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Bob H
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My wife and I travel all over the world and are never afraid, just aware of what's going on around us. Something like this happens anywhere, at any
given moment. We will still be wandering around Baja in the future without any fear.
That's MHO... Bob H
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Barry A.
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Skeet/Don Jorge--------
Great posts, both well said. Thank you for expanding on what I am trying to say.
It is funny, tho. I have NEVER had even the slightest problem or scare in the USA or Canada, but then I have usually avoided those places that people
warn us about. Since we camp almost exclusively in the boonies, we seldom have encountered ANYBODY, let alone folks that are worrisome, and in the
States we are always armed and prepared----a luxary not legally possible in Mexico or Canada (and that has ALWAYS made me slightly uncomfortable).
Skeeter-------thanks mucho for the suggestions of places to explore---some I have never heard of (the Texas places) but you can be sure we will check
them all out---in a few cases for the second time.
Mexico will always occupy a special place in my heart, like Skeeter, and I will continue to be very interested in what is going on there, especially
in Baja, and encourage all of you to continue exploring it's many treasures--------just be really careful, and alert.
Barry
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oxxo
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We have traveled and lived all over the world. We usually take public transportation and try to keep a low profile. We have been mugged twice. The
first time was in Los Angeles at 7 am on a Sunday (we were out for a morning walk) when a black teenager simulated a gun in his coat pocket and took
about $30 and my wedding ring. Then we were attacked (blindsided) without provocation in San Jose Costa Rica by a mentally derainged black rasta mon
from Jamaica. Not good to mix Prozac and gangi! I was cut and bruised but the local Costa Ricans rescued me and were very concerned for my well
being. They called a cab for us and the Jamaican ran down the street after the cab throwing bricks at us.
We were perusing one of the local markets in a Guadalajara several years ago, when a 20 something senorita came up to us out of the crowd with a
worried look on her face and said in broken English, "good, you go now." We got the message and left the area immediately.
We feel very comfortable and safe enough making a home in BCS. We love the Mexican people.
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Baja Bernie
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Hook
Absolutely right on----
"The difference between the occasional incident in the States and Baja is that you can usually count on the authorities to be part of the solution in
the US, whereas it is common for the police to be part of the problem in Baja."
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Dave
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I wouldn't want to edit your post but...
| Quote: | Originally posted by oxxo
Then we were attacked (blindsided) without provocation in San Jose Costa Rica by a mentally derainged black rasta mon from Jamaica. Not good to mix
Prozac and gangi! |
You were probably attacked because Rasta Mon wasn't on Prozac and ganga.
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elgatoloco
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Attacked at Gunpoint on Toll Road
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Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
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