San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico and points south

tplife wrote:

mexicoruss wrote:

hotpepperkid wrote:
You couldn't pay me to go to Mexico these days although I went to TJ and Ensenada many times in the 60's and 70's

Thanks for your uneducated input

I live 20 miles from the border, and yes, many times we also visited, traveled, and stayed to south of Ensenada in the '70s and '80s before the Narcotrafficante wars - I owned a home and lived in Peru in the late '80s, know the risks, and wouldn't chance my life or my family's in Mexico, outside of the security-ringed tourist enclaves like Cancun. 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. You go right ahead and go, just don't say you didn't know the risks. There are too many other great places to go, and hopefully for the vendors y nuestros amigos en Mexico, the time may well return in Mexico when we would return. The Zonkeys of TJ, for example, are at risk of disappearing altogether, see them while you can.

That is so weird. Most if not all of us here on the forum have traveled all over Mexico for years if not decades.

I've never met any of these people. I'm sure it happens but all my years living here, boondocking, traveling for work by car, air, and bus, well . . .

I think I know the meaning of an urban myth.