Originally posted by DanO
The more I think about this, the more peeed off I get. I have good friends who depend on the tourist trade in BC to make a living, and this guy has
appointed himself as the frickin' private U.S. State Department and issued a travel advisory that takes food out of the mouths of my friends and other
hardworking folks in the north.
But just to be sure, I checked the real State Department's site, and you know what? There is no travel advisory for BC or for any other part of Baja
or Mexico. In fact, there is only one country in the whole of the Americas (North, Central and South) on the list -- Columbia. Other than Haiti, the
travel advisories are limited to Central and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. See for yourself right here:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html
I also ran across the State Department's quite informative tips for spring break travelers to Mexico, which is devoid of a single warning about
kidnappings or other violent crime directed at American tourists in BC. In fact, the only thing they have to say about BC is that it's illegal to
drink on the street in TJ and you need a prescription to buy meds. On the other hand, Cabo (that's in BCS, isn't it?) is noted for rental agencies
who intimidate customers into overpaying:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/spring_break_mexico... |
