Equiping for Mexico travel?
Hello Everyone, I am in the planning stages for a fall/winter trip down the West coast of Mexico. This will be my first extended trip in my 5th wheel. Past travel was in a converted Eagle 10 bus. M...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Price region to region varies several centavos which really is meaningless. Taxis fuel up at the station that cheats them least. I hoot when I drive by a gasolinera that has a line of cars waiting for one particular pump island - even though the others are functional.
Domestic water is not an issue but dumping is.
A porta tote sometimes is worth it's weight in ---- to dump black and gray water.
ALWAYS carry measurement stuff that allows you to see reversed power pedestal connections and lack of earth ground. I pound in an 18" long stake, and wet the ground. Hose clamp a 10 gauge green wire to a really vicious jawed alligator clip that gets snapped onto chassis bonded metal.
I would not travel Mexico without my portable Fantastic Fan Endless Breeze fan.
Buy a Manganese steel bicycle theft chain and modify the generator so crescent wrench and hacksaw theft is thwarted for the generator. Actually a cage should made and a cutproof lock used in addition to the manganese steel cable. Generators are irresistible to the lightfingered.
I purchased several 12 volt motion detectors on eBay. Slap them on with Velcro patches and have them fire piezo sirens.
What's this******about being shot? Is this like me complaining about getting sick the last two shopping trips north of the border? Drink 200 cervezas, get sunburned and yeah, you might feel a tad under the weather the next day.
THE problem in Mexico is petty theft. More so than in the USA. Concentrate on that and not getting kissed by a KenMex and that'll take care of a majority of actual hazards.
Distortions of reality serve no one but the person who enjoys creating them.
Thank you for the security advice. I had considered fabricating a locking enclosure for the generator but no the tamperproof screws or motion detectors.
The "getting shot" comment was a smart ass comment not really relevant to the thread.
As to getting sick: I have had 3 instances of "travelers trots" over the course of 20+ trips spanning 30 years. I would have preferred a sunburn & hangover! I have become much more cautious about what & where I eat & drink. O
