Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Don't. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico-convoys-20101124,0,4279540.story" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/na...40.story</a> "The Mexican government is warning travelers driving into Mexico for the holiday season — many from Southern California — to move in convoys and only during daylight hours. The recommendation signals an acknowledgement that hold-ups and violence on Mexico's roads attributed to drug-trafficking gangs could affect the holiday travel crush. "When our own government says it's not safe to travel in our own country, it really makes you feel sad," Luis Garcia, head of one of the numerous clubs that Mexicans belong to in the Los Angeles area, said in a telephone interview from Lynwood."
Originally Posted By DAR I've been to Mexico seven times in the last eight years. Never once did I feel unsafe.
Originally Posted By ecdc I'd imagine flying into a resort town and flying out of a resort town is probably safe. Driving down from San Diego or New Mexico...I wouldn't recommend it.
Originally Posted By barboy2 When I have to travel by day via convoy down to Rosarito for my tequila fix you know the bandits, cartels and abductors have won.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I've been to Mexico seven times in the last eight years. Never once did I feel unsafe. >>> Have you ever been to a city along the US border?
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >Have you ever been to a city along the US border? < Not him, but I have since this whole mess started. I didn't feel afraid at all. Then again I'm not the usual gringo tourist type.
Originally Posted By fkurucz I have a childhood friend who until recently lived in Mexico City. Last year he moved his family to San Diego. They are members of Mexico's upper class and his wife is a US Citizen. To make a long story short in the year before they fled Mexico his family had TWO close calls with abductions. They are not the only ones fleeing the crime. My friend has always been a "dare devil", one of those people who are not afraid of anything. And yet he said in his own words that the level of insecurity is at a breaking point. Some years ago my wife and I visited Mexico City, and we took a side trip to the pyramids. While there we noticed we were being followed (we were part of a group of 5). A group of 6 men seemed to go everywhere we went. Sun Pyramid, Moon Pyramid, etc. They were following us. We saw some security guards and approached them. We explained the situation and they agreed that we were being accosted. Since they had yet to commit a crime the cops couldn't detain them. Instead they told us they would "have a chat" with the men, and suggested we get the heck out of Dodge, which we did.
Originally Posted By fkurucz Also, from what I have heard, the resort towns are still relatively safe. My friend's extended family moved to Cancun, from where they now run the family business.
Originally Posted By DAR The resort towns are fine, I had no problem walking around. Now I was walking around during the day and not at night. But there are places in the US where I wouldn't walk around at night either.
Originally Posted By velo I am constantly warning my SoCal college son against this. We did it all the time when I was in college down there, but now it's terrifying. I don't care how good the surfing is...
