Price of gas is the least of the problems

I know this does not directly affect RV'rs but homicides have increased by 15%. There are now 78 assassinations per day. This is reported by Agencia Reforma. That is a shocking statistic. Do tourists have an invisible shield? How long will it be before some innocent bystanders get caught up in one of these incidents? If nothing else reports of these incidents will kill the tourism industry. As for the prices of goods: I will never be able to figure out how a poor Mexican can live with the high prices. We live 65 miles form a booming city. New restaurants, major industries expanding. But the Pueblo dwellers starve. We have a large dumpster across from our house. It has never been unusual for people to open up the bags looking for cans. But this year it is a daily or nightly occurrence. They not only get cans but look for food or anything useful. A sign of the times?

Moisheh

Yes the price of fuel has gone up and so has the cost of living, everything now costs $10.00 to $15.00 pesos from December to today, some items go up and some come down and up again, except the fuel they make a big brouhaha about lowering the price of gasolina one Mexican centavo (cent) per liter it comes out to about 0,00055556 of a dollar per gallon, and after a few weeks it goes up 0.15 centavos per litro and on top of that you do not get the full amount, eventully somthing is going to go, lucky me I will not live that long, there is unrest but no one wants to first not yet anyway.

Al mal tiempo buena cara!

navegator

Well said.

Some of you will not like this or disagree with what I am about to say.

Petty crime has bee rising yes, so has it risen in the USA so there is nothing new and calamitous, what is really happening is that the border is now more difficult to breach with drugs and humans, so the narco cartels corporations are diversifying, "la cosa nostra" style raqueteering and extortion is the next good business, the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Chilpansingo, Guerrero has been indefinitely closed, the local narcos wanted protection money, so it is among the different narcos guarding their turf and running out of work "that is running drugs to the border and South Americans", so they have to find a different source of money.

Gringos are not going to get targeted during the day, it is too risky for them unless they have Jeep, those are highly sought after as a status symbol but chop shops love them good money in parts.

There have been some innocent by standers that have gotten caught in the cross fire, all of them in Reynosa, Tamaulipas some in Acapulco and others in Cancun, the petty thief's know that the Mexican's most of the time will not want to get involved with the authorities, on the other hand the gringos will raise on hell of a racquet and the authorities will have to change the case from a number in a statistic to an open case to get the perpetrator, so the thief's do not want that, so far you are all safe.

How to go about your business, have dinner in the more affluent tourist parts of town and have dinner before sundown, do not go bar closing until 2:30 AM that is asking for trouble, things have changed a bit in the last 40 years, the same as in the USA, people forget that there was a massacre in McDonalds in San Ysidro in South San Diego some years ago, there was one today perpetrated supposedly by a naked German, my bet is he was high on meth they tend to get hot and get naked.

Do not drive at night and stay at secure places, boon docking in Mexico is not a good idea, you can probably do it in Baja but even there it is changing, the reason on the uptick in Cancun and Los Cabos are the miles of empty beaches where they can unload the Colombian product, by sea.

Be aware of you surroundings do not do anything stupid or dumb whether you in Canada the United States or Mexico, your life is worth more than any possession you may have with you, even if the leave you stark naked you still have the most valuable possession YOUR LIFE!

There is a saying in Spanish that states:

LA VERDAD NO PECA, PERO INCOMODA

The truth does not commit a sin, but it is uncomfortable

Be smart, be aware and above all be safe.

navegator

There are lots of areas in Mexico where the dangers are almost non existant. But you have to get from here to there! When people get robbed on highway 15 from HMO to Guaymas that is a bad sign. We get El Imparcial delivered to the house. One has to be careful reading Mexican papers as they are very political and have an agenda. However within a 100 mile radius of HMO there are serious incidents almost daily. Usually it is Mayors and Police Chiefs but sometimes ordinary citizens get caught up in the fights. Bullets do not ask if you are a tourist. Our Bluebird is ready for the south but we will wait and see. At my age time is precious! Thanks for the comments on La Reina Gitana II. I am the 3rd owner. The first owner used it for his NASCAR statistics contract. He never ate in the unit. The microwave was never used. Some of the manuals are still in the factory plastic. Should really be in a museum!

Moisheh

very nice rv pack it up and come on over.

Now that is an rv! What a rig Moisheh. Beautiful.

Well I ensconced Quicksiver beneath a row of coconut palms. I live in one of the more "dangerous" areas of Mexico, Tierra Caliente.

I have a phony wallet with 300 pesos in it. A slip of paper carefully written slip of paper MONEY GRAM $13.300

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explains why I have so little cash.

But I see Komfort Koaches 40' in length towing Range Rovers on Mex 15-D. 800 grand worth of rolling stock. And the sight isn't occasional. Every trip I see multiple rigs per day between MAZ and the frontera worth that kind of money.

But it's not worth an anxiety attack with ramifications to the heart. Nothing it worth that.

It's gotten way to expensive to bring the bus so I use a '95 Dodge Spirit.

It's so ugly a gang of sicarios would have a shootout between themselves to see who avoids getting in the car.

And it's all funded from north of the border.

Ain't Life Sweet?

Sorry you feel that way.
We are in the process of moving permanently to Zihuatanejo within the next 2 months. We still feel, statistics aside, as safe as we ever have traveling. We follow the common sense rules.
It's important to do what makes you feel safe. It's a personal call.
Beautiful coach!!!