Out of the Baja and yes I am still alive

Marine By Choice wrote:
My bride and I are currently in La Paz. Have been in Baja since February 8th from Tecate to Cabo San Lucas and back to La Paz.

This is our 15th trip to Mexico. We eat at the places where the locals eat, drink purified water or add bleach to holding tank when forced to drink from it. Have never "enjoyed" Montezuma's revenge, for which we are thankful.

We feel if people are judicious about their water intake and source there should be no problems.

As to the residents in Baja, they are perfect hosts, always have a smile and truly are nice people. As far as some of the Americans who have moved to Baja . . . . not so much.

I found the same thing. But it's not just Americans many were Canadians as well.

In Loreto while I was legally parked on a side street waiting as the THIRD trailer in line to get into an RV park a car screeched to a stop at the intersection and an obviously drunk, scuzzy, expat jumped out and started yelling at me demanding to know "What (WTF) was going on!" I told him nothing was going on, we were just parked waiting to get into the RV park. He then pointed his finger at me and yelled at me to "Watch it MF...dont give me any S*i*"

I explained to him he could just drive around us with no problem. He became more abusive and I started walking toward him, he jumped in his car and left.

While this was an extreme example of the kind of "Drunk by Noon" expat one finds nearly everywhere, it was definitely my experience that many were not friendly, definitely not welcoming, and just very unpleasant folks. The exact OPPOSITE of the Mexicans.

But in truth many of the RV'ers were grumps, complaining, whining and were never happy. Some of the happiest and best adjusted to travel people we met were the European overlanders in their expedition vehicles. But this is really no surprise either.

We met some wonderful people from all over including Canada and the US and Europe and South America. They were having fun and enjoying their experience and were a joy to talk to and be around.

If you cant be nice and enjoy yourself you should just stay home IMO.