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Traveling to Mexico...Is it safe?
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@NjCollector What part of Mexico did you go to? I'm gonna guess Mexico City .
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I'll be in Rocky Point in two weeks 
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Smh I learned the hard way....
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As a visitor, the Drug Cartels and the horribly corrupt Federal Police are really the least of your worries, they are killing each other, they are not really seeking out gringos.
The thing about Mexico is that if you want to take a quick trip over the border, the risk is not that great. If you want to visit tourist areas on the coast, you should be fine as well.
Unfortunately for you, you are going well south of the border and you are going to inland places. All bets are off in this situation. I suggest that you exercise caution and follow all of the advice from @NjCollector. If you are tall and/or white, don't speak English out loud, tell folks that you are from Argentina or Brazil or Uruguay or Chile (grumble about how bad it is that the Germans won a World Cup on South American soil).
The most important thing to remember about inland, central Mexico is that its politics and its society is medieval in character. They may have cars and iPods but that place is like Westeros. The law is not nearly as important as your surname. My parents only allowed me to visit there because I have cousins there and they are aristocrats in the DF (Distrito Federal, the Capitol City and its suburbs). My cousins and an armed guard or two would pick me up from the airport, we would stay at their fortified home (picture a palatial plantation house with a barbed wire fence and anti car decorative pieces in front of that fence). When we went into town and ate at a restaurant or went to a night club, we rolled deep and mis primos carried guns (personal gun ownership is largely illegal in Mexico but remember that familia is more important than the law).
Security issues aside, I love Mexico. The food is amazing. Everyone from the street vendors to the Michelin stared chefs take enormous pride in their craft. The people, as far as I can see, are extremely optimistic and cheerful despite their irredeemably corrupt government. If you are willing to take the risk, go to Mexico and visit places beyond the border and beyond the coastal resorts, just be very careful.
The thing about Mexico is that if you want to take a quick trip over the border, the risk is not that great. If you want to visit tourist areas on the coast, you should be fine as well.
Unfortunately for you, you are going well south of the border and you are going to inland places. All bets are off in this situation. I suggest that you exercise caution and follow all of the advice from @NjCollector. If you are tall and/or white, don't speak English out loud, tell folks that you are from Argentina or Brazil or Uruguay or Chile (grumble about how bad it is that the Germans won a World Cup on South American soil).
The most important thing to remember about inland, central Mexico is that its politics and its society is medieval in character. They may have cars and iPods but that place is like Westeros. The law is not nearly as important as your surname. My parents only allowed me to visit there because I have cousins there and they are aristocrats in the DF (Distrito Federal, the Capitol City and its suburbs). My cousins and an armed guard or two would pick me up from the airport, we would stay at their fortified home (picture a palatial plantation house with a barbed wire fence and anti car decorative pieces in front of that fence). When we went into town and ate at a restaurant or went to a night club, we rolled deep and mis primos carried guns (personal gun ownership is largely illegal in Mexico but remember that familia is more important than the law).
Security issues aside, I love Mexico. The food is amazing. Everyone from the street vendors to the Michelin stared chefs take enormous pride in their craft. The people, as far as I can see, are extremely optimistic and cheerful despite their irredeemably corrupt government. If you are willing to take the risk, go to Mexico and visit places beyond the border and beyond the coastal resorts, just be very careful.
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Mexico doesnt sound fun at all lol
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just go to thailand
