San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico and points south
Anyone with experience driving from San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico, or even further south? I know there are terrible tales of travel thereabouts but wonder if it is mostly an urban myth.
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My buddy's caravan was stripped of everything by bandits, high-end Prerunners, tools, RVs, 4X4s, and all their gear and belongings. My daughter's high-school friend...well, it's been seven years and she's never been heard from again.
We have been hearing these rumors for over 40 years and yet cannot find a way to substantiate them or anyone who can. Things happen. Things happened recently. They happen in the USA every single day. Just as they do all over the world. The reality is that things like this appear in the news in the US too. So much that much of it never hits the news. And the rumors rumor and distort and gossips gossips and distorts. Facts are facts and speculation is speculation.
Mexico certainly has its share of problems. Who doesn't? Drugs? If you are not involved in the drug trade there is almost no chance you will encounter cartel killers. They are not interested in tourists. If you do not own and shiny new tricked out black SUV or pickup truck they probably aren't interested in your vehicle either. Someone else might be. But then someone in the USA might be interested in it too.
Risks exist no matter where you are or where you go. If you have an interest in going out and seeing other parts of the world just go ahead and go. There are those who have no interest - why would you listen to their opinion? Want to travel and see different things? GO!!
