St. Maarten Private Eye

Since No Rush Tours has taken quite a beating in this thread I wanted to post what was being written on Cruise Critic today.

"Yesterday (Wed. 12/6) we toured St. Martin with Junior from No Rush Tours. I haven’t been following the boards since we left home on Friday, 11/30. So I was unaware of the latest turn of events in the “Beau Robinson Saga”.

I had received the Bodo Muth e-mail and sent my condolences and confirmed that I would keep our scheduled tour with a guide to be assigned the morning of our tour. After disembarking from Freedom of the Seas, we were met by Junior. As we began the tour I mentioned we were shocked to hear of the death of Beau. He than proceeded to tell us the story that has been unfolding here on the boards.

Upon arriving at Paradise View Restaurant for lunch. We met Claudette Davis, who identified herself as the owner of both the restaurant and “New No Rush Tours”. She immediately began telling us the story of Beau. She brought us the newspaper “Today” that had the story of Beau Robinson, who is pictured and identified as “Bodo Muth – white supremasist”. The article states he is currently being sought by authorities.

Claudette stated that Beau/Bodo had been the person responsible for booking tours for the company. His behavior had become increasingly difficult and bizarre. When she tried to relieve him of booking responsibilities, he refused to give her the password to access reservations.

After lunch, we paid Claudette the balance we owed for the tour. She asked if she could make copies of the e-mails we had received from Beau/Bodo. She asked that we post that she alleges Beau/Bodo is trying to destroy No Rush Tours, as well as damage the island’s reputation.

We then left for Orient Beach, where we stayed for about 1-1/2 hours while Junior stayed with our stuff in the van. He then took us back to the shopping district near the docks. We tipped him and ended our tour there. We were satisfied with Junior’s services.

As another interesting thing. The day before our No Rush Tour, we were in St. Thomas. We enjoyed the company of lovely couple who we met for the first time on a sail boat tour. We were talking about what we were doing the next day and mentioned that our scheduled tour guide in St. Martin, Beau Robinson, had passed away. They were surprised because they had toured with him about a year ago. But they also mentioned that they became uncomfortable with him when he made racist remarks.

So, after reading all this, and taking the tour, I still don’t know what to think. The whole thing is a little bizarre. It’s very unsettling to think that we almost spent a day being driven around in a van with a white supremacist.

Probably will have to limit time on the boards until I return home, because of the high cost of the wi-fi connection onboard FOS. (Sure do miss the unlimited Cybercabin, even if it was painfully slow!)"

Dead Beau thread on Cruise Critic