Indy Dan; It was bothering me that this Aruba commercial was on several times, but it is after 1 am PCT. I suppose this is the ONLY time line they can get (I hope) If I start to see Aruba commercials in prime time, I’m gonna complain to the network and cable company. I’ll keep ya all posted.

    55. katablog.com on June 13th, 2007 11:24 pm

      My guess is this was simply a free trip for those going. I doubt very much that the Chinese are interested in One Crappy Little Island.

      As already said, too many other gorgeous places to go that are much closed.

    56. Carpe Noctem on June 13th, 2007 11:35 pm

      RE: THE ATA HATA ARUBA TV PATHETIC COMMERCIALS

      …..

      Nah, I just take all of the pathetic

      Aruba ads, and tell the Natalee Holloway

      story over them with graphics, & play them

      to inform people all over the Internet…

      what a gang-raping,

      tourists assassinating, island of filth and death Aruba

      is.

      ARUBA, where the brutal raping Van ser sloot

      and Kalpoe serial murderers live. -j4n

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc4YvAbMqcU

    57. Pearl on June 14th, 2007 12:55 am

      53 – How unfortunate that you seem to lump the Chinese in with vampires.

      Perhaps it is indicative of the kind of attitudes that flow with the spew of racist comments hurled by cowardly men, who select a victimized child to slander, by claiming SHE was the one to have the racist attitudes about Black people, while Aruban murdering liars incriminate TWO INNOCENT BLACK MEN for the contemptable criminal acts inflicted upon Natalee Holloway.

      IT WAS BETH WHO FREED JOHN AND JONES, AND NO ONE ELSE.
      IT WAS NATALEE’S TRUTH THAT LED TO THEIR FREEDOM, AND NOT THE CONTEMPTABLE CONDUCT OF THE COWARDS WHO CONTINUTED TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL ACTS OF WRONGDOING BY FALSELY IMPLICATING TWO INNOCENT BLACK MEN, AND FRAMING THEM.

      What’s that, 53? You don’t know what the “contemptable criminal acts” are?

      ASK DOMPIG WHAT “THEY’RE GUILTY AS HELL,” MEANS.

      How telling that the same bunch who falsely, and with savage disregard, implicated TWO INNOCENT BLACK MEN for crimes committed against this precious child, were still not satisfied after framing two innocent Black men, and charing the victim with RACISM, but – MUCH THE SAME AS JIANG SHI, they then generated contemptable comments of vicious assault which they hurled at Natalee’s grieving mother by attempting to associate HER with the man of hate, himself: HITLAR.

      And true to their very nature, Jiang Shi felt absolutely NOTHING for the victim – Natalee, nor for her suffering and heart broken family.

      JIANG SHI: VAMPIRES… REAL VAMPIRES IN ARUBA!

      But serpent tongues do seem to twist and turn in any direction and seem to be impervious to the depths and dregs of hell itself.
      And oh, how the patterns of contempt continue to swirl about, but oh, how crystally transparent they are when looked at against the simple, pure, piercing power of NATALEE’S TRUTH!!!

      Yet now, here you are, suggesting that VAMPIRES are somehow synonymous with the people of China!!!

      Tell us, 53, since you seem so invested in the spinning of words, were you in on the Hitlar lies or any of the filthy lies reflected by the racists who made them?

      How about the targetting of those innocent Black men?
      Did you know anything about that?

      Try to consider this, 53: a little girl was torn from the loving arms of her mother and father.
      Jiang Shi called it a “game”.
      Typical of vampires: no ability to feel compassion for the suffering victim they tortured and tormented to death.

      Natalee’s family suffers a pain and anguish beyond anything you will ever have to imagine, 53.

      Are you really that cruel and heartless, as to think that they do not deserve to have their little girl back?
      Surely, you must be capable of understanding HOW MUCH they suffer.

      Natalee’s family longs to have their precious child returned to them.
      They miss her terribly. All they want now is to have their baby returned to them.

      Even you can understand that, 53.

      Is it no wonder that tourism has taken a nose dive in Aruba?

      You can’t seem to fathom the difference between a VAMPIRE and a potential ‘tourist’ of Chinese origin, – who unknowingly does not yet realize that there are indeed living VAMPIRES on the island of Aruba?

      ALL THE MORE REASON FOR US TO GET THE WORD OUT TO THE PEOPLE OF CHINA!!!

      WARNING: JIANG SHI WALKS THE BEACHES IN ARUBA!
      PARENTS PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN FROM JIANG SHI!!!

      Don’t choose Jiang Shi, 53.
      Choose life, instead.
      Choose compassion for this brutally victimized child.

      CONTAINMENT FOR MURDERERS, NOT FOR VICTIMS!!!
      CONTAINMENT FOR CRIMINAL RAPIST, MURDERING LIARS, NOT INNOCENT VICTIMIZED CHILDREN!

      NO CORPSE, NO CASE MEANS NO JUSTICE FOR NATALEE AND NO TOURISM FOR ARUBA.

      CONTAIN THE MURDERERS, NOT THE VICTIM!

      Cling to the Jiang Shi, 53…and you will find, that where your comfort is, so lies your heart and your soul.

      FREEDOM FOR NATALEE!

      CONTAINMENT FOR THE MURDERERS!

      CONTAINMENT FOR THE MURDERERS, NOT THE VICTIM!

      JUSTICE FOR NATALEE HOLLOWAY!

    58. Pearl on June 14th, 2007 1:00 am

      41 – great additions, Brie!

      49 – RIGHT ON TARGET, MISS UNDERESTIMATED!

      AND SO IT SHALL CONTINUE TO BE, BECAUSE OF “NO BODY, NO CASE”.

      JUSTICE FOR THIS PRECIOUS CHILD: NATALEE HOLLOWAY.

      CONTAIN THE MURDERERS, NOT THE VICTIM, ARUBA!
      SET NATALEE FREE!
      RELEASE NATALEE SO SHE CAN FINALLY COME HOME!!!

      JUSTICE FOR NATALEE HOLLOWAY!
      CONTAINMENT FOR ALL THE DRUGGERS, KIDNAPPERS, RAPISTS, HEAVY BATTERY COWARDS, AND MURDERERS.

      CONTAIN THE CRIMINALS, NOT THE VICTIMS, ARUBA!

    59. mayan_moons on June 14th, 2007 1:35 am

      I find it hard to defend China?? Not sure where thats coming from so let me set you straight. Except for the gluten in the pet food and now other dangerous additives being added to consumer products as of late….. i find China facinating in history through the ages.

      That contempt is toward Aruba and the Aruban son’s who for their own selfish even psychopathic desires are met by drugging young girls which risks their lives due to drug reactions and interactions and thats the least of it You people are wrong to do that….you have NO RIGHT to do that to anyone.

    60. Pearl on June 14th, 2007 1:40 am

      Oh, and 53…last time I read, I believe Paulus, Joran, Deepak and Satish, along with their Jiang Shi pals had been charged with something OTHER THAN: THE “DISAPPEARANCE” OF NATALEE HOLLOWAY.

      I believe the words used were: MURDER, KIDNAPPING, CONTAINMENT WITH THE DEAD…something along THOSE LINES.

      But, of course, you came up with: “disappearance”.

      Is that another Jiang Shi lie to perpetuate the notion that “SOMETHING BAD” didn’t REALLY happen so that Aruba can continue as usual, (like 20X before) without even so much as a pause for the horrific cruelty that continues to be inflicted upon NATALEE, and upon Natalee’s family?

      Are we back to: TOURISM over human rights violations?
      DEGREDATION AND DESECRATION OVER HUMAN DIGNITY?

      JIANG SHI conduct cannot be hidden, nor can Natalee’s truth be crushed and silenced.

      You claim that our FBI cannot solve this, 53?

      What was all that fury over the FBI, about – 53?

      The “FBI CANNOT SOLVE THIS”, you say? – as Aruba seemed to develop laryngitis when it came to IDENTIFYING TARGET AREAS FOR THE FBI TO SEARCH.

      JIANG SHI.

      THE FBI CAN’T SOLVE THIS?

      Perhaps you should check your facts with Karen Janssen, the woman who in ONE DAY – stated: “We do not need assistance from the FBI” – only to then state hours later: “WE NEED THE HELP OF THE FBI”.

      “The FBI can’t solve this?”

      Yes, it always did seem very suspicious that ARUBA invidted the FBI to “work closely” with the ALE – only to then send agents as far away from any “investigating” as possible, so that the LIES, cover ups, deceptions, and barbaric cruelty could continue.

      “FBI DIVERS ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR POLIS”.

      “FBI DIVERS LEFT THE ISLAND ( after roughly 48 hours). THEY NEVER SET FOOT IN THE WATER. THEY WERE ASKED TO DO SOME SITE SURVEY WORK.”

      DO NOT INSULT OUR FBI!

      AND DO NOT CALL THIS THE LIE, OF ALL LIES: A “DISAPPEARANCE”.

      HOW DOES A CORPSE GET ERASED INTO A “DISAPPEARANCE”?

      HOW DOES A SUSPECT LEAD POLIS TO A “BODY”, IF THE BODY SUFFERS FROM A “DISAPPEARANCE”?

      HOW DOES A SUSPECT TAKE POLIS TO THE LOCATION OF “SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED”, IF – THIS IS JUST A DISAPPEARANCE?

      JIANG SHI.

      JUSTICE FOR NATALEE.

      CONTAINMENT FOR THE MURDERERS, NOT THE VICTIM!

      JUSTICE FOR NATALEE HOLLOWAY!

    61. mayan_moons on June 14th, 2007 1:44 am

      I never see anyone here trying to lord it over the Arubans /Dutch but i sure see feelings of inferiority in your comments.

    62. Pearl on June 14th, 2007 1:48 am

      As always, Mayan, you have so beautifully expressed the power of Natalee’s truth: THIS CHILD’S HUMAN RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED.

      It is indeed interesting that the country that sanctions the VIOLATIONS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF A CHILD, would now seek to turn to CHINA for economic relief as salve for CRIMINAL CONDUCT that CAUSED the economic suffering!

      It’s almost as though HUMAN RIGHTS are viewed by some in Aruba, as an object to STEAL, to KIDNAP, TO VIOLATE, TO SUBJECT TO LEWD, DEGRADING, DESECRATORY CONDUCT.

      Barbaric Jiang Shi.

      FREEDOM FOR NATALEE!

      JUSTICE FOR NATALEE!

      CONTAINMENT FOR THE JIANG SHI MURDERERS!

    63. mayan_moons on June 14th, 2007 2:22 am

      Thank you Pearl, thats sweet of you. This is about human rights and some morals and having the decency to give Natalee’s remains back to her family. Aruban’s haven’t taught their children any of those things. It appears they are taught that Americans think they are better than them and to stick it to em whenever you get the chance. That is how they justify to themselves that it is okay to abuse the tourist girls and rob & steal from all the tourists.

    64. mayan_moons on June 14th, 2007 3:11 am

      Unless you’re a psycho like Jipshit and Papa Sweat, one must villify their targetted victim.

    65. Richard on June 14th, 2007 5:56 am

      I think that the Chinese are somewhat more clever with Arubans (which isn’t saying much). Any dealings with Aruba will be on THEIR terms.

      Possibly Aruba is seeking new funding (“Hey, our tourism is doing GREAT! Come and invest!”) and is hoping to sucker the Chinese. My guess is … the Chinese would skin them alive if they are interested in doing business.

      Brie (#37) … there would be two ways to get Natalee off the island, by boat or by air. Few people have thought about the latter, but there is a case in Canada, which I think dates back to the 1970s. I’m just not sure, nor do I remember the name … but I could find it if you wanted.

      Anyway, a rich Muslim family from, I think, Algeria was incensed that one of their daughters had left home, moved to Canada, and broken out of the stifling cultural mode that she was raised in.

      So members of the family, including her parents, went to visit her in Canada. They somehow drugged her, took her to the airport, put her on their private plane and flew her back home. As simple as that.

      I’m sure that some private planes at the Aruban airport are owned by people with, shall we say, interests in illegal enterprises. I doubt that anyone would question them … and private planes must fly to and from the South American continent, and other Caribbean islands, all the time.

      I’ve always thought that Natalee might have been held hostage for some days on the island, or on a boat. As long as she was kept quiet, that would be a safe place for the perpetrators … you don’t have too many people dropping in on private boats unannounced.

      And I imagine there are so many boats in and around Aruba, nobody is going to be looking at them suspiciously, whether a new yacht or an old fishing scow.

      As I’ve said before, it’s possible to keep someone “asleep” with periodic injections of heroin. I wouldn’t have the faintest idea how to do it … but it’s been done. There was a case up here in Vermont. This is the sort of thing that a drug dealer would probably know full well how to do.

    66. Richard on June 14th, 2007 6:00 am

      But of course, it’s just too far-fetched to think of someone being seized from daily life and held captive, right? This sort of thing doesn’t happen in real life….

      Here’s a story from upper New York state a few years back. Please give it a careful reading before writing it off:

      http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/04/28/captive.women/

      N.Y. police build case against man accused of raping captive women
      Tuesday, April 29, 2003

      John Jamelske is accused of kidnapping women and holding them in an underground bunker.

      SYRACUSE, New York (CNN) — Authorities Monday appealed for information as they build their case against a retired handyman charged with holding a teenage girl captive for seven months in an underground bunker and sexually abusing her.

      John Jamelske was charged April 9 with kidnapping, rape, sodomy and sexual abuse, all stemming from incidents involving the 16-year-old, but other girls and women have come forward with similar accusations, Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh said.

      In at least two other cases, Jamelske allegedly kidnapped and abused two teenagers — one of those he held for A YEAR and the other for almost TWO YEARS.

      Other suspected victims include a woman in her mid-50s who alleged that Jamelske “raped and tortured (her) in his dungeon — her phrase — and that occurred about five years ago,” Walsh said.

      The woman said that after Jamelske kidnapped her, she was bound, gagged, blindfolded and driven to an underground bunker where she remained for nearly 10 months, he said.

      During the first three months, the woman said, she was chained to a heavy metal grate and sexually abused every day before he released her, Walsh added.

      “We believe that there may be other victims out there,” the sheriff said. “We also believe Jamelske may have attempted to lure others and failed.”

      No other charges have been filed against Jamelske yet, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said.

      Walsh addressed questions that have been raised as to why the 16-year-old did not attempt to escape on occasions when the suspect took her to public places. He quoted one of the older victims, saying she said that she “did everything that he asked, hoping he would release me,” and made compliant by fear.

      “I would only cry when he was not around — I did not want him to hit me,” she reportedly told police. “I did not want to die down in those rooms because no one would ever find my body.”

      If he inspired that much fear in a grown woman, Walsh said, he couldn’t imagine the fear that the teenagers must have felt.

    67. Richard on June 14th, 2007 6:08 am

      The emphasis in the story above, the capitals, was by me.

      Here’s another story of possible relevance, and again in the U.S. A family knew that a woman was being held hostage, and did nothing about it because they were afraid that the perpetrator would turn on them.

      I remember reading about a similar case in Japan.

      We all think some people on Aruba know more than they are saying. I’m not saying this has anything to do with Natalee, but believe we cannot write out any option.

      And remember, to Arubans Natalee was just another tourist.
      An outsider; one of those “dominant rich Americans.” How many of them would be willing to take chances for her?

      http://www.examiner.com/a-653653~Family_kept_quiet_about_captive_woman.html?cid=rss-Baltimore

      Family kept quiet about captive woman
      Apr 3, 2007
      The Examiner

      William Thomas Parrish III’s family knew he was holding a woman captive in his grandfather’s Finksburg home. But no one told police for fear Parrish, 25, would make good on his threat to hurt 72-year-old Lawrence Thompson if the woman tried to escape.

      “He threatened to harm his [grandfather,]” said one of his family members, who wished not to be identified before court proceedings. “She stayed there as long as she did to protect him. She was brave for him. We knew she was being physically abused, but [Parrish] wouldn’t let us take her. He wouldn’t let her out of his sight.”

      Parrish forced the woman, with whom he had a social relationship, to stay at his Thompson’s house in the 2100 block of Bethel Road from Feb. 20 to March 30, according to charging documents.

      During her captivity, Parrish tattooed his name on her skin, gagged her with socks, burned and raped her, the documents show.

      She told police Parrish threatened harm to her children and “other family members,” presumably Thompson, if she didn’t submit.

      The woman also said Parrish beat her face, arms, legs, back and chest area with his fists and struck her in the head with a large glass bottle.

      “We could see the marks and bruises on her body on her face,” the family member said.

      She escaped Friday at around 9:00 p.m., while out in Westminster with Parrish, the family member said.

      “He left her for a minute or two and she ran off to a stranger’s house and they, in turn, helped her call the police,” the family member said.

      State police arrested Parrish Saturday morning and charged him with false imprisonment, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and three counts of malicious destruction of property, said David P. Daggett, Carroll County deputy state’s attorney.

      Parrish was denied bail Monday in district court.

      The family said Parrish had been staying with Thompson, who has a pacemaker and a heart condition, since his wife died about two months ago.

      “It was only supposed to be for a few days,” but in the fog after the funeral, Parrish’s extended stay wasn’t a point of serious concern until his family found out he was holding a woman at the house against her will.

      “We are supporting the girl,” the family member said.

      Parrish is being held at the Carroll County Detention Center. A court date has not been set.

    68. Richard on June 14th, 2007 8:22 am

      Finally, in case anyone is wondering … I’m not suggesting that Natalee Holloway is at this moment imprisoned in some underground bunker on Aruba.

      What I am trying to say, and the reason for posting these horrific stories, is that sometimes the simplest, the most logical, and the most likely explanation for things … is not the truth.

      I don’t pretend to have the answers in Natalee’s case. But on the one hand we had, less than two weeks after Natalee vanished, Aruban officials huffing and puffing and telling us that she’s dead, no doubt that she’s dead, we know that she’s dead, we’ve seen the evidence and yep, she’s dead.

      Despite all of these assertions, no crime scene has been produced, no body has been found, no traces of Natalee have been found and none of the teen suspects have cracked (as far as we know).

      Obivously they are involved. Equally obvious, it seems to me and to many others, is that more people know things they aren’t saying. How many more? That’s the question….

      If Natalee were taken off Aruba, or were held captive by people who planned to take her off Aruba, it doesn’t necessarily follow that she would still be alive.

      My having worked with the family of Amy Bradley, and the stuff that we have unearthed, convinces me that she COULD still be alive and, like Amy, is doing what she has to do to stay alive. Read the story above about the woman who was imprisoned in that underground dungeon, who cooperated (in her own country, in her own area) because she thought that gave her the best chance of survival.

      Think of a teen girl put in a foreign environment, held among people who regard her as trash to be used and abused.

      Let’s hope that we find out someday. If Tim Miller and his people find Natalee’s body where they think it is, then obviously this idea is way wrong.

      If they don’t ….

    69. Observer on June 14th, 2007 11:48 am

      Human Rights issues in China?? The story that came out today is very disturbing!!
      http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070614/ts_afp/chinaslaverychildren

    70. Brie on June 14th, 2007 4:57 pm

      Well, I guess it’s like this. I’m trying to read everything that pertains to Natalee and her disappearance but until there is a body, which no one seems to be able to produce, but wants to convince us she is dead, I will still believe that maybe she is still alive. And I hope she is. And I hope we find her.(They obviously want us to stop looking) If so, I’m sure there will be many problems and obstacles to overcome. However, with all the love shown for Natalee we could help her get thru it all and hopefully help her to fulfill her dreams. She is still young and has her whole life ahead of her.

      But this doesn’t mean I still discount the thought that she might be dead. We’ve been lead to believe so many things that have turned out to be false. Such as, she is dead I have seen the evidence. Then why do not produce the body. How can you make a statement like that and not return Natalee to her family. I’m surprised you haven’t driven Beth, Dave and Jug and their families to complete insanity. The human torture from many of those,corrupt and evil, shall meet their maker. And it could result in their current lifetime.

      I also think, Joran was hanging around the Holiday Inn and watching Natalee and her friends, he had plenty of time to come up with a plan. He also could of learned in advance what they were planning to do on certain days. Why was he at the pool at the Holiday Inn, he wasn’t a guest there, or was he. Joran did tell her friends he was an exchange student and staying at the Holiday Inn.

      He states he “Hit the Jackpot”.

      Apparently, he has hit on alot of people for alibi’s and lies. His actions and display of destruction on the island and his violent temper, there is nothing wholesome about him. I think he is capable of anything.

      He is guilty and he had help, anyway you look at it. I understand it was a fisherman’s cage missing, someone with a boat and access to scuba driving equipment and familiar with what lies underwater could of taken her down.

      It seems like the pimp gang have all gone in different directions. Hang around with Joran and you will regret it for the rest of your life.

      It makes me ill to think that Paulus won his lawsuit for being detained. The investigation was not thorough, otherwise, those pounding questions would of answered.

      The two black security guards, innocent of anything, deserve some type of compensation, payable via Paulus. If they couldn’t afford a lawyer, isn’t their a public defender. I guess we chalk that up to discrimination.

    71. Richard on June 14th, 2007 7:50 pm

      Brie, isn’t it interesting that if van der Straaten has seen any evidence of Natalee’s being dead … as he said he has … none of it has been produced. And none of it has led to prosecution against anyone. And what that evidence can be without a body is up in the air … but none of us has seen a body either.

      You’re right: it seems to me that the Dutch in charge of Aruba were desperately trying to make everyone believe that Natalee was dead. End of discussion. She was dead.

      Now, this may very well be true. But surely we can accept that it MIGHT not be. I don’t pretend that my wishes or hopes will influence the reality in any way … but if only for the sake of intellectual honesty, let’s keep open minds.

      And remember, always, the case of Amy Bradley.

      (Or, for that matter, Elizabeth Smart.)

      (Or so many others.)

      Remember, the Caribbean is a very big … and very unsafe … place.

    72. Brie on June 14th, 2007 8:30 pm

      Richard, I agree. Of course, like you said we don’t want to influence any reality in any way. But until I know there is a body and we are certainly trying to find one,if one exists, I believe there is the other possibility. It’s every big as great as Natalee being dead.

      Either way, Joran belongs confined to the mind shrinkers. He’s a criminal and he is dangerous. And you can’t rehab ‘em just confine ‘em.

      Check out post #250, on back pages, under Dana Pretzer June the 8th. Someone has a mind game going, indicates they know what happened, but wants us to draw the conclusion.

    73. Steven on June 14th, 2007 8:55 pm

      What was actually this rumour (of course it is not true) that Natalee run away from home previously to the whole trip?

      __________________

      SM:   False rumor spread by ATA members in an attempt to distract from the truth that Natalee died while in the company of Joran van der Sloot.   Anything to protect their tourism. (klaasend)

    74. Maggie on June 14th, 2007 9:00 pm

      Mary Ann this article wasn’t so much complaining about Chinese being in Aruba or going to Aruba but about this.

      . Don’t fix the obvious that will cure the ills of their tourism issues, but instead market to a mass number of people like China and hope they don’t care or don’t know.

      I can guarantee if any family, from China or wherever was put through what Natalee and her family have been put through, simply because they want their daughter back, they too will not go gently into that good night, if they are any kind of parent at all.

      Rather than fix it, Oduber sticks his nose in the air and thinks he can play a scam game on some other country, just to make money. Ohh this was just one person , we are one happy safe island. Natalee isn’t the only missing person in Aruba and the Holloways and Twittys aren’t the first family to be treated like this by a country that thrives on tourism. With a police force like offered Natalee’s family, who could feel safe there??? With creeps like this roaming everywhere at night with no consequences, who would want their daughter to go there? Right, let’s call in China, they won’t care.

      Everyone who is in charge of this whole matter have slandered the victim and her family.. People have been paid to do so. I seriously hope they sue them all. There’s plenty on record that shows the torture and torment this family has gone through thanks to them.

      Btw, I hope your coconut pies aren’t burning..

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