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For the local community, meanwhile, the behaviour of the Western tourists can cause resentment and anger. "These women come here and chew up our men," one young waitress tells me. "By the time they've finished romancing them, there's nothing left for us."

Then there's the risk of Aids and other sexual infections. While the women I talked to all claimed to have taken due precautions, the fact remains that the HIV rate in the Caribbean is second only to sub顺从者 — a submissive person-Saharan Africa.

None of this, of course, is likely to dissuade the likes of Carol, Jill or Anne. Fuelled by the promise of a potent cocktail of sex and sun, they wrap themselves in a shroud of selfdelusion as they book their Caribbean sojourn. After all, this is Jamaica, where the unofficial motto is 'No problem'.

When you stop to contemplate the unedifying reality, however, it is hard to see it that way.