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i can have fun at home. i dont go to dangerous places to have fun. as a rule if i go at all its to do business only and i take really good steps to prevent unfortunate problems. its in and out. lingering causes big fat open targets to develop. dont do it.
I won't bore you with our conversation , but from what she said and this article, it will be awhile before I head back down there myself for vacation. I certainly wouldn't make light of what is going on down there . Be aware to stay safe !
As I become a more older, seasoned world traveler I now avoid ANY place where I'll run into other tourists. If my travel guide book says about a particular town: Travelers avoid this town, or very few tourists make a stop here, THIS IS THE PLACE where I'll spend some time. I just love the curious looks I get walking around that town, like: What on EARTH are you doing here! Are you lost? Why aren't you in Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Panajachel, Tikal, Copan Ruinas? Why? Because that's where you'll find the rip-off artists, the inflated prices on hotel rooms and restaurants, people looking at you with dollar signs in their eyes. After venturing south of Mexico into Central America as I saw Mexico becoming increasingly Americanized, I re-discovered "Mexico" as it was 20-30 years ago. After 5 trips down there, riding ONLY the chicken buses and riding in the back of pick-up trucks, I have lately discovered the least touristed country down there: El Salvador. My first venture into ES scared me to no end, given all the bad press that country has unfavorably received over the years, and I ventured south from Honduras only to the first town, Las Palmas, and I figured if it was too scarey, I'd hightail it back to the Honduran border via taxi if I had to, but my fears were all unfounded. From then on, I have traveled all over El Salvador and to my great, great relief, I hardly EVER see another American, save the Christian missionaries. And I love every minute of it! I don't even do Guatemala any longer as Guatemala has, to me, taken on a Mexican flavor, and if you go a little deepr into Central America, to me, that's where the treasures lie: the stupidly honest people, the hotel bargains, the warmth and friendliness of the people. I feel that Mexico has been too spoiled with too many tourists and expatriates and you pay a price for that. Tourists can destroy a very beautiful place very quickly. I'm on a quest to still find those places in the world untrammeled by tourists and where one day, they will be destroyed by too much tourism. I sometimes make guesses at to which places will succomb to that one day, and I'll put Tegucigalpa, Honduras high on the list (which I dub the San Francisco of Central America) of an "endangered species". I even see it as a potential jet-set location one day, it just has too much going for it, all undiscovered. Also on that list I'd place Juajuya, El Salvador, Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras and Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Get there before it's too late!
I've often looked at the map of CA and thought Honduras looks like a great destination, undiscovered, not trampled by hordes of people, tropical. Someday I will go!
Well I just got returned from Mexico (Puerto Vallarta) and it was a great trip. There was a story in their local newspaper about some pick pocketing incidents on their public buses. We witnesses no crime nor were we victims of any. Felt as safe there as I do at home. I love Mexico and will return again in February 2010.
I never witness any crime or anything worth being nervous over when I am down there, and I go down there quite a bit to Vallarta. Heading down to Cabo soon, I assume I will feel the same down there.
It helps that I speak Spanish, I guess, and that I'm a careful tourist! But still, I wouldn't avoid Mexico!
I never witness any crime or anything worth being nervous over when I am down there, and I go down there quite a bit to Vallarta. Heading down to Cabo soon, I assume I will feel the same down there.
It helps that I speak Spanish, I guess, and that I'm a careful tourist! But still, I wouldn't avoid Mexico!
well that's a relief..I'm planning a Cabo trip in May
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, but from what she said and this article, it will be awhile before I head back down there myself for vacation. I certainly wouldn't make light of what is going on down there 
. Be aware to stay safe 
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good to know
