Sex-tourists like Bob Kelly loved that kind of situation, because people and place, being ground down into abject poverty led to most desperate sector of society to turn to any means to scrape a meagre living. For some poor, sad young women this meant subjecting themselves to degrading humiliation of pandering to sagging ego, and sagging bodies, of aging perverts like Kelly, for price of a couple of decent meals and a few dollars more.

Bob Kelly’s whining article is also completely off mark in his ill-informed, derogatory, inaccurate comments about President Leonel Fernandez. Thanks be to God that President Fernandez has rapidly begun to help DR towards economic recovery, and regaining self respect of both country, as well as that of people. Due to Mejia nearly bankrupting country, and leading to a ridiculous exchange rate (that only made life even easier for sleazy, disgusting types like Kelly, who could debauch themselves and exploit their victims for less money) President Fernandez has had to make some dramatic economic decisions.

Yes, monetary and fiscal economic adjustments have led to US Dollar now only attracting a little more than half what it used to in Peso value a year or two ago. It has also been necessary, and prudent, to implement some relatively small additional taxes which do impact on tourists, but to be fair there is no argument that visitors to this sunny Isle can afford a few more dollars, pounds or euros much more than local people can.

Today, as President Fernandez and his excellent team, set about repairing devastating damage that was done to Dominican economy in first years of this millennium, sun is finally also beginning to shine for Dominican people. Sure some of measures may be making life more difficult for some just now. But whilst 80% of Dominicans still live below poverty line, and whilst there are exploitative creeps around like Bob Kelly, self confessed ‘dirty old man and sex pest’…then it is more important than ever that President Fernandez steers a straight and firm line to improve conditions for ALL people of his country.

It is a pity that Kelly and his ilk, once identified (such as by his own self confessed article of exploitation of teens and young women - making him little better than a paedophile in our book) can’t be added to a list that STOPS THEM from leaving their own country to practice their disgusting sex-tourism vices.

Bob Kelly admits he is fat, old and bald but he has a few dollars to rub together! He says he is a retired insurance salesman. It is just a pity that poor young women of exotic, but poor, countries around world - where life is a struggle - where a living is hard to make - but where their spirit still burn strong to try and support themselves and their families can’t ‘insure themselves’ against exploitation of disgusting creeps like this sick dirty old man, Bob Kelly – and equally (if not more) vile vultures like Elvis Preston King who apparently actually assist these sex pest tourists in their sickening and perverted quest.

Their Zona Franca that exports products can barely keep their doors open from 50% devaluation of dollar in Dominican Republic. Their tourism has taken a sharp decline. It seems things were better with previous president Hippolito Mejia.

It is still a great place for a Caribbean vacation. I recommend you compare prices with other Caribbean destinations with sharp devaluation of dollar. An American observer.