yeah but...Mexico is gorgeous. Hey, I went to Cancun. I look at sm
Posted By: MQer on 2007-06-02
In Reply to: I would never vacation in Mexico - looftm
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.
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I have been to Cancun and several parts of Mexico and
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.
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.
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".
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
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.
A lot of Americans move to Mexico for this very reason.(nm)
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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
Hes gorgeous!!!!
and it looks like he feels really at home in his new home.
On another note, watched a bit of the "animal talent show" on Animal Planet earlier today (caught the tail end of it -- no pun intended), but they had a dog on there who would literally hop on the door of a running dryer and retrieve tennis balls -- blew my mind!!!
WOW!!! That is gorgeous. nm
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Up. Fake but gorgeous! lol (we think so at least!)
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My Stars! He is GORGEOUS! sm
wow! I would snap him up in a minute! I cannot imagine anyone putting that beautiful dog up for adoption, but you are so lucky! If your DH is not into showing, perhaps putting out for stud? there is money in that too, and he would make some beautiful puppies!!! I cannot imagine your other dog rejecting him, but maybe more than one visit would be a good idea. Good luck to you! ks
He's *gorgeous* with a pedigree to die for. sm
I'm jealous! ;o) BTW, the win he had under judge Kathleen Kanzler (Innisfree Siberians) is very impressive. She and her daughters are very well known and respected in Siberians. It was her dog that won Best of Show at Westminster (in 1984, I think it was). Try not to get bitten by the show bug.  It's a whole other world.
I hope Sasha likes him so he can live with you!
She is just gorgeous. You can see the gentleness in her!!! NM
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As I said - they are gorgeous creatures
I watched one eat a mourning dove but usually try not to watch. They pluck and leave a great pile of feathers. Great Horned Owls can get cats - in case you have one - but their favorite food is skunks - a bird of prey expert told me that the white stripe makes a good landing strip at night!! I too keep the camera close by, got a couple, but usually by the time I get focused he has moved on.
What a gorgeous horse!! sm
I am sure he is just as happy where he is now as he was with you! You saved his life once and he won't forget that! Bless you both!
your baby is gorgeous!!!! sm
I have three bassets, 12, 11 and 8 years old. I love my dogs! I'm a huge animal lover, they are like my kids. Bassets are very stubborn. It took a while to train our first basset. Our second basset (Lucy) we got when Flash was 1 year old. Lucy wasn't as hard to train as Flash was. Our third basset I got when he was about 5 years old. He was used to being outside, and he wasn't hard to train either. I'd giver her some time. They are such loyal dogs!!! Great with kids too.
I think she is gorgeous...congratulations!
:)
Weather was just too gorgeous today.
I went outside in a sleeveless shirt to decide how to dress to walk the dogs, and ended up tidying up the yard instead! Won't my neighbors be relieved, LOL.
Yes, the dogs eventually got their walk, but first I fed them. Sasha decided not to eat tonight ... until I explained that we'd go for a walk only after she ate. She ate it right up and then did her time-for-my-walk dance!
Hope this weather makes it up north soon.
Gorgeous kitty! Will pray it all goes well! :) nm
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FRED is gorgeous!!!!! Thanks 4 sharing...nm
GORGEOUS pet-collars! Check this out.... -sm
To all of you pet-lovers out there:
I've seen lots of websites offering fancy dog and cat collars, but nothing like this one! There are pages and pages of lovely sparkly rhinestone collars.... it took me forever to finally choose one for my new little princess-kitty!
If your pampered pet could use a little "bling", you'll love this site!
They are gorgeous, and he is just too adorable for words!!! NM
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What a gorgeous colt! From your description - sm
of his temperament, and liking to do 'interesting' things, I'll bet he'd made a great police horse, or be fantastic in trail-horse competition at shows! (Not to mention excellent for actual trail-riding!) What a cutie!
I've had horses in the past; my last one, a dark brown thoroughbred, was a Hunter/Jumper. I got him when he was just 3 years old & unbroke, and he finally died at age 25. Can't afford them anymore (live in an apt., so have to board...) but I do miss it!
These are gorgeous! Now what to pick for my chipmunk-chasing
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Gorgeous night walk in the snow.....
Walked the dog last night around 8 pm. There are about 12" of snow on the ground, covering the pines, the roof tops, and blanketing the side street where I live. It was breath-taking, which might have been due to it being 23 degrees, but more so because the sky was inky black with a few clouds here and there, and the stars were so bright. The tress without their leaves were silver, contrasting against the black sky, stars twinkling through their branches. The pines were still bent with the weight of snow and snow-covered Christmas lights on the trees glowed dimly. My footsteps crunching on the packed snow was the only sound heard, with the occasional snorting pig imitation my moronic dog does when snow gets up her nose from sniffing too strongly.
I hate having to dress like Nanook of the North and looking like the Michelin Tire Man, but walks in the night like that make me forget about the insanity I endure M-F, at least for a little while.
Technically it is still fall, this is Maine, so I might have a different take on the snow come March.
Lucky, you! I am sorry I got the spelling of this gorgeous breed SM
wrong. I study dog breeds, know every one in the dog shows, etc. and then made that fo-pa. Not intentional, I assure you. They had the Pembroke and Cardigan. You would have loved it.
Yes. You must make a point to see this next year. It is so adorable and a change of pace for those of us who don't watch the football game. They have them on what looks like a football field with lots of toys and they are all running around, and they play a sound track in the bakground that sounds like fans cherring in the crowd!
She is gorgeous, and a twin to my niece's beautiful cat, Nina! NM
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Doesn't Shemar have the most gorgeous smile you've ever seen? nm
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Sunny, gorgeous October day in Cali - (guess that's
Gorgeous! Very nice coat! Does she have a bit of corgi in her? Looks like our corg/shep. mix. nm
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My wife doesn't let me hang out on a forum dripping with all you gorgeous chicks unattended....sm
And every now and then I catch her eyeing me in a speculative sort of way out of the corner of her eye while idly twirling the little Beretta that I was foolish enough to teach her how to shoot.
Now, I don't say she's actually made any verbal threats. No, no - nothing like that. But it's not too hard to interpret the occasional warning shot that whistles past my head.
yeah, yeah - Was/still am a Sam Cooke fan...
have a series of his albums (Sam's) and my older sister was into Jackie Wilson (he died very young)......never will be anything like Motown was..........*nods*......
She's sweet. I think she's gorgeous. Love her hair. Love her sm
smile. I wish I looked that great! I don't even come close, so who am I do judge? I admire beauty greatly in other women...I envy them!
Yeah!
I'm so glad to hear she's improving. :-)
yeah
i tell ya it is the account, the others mt's complain about it too. i understand all the companies have their good and bad, but i have no idea who i should be looking at for rad work and who i should stay away from. there are always gonna be disgruntled exemployee. i would just like some unbiased opinions on who to look at and who to stay away from!
Oh yeah she was
She may not have had a choice in keeping that boy for awhile. This woman didn't even do a good job at acting like she was sad at her daughter's death. If Anna hated her mother at the time, she's perfectly entitled to. You don't have to love your mother just because shes your mother, just because its the right thing to do. Unfortunately they were not able to mend their differences and give forgiveness before her death. The moment was what it was, at the time she hated her so I believe her wishes should be respected.
Yeah!
I'm glad you did it. I hope things improve for the kids.
yeah, i just went to the doc sm
it was a new patient visit. i thought i'd try a different doc, but i like my old doc better. i didn't talk to him about being tired alot. i did talk about my leg. i have vericose veins in my left leg that give me problems. i'm only 35, but feel old! ha! my leg will swell a little, is warm to the touch and aches almost every day. you sound like you do really good! i wish i could get myself on a good schedule so i can at least walk every day. my 5 y/o will be starting kindergarten in the fall, both my kids will be gone all day so i hope to get on a better schedule than what i'm on now. my 5 y/o now goes to preschool three days a week and i take him and pick him up, takes time away from my work, so then i sit here and try to stay caught up on my work. my bp runs ok i guess. when i went to the doc on wednesday, it was 118/??? 80 something i think. what is considered low??
thanks for your input!
Oh yeah!
Yeah, but if she is saying
she forgot it at home, then it can't be true. She would remember eventually if it is sitting there at home. I don't know what I would do, guess it depends on your relationship with her. As for me and my sister-in-law, I would simply say don't lie to the poor child, just tell him you didn't have the money to buy him anything and you're sorry!
Yeah, tell me
about it! They are nasty! That's why I would actualy like to take my kids to a nice beach this year!
YEAH RIGHT!
You watch he will turn around and sue! I glad they refused service. He is so arogant!
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