I have been to Cancun and several parts of Mexico and
Posted By: Mygosh on 2009-02-26
In Reply to: Anyone else going to Cancun for Spring Break and concerned about current safety concerns - Cancundreaming
never ever had a bad time there. If you want a hate America type situation, go to Greece. Mexico is a wonderful place for a vacation. My daughter just went to Cancun this past year as she does every year and we always have a great time.
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yeah but...Mexico is gorgeous. Hey, I went to Cancun. I look at sm
it this way: If more of us were to vacation and spend our money there enjoying their gorgeous wild life and pretty beaches, that would give them plenty of tourist money and they wouldn't have to leave their country! I respect those hard-working Mexicans who stay in Mexico (like the ones who courted us at the resort), and I support the likes of them. They work hard, stay in their country, and I will give them good tips and help them to help their families as I enjoy snorkeling, deep sea fishing, and great food.
I wouldn't put all Mexicans into a box and say that you wouldn't give them a dime. Yes, there are illegals here who have no morals and I certainly don't support them! But, like I said, I do support those hard-working ones who are staying in their own country. I don't see a problem in that.
No safer here than in Cancun
I have traveled out of the country for years, myself and my children and have never had any harm done to us. I intend to go again this year but I travel alone, meet up with a group and tour then. A single female, OMG....
We stayed at a Riu Caribe in Cancun and
had a fantastic time. Friends of ours have stayed at one of the other ones in Cancun (there are 3) and all are great.
Brother flew both sets of parents down to Cancun for a beach wdg. Simple. His
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Anyone else going to Cancun for Spring Break and concerned about current safety concerns
We're all set to go to Cancun for Spring Break and then we hear all of this on the news about people being careful in Mexico because of the drug cartel activities and killings etc. Does this even involve Cancun or is it just the border places. The Spring Breakers are being warned about going so it makes me wonder if it is just the borders as most Spring Breakers do not go to the border towns. Does anyone have anymore information. I have a good friend who met her husband in Mexico, has crossed the borders etc and she said going to Mexico isnt worth risking your life because they hate Americans. Yikes.. I don't know whether to go or not or if I'm just being paranoid now.
LOL!!! And other parts of their
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mexico
Went to Cozumel last summer and felt much hostility. Tourist really stand out! Key West was much friendlier and same weather!
No way would I go to Mexico right now.
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Mexico
Oh don't get me started. LOL
There has been a travel alert on for Mexico for seveal years. When the State Department issues a travel WARNING is when you need to take heed and stay out of a country. The problems in Mexico are not in the main tourist areas...why...because the problems are with the drug cartels, not with the tourists. Those problems are in specific areas of Mexico, the border towns, Mex. City, the state of Sinola (which is where one of the strongest drug cartels is). If you go to Mexico and take the same precautions you would take in your own home town you will not have any problems. The drug cartels could care less about tourists, they care about the other drug cartels trying to take over their territory. I saw stats recently about all the killings in Mexico for the past year. There were 77 in the entire country that were NOT drug related. "77" is far less than we see in a year in the entire US.
Would I go to a border town or one of the areas like Mex. City where they are having all the problems, no way. To paint all of Mexico with the same brush is not painting a true picture of what is going on in that country. I own a business in Puerto Vallarta and there was one murder there last year...A college student from Colorado, there with his mom and they took a ridiculously large amount of money out of an ATM on a street corner and then stood there and proceeded to count it out right there on the street corner. They then stuffed it in a camera case. He took off across the street and left his mom standing there alone, when someone tried to grab the camera case her son ran back across the street and tried to fight the guys off. Unfortunately he was shot. Would you take out several thousand dollars in the US and stand on the street corner, count it out and stuff it in a camera case, I wouldn't. We have people held up at ATM's in my area all the time and I live in a upper middle class area. When I go to the ATM I watch who is around me and I do my business and leave. I do not stand there.
A couple of weeks ago a man was stabbed to death in his condo. He and his wife were sleeping at 4 a.m. with the sliding glass door wide open (to listen to the ocean). I don't sleep with my sliding glass door open in a hotel/motel/condo, do you? Both stories are tragic but they are both things that can happen anywhere in the world, not just Mexico. If you travel you have to be responsible for yourself, use common sense and not get lost in the paradise of the moment.
I go to Puerto Vallarta several times a year (alone) and walk everywhere (alone) daytime, nighttime, BUT I don't walk on dark beaches at night, I don't walk down dark streets at night. I feel just as safe or safer than I do in the US. You have a thousand eyes on you, every taxi driver is watching you, waiting for you to motion to him for a ride. At home on dark streets, no one is watching me.
So in short...unless you are involved in the drug trade, stand on the corner with tons of money on you, sleep with your door open and unlocked at night, or are planning on going to a border town....go to Mexico and have a great time. Now is a great time to go, we are getting the equivalent to $1.40 for every dollar we exchange for pesos right now.
Rant Over.....LOL
Please DO NOT go to Mexico. sm
Quite apart from Spring Break having somehow become a degrading ritual, the situation in Mexico is quite serious and you can be sure that the State Department issued its warning very reluctantly since we don't like to look like we're "anti-Mexico".
Well, at least it was their faces and not other parts
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I would never vacation in Mexico
They are sucking the blood out of this country. They come here by the thousands everyday because people like you will hire them.
They pop out babies every year at the American taxpayer's expense, and then we pay for their health care and education.
They sneak into this country, keep wages down, crime and the birth rate up, overcrowd our schools and our jails, then have the nerve to march in our streets and DEMAND citizenship.
On their side, they do not respect our laws, will not extradite criminals wanted in the U.S.
I would never give them one penny of my vacation money. They are NICE to you when you are there because they want your money.
New to New Mexico and have fallen in
love with the Chiles. Have learned when you order food you have to chose between red and green cause everything comes with Chile, yum. From NY and there it was Sabrettes and calzones
Mind if I ask what parts of VA you are looking thinking about? nm
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Depends on if parts can be used with other items I have.
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Top 10 Useless Body Parts.
When you're sick you may feel that certain body parts are more trouble than they're worth. And in some cases, you'd be right. While the human body has evolved and adapted significantly since the caveman days, a few biological traces of our prehistoric ancestors still remain with us in the form of freeloading body parts we lug around with us, but have no use for. Take a gander at the top offenders!
10. Plica semilunaris
You may not know it, but you have a third eyelid. Pull open the two more noticeable eyelids and take a look -- it's located right in the corner by the tear duct. This small third eyelid is left over from what's known as a "nictitating membrane," which is still present in full form in some animals including chickens, lizards and sharks.
9. Body hair
No doubt we were once hairier. Up until about 3 million years ago, we were covered with body hair. But by the time Homo erectus arrived, the ability to sweat meant we could shed our woolly ways.
8. Sinuses
Doctors don't really know much about sinuses -- only that we have a lot of them. Possibilities for their function range from insulating our eyes to changing the pitch and tone of our voice.
7. Adenoids
Adenoids trap bacteria, but they're also prone to swelling and infection. Just ask any 7-year-old. Luckily, our adenoids shrink with age and are often removed, along with ...
6. Tonsils
Also prone to swelling and infection. If you still have them when you reach your 30s, it's almost an accomplishment.
5. Coccyx
More useful as a game-winning Scrabble word than as part of the anatomy, the coccyx or tailbone, is made up of several fused vertebrae left over from the olden days when we had tails.
4. Arrector pili
When we were hairier (see No. 9), the arrector pili made the hairs stand on end when we needed to appear bigger and scarier. Now, it just gives us goose bumps.
3. Wisdom teeth
Back in the day, when we ate mammoth meat off the bone and didn't floss afterward, our teeth tended to fall out. Therefore, when those reserve molars, aka "wisdom teeth," came in, they were welcomed. Nowadays, fluoride and dental plans have made them just a huge pain.
2. Appendix
Darwin claimed the appendix was useful for digestion during our early plant-eating years; it's dwindled down to little since we started eating more digestible foods.
1. Male nipples
Because, why?
Different parts of the country speak
differently--did you ever consider that. I am from the South and am always having something said about the way I say certain words. You need to calm down a little.
Mexico is jealous of Miss USA
Speaking of bilingual signs....call any customer service number, including Social Security, and what do you hear.
I say press 1 for English, otherwise hang up!!!
when I vacation in Mexico, I never find
the people there to be anything but absolutely wonderful, nice, giving, assistive. I love going there and have never thought I was hated, in fact the other way around. I have let people work here at my home and they might be legal and might not have- having said that they will work a lot harder than most I know and no whining, no this and that, no sitting down when there is something to be done and whatever the job is usually pay $10 per hour and then a tip if the work is good.
She always amply displays other parts of her anatomy, but
I mean, we know she lives in the Hamptons and has rich friends who lives in the Hamptons. Enough already. Talk about rubbing it in!
Most rewarding parts require most effort.
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A lot of Americans move to Mexico for this very reason.(nm)
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Cary/parts of Raleigh, NC are very family oriented (sm)
I moved here from Florida 9 years ago and really like it. Tons of parks and greenways and sports for children and lots for them to do.
Best wishes
I remember Mexico sending aide when Katrina hit
It really surprised me, and I was very touched by it. I remember thinking at that time, all these countries we've helped and the only place that sends help our way is poor ol' Mexico.
mexico city had shut off his water supply
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_12108854
How do you feel about toddlers being taught to call their private parts
a v*gina and a peni$ ? Just wondering
Agree. Wouldn't base $1000s decsion on infor from different parts
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