RV Tourism in Mexico
Every season there are posters who think that this year RV tourism is increasing. As much as we would all like to think it is recovering the truth is it sucks! Today, El Imparcial has an article on th...
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You can believe what you like... but when the U.S. Dept. of State issues travel warnings it's because their consular officers - who LIVE in that country and who deal with people who have had problems as part of their every-day jobs report back to headquarters in D.C. and, as a result, we get this: "The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens about the risk of traveling to certain places in Mexico due to threats to safety and security posed by organized criminal groups in the country."
You might wonder, "what places?" And the report goes on to say that it could happen anywhere.
http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarnings/mexico-travel-warning.html
Now you can parse out some sentences in that to make it look better and they have to be "diplomatic" after all, but in stark contrast - despite the attempts of some on this forum to make it appear that travel in the USA is no better - the Government of Canada, in its advisory to Canadian citizens contemplating travel into the USA simply says this:
"There is no nationwide advisory in effect for the United States (U.S.). Exercise normal security precautions."
But for travel into Mexico the Government of Canada says this: "MEXICO - Exercise a high degree of caution" and goes on to say: "Due to high levels of organized crime in rural areas, including on major highways, you should exercise extreme caution in the states of Baja California (North), Morelos, Nayarit, Jalisco, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, and Zacatecas."
It's worth noting that it's "extreme caution" for the places they named and just "high degree" of caution everywhere else.
Figure it out.
If you can get into Baja California, Sur you're pretty safe, I think. Probably not easy to run drugs up the Baja what with ferries and only one highway and all.
Nevertheless, it's not Tucson. And I think boondocking is out...
WDR
You might wonder, "what places?" And the report goes on to say that it could happen anywhere.
http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarnings/mexico-travel-warning.html
Now you can parse out some sentences in that to make it look better and they have to be "diplomatic" after all, but in stark contrast - despite the attempts of some on this forum to make it appear that travel in the USA is no better - the Government of Canada, in its advisory to Canadian citizens contemplating travel into the USA simply says this:
"There is no nationwide advisory in effect for the United States (U.S.). Exercise normal security precautions."
But for travel into Mexico the Government of Canada says this: "MEXICO - Exercise a high degree of caution" and goes on to say: "Due to high levels of organized crime in rural areas, including on major highways, you should exercise extreme caution in the states of Baja California (North), Morelos, Nayarit, Jalisco, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, and Zacatecas."
It's worth noting that it's "extreme caution" for the places they named and just "high degree" of caution everywhere else.
Figure it out.
If you can get into Baja California, Sur you're pretty safe, I think. Probably not easy to run drugs up the Baja what with ferries and only one highway and all.
Nevertheless, it's not Tucson. And I think boondocking is out...
WDR
