Venus!
Say it's not so! You are moving back to London? I am very sorry to hear this :-(. I love picturing you on your beautiful island....
I know you well enough to know you had no intention of blaming the victim.
Its funny - when i first read your comment about getting in the cab with two men, I was taken aback - Now, thinking it over it makes perfect sense. Here in the states we ride in a cab with a bullet proof glass partition between us and the driver - his cab and drivers licencee must be displayed. The first time I ever remember sharing a cab was in Athens - it was all new to me. It never occurred to me that riding with two men could be dangerous. Being something that doesn't happen here, our Mothers never taught us that should be something to avoid. Now, I think about the countless times I got into route taxis in Jamaica never thinking about the passengers -never thinking about being a woman alone.
I was very lucky. Today, you taught me something new - something very sensible that I will be sure to pass on to my daughter and nieces when they travel.