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bowser
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"Aren't you afraid to go to Mexico???!!!"
How do you answer that constant irritating question?
We just got back from 6 weeks in BOLA to our home in a small rural northern California community. While gone our house was burglarized!
From now on my answer will be "Hell yes, I'm afraid of what is going on in the States while I am in Mexico"
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Ateo
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I just tell them to stop being such a wussy. Sorry about your house, hopefully everything is replaceable.
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MMc
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I just say " if your not comfortable don't go". The second answer is "I am comfortable, see ya".
Sorry about your break-in, that just sucks.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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chuckie
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I wouldn't say that I am afraid, but certainly more apprehensive that I have been in the past. After hundreds of trips over the past 40+ years, with
no incidents, the last two were bad. I got a bunch ofstuff stolen on the way down, and on the way back was ripped off by one of the checkpoint guards.
When he was looking in my truck he "found" a 9mm cartridge. I don't own one. Threatened with arrest etc I paid up and went on...YEAH yeah, all the
smart guys will say you shoulda etc. I am 80 years of age, by myself...even one nite in a Mexican jail isn't an option....Will I go back?
Dunno...Same trip I came through San Quintin immediately after the incidents....aint the same ....
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Alm
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Not afraid to go. Afraid to live there. 3 hours away from "a" hospital- small clinic in GN that is probably good to fix a broken hand and not much
more. No air strip in BOLA - there is one, but those "messiahs" like Med Jet, Sky Med etc won't land there.
Everything else is a trifle. Can eat fatty cr-ap from local grocery stores, limited fruits and vegetables, no mineral water, no good cheese or
yogurt, no real pharmacy. I can live with that.
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DENNIS
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I don't answer it....nor do I often hear it.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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mtnpop
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You bet,,,, now there is a sniper pickin folks off in northern Colorado along I25..... Haven't had that happen in BAJA as of yet.... We made all
kinds of national news this week,,,
many, many tornados, hail storms, deluges of rain, and the sniper.
One area in Denver had over 3 foot of hail piled up Thurs. had to bring out the plows....
Are we having fun yet??????
And we came home to miss the little ole hurricane season....
Common sense is a flower that doesn\'t grow in everyone\'s garden.....
A wise man once spoke nothing.....
Never kick a cow chip on a hot day!!
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BajaRat
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The good news is six weeks in Baja. I'm sorry to hear someone violated your home 
I do believe it has been getting easier to honestly say that as an American I am as in danger in Mexico as I am in the USA
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David K
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"I feel safer camping in Baja than most anywhere in the U.S.", is exactly what I tell them.
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bajabuddha
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I truly feel for you and being violated; it definitely takes the wind out of the 'happy-sails'. Insurance covers much, but not that much. That kind
of sting lasts a long time, even though it's just 'stuff'.
Something for all of us to consider; if you're active on any of the 'social media sites' like Facebook, etc., and gush about your upcoming trip,
cruise, or vacation it's an open invitation to the coyotes. Back when I lived in a Big City I would volunteer to house-sit for my clients for
weddings or funerals for that very reason, just newspaper posts.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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mtgoat666
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Well, that is ridiculous. There are some safe camping areas in Mexico. There are many, many more in the USA.
In fact the system of national forests, national parks and state and local parks and BLM lands makes the USA a prime country for camping,... Really is
a fabulous, and safe, variety of public lands for camping in the USA. Mexico does not come close.
[Edited on 6-7-2015 by mtgoat666]
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Bajahowodd
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Been driving Baja for 35 years. Never felt uncomfortable. Even at the pinnacle of the drug wars in TJ. I was once pulled over by a cop in Cabo for
driving the wrong way on a one way street before they even changed the signage. Anyone familiar with Cabo knows that they have been playing games
about the direction traveled on the streets for a long time.
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Udo
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I get asked that about twice a week.
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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basautter
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I get this question a lot. I reply that there are places I won't go in the US as well as Mexico. Your chances of getting murdered in DC is better
that in the middle east. Go figure!
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blackwolfmt
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Peeps are scared to leave there comfort zone which I think is good more quite time for me and my Amigos
So understand dont waste your time always searching for those wasted years
face up and make your stand and realize that your living in the golden years
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bajabuddha
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Difference is, in the U.S. of A. i'm insured by Smith and Wesson.
I quit beach camping because I got tired of looking over my shoulder. It was cool when I was still a semi-young Warrior; now it's just friggin' OLD.
NOTE: camping is camping, living in a house is a little different. Crime is crime, and that's a moot point. Read the papers (or don't, I don't.....)
I got tired of the coyotes creepin'. Here, when I go to the woods, an Enfield 30.06 can make one hell of a difference in one's intentions on
bettering THEIR lifestyle.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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SFandH
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Unfortunately the TJ drug wars are heating up again.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/23/tijuana-violence-...
[Edited on 6-7-2015 by SFandH]
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BajaRat
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David, we don't agree on a lot, but I'm with you on that feeling.
My Family and I have been camping in Arizona on days off this spring for over a month and I'm happy to report that things are as dangerous as
ever. With an assortment of wack jobs, drunks, psycos, control freaks, bigots and wanna be cage fighters I longed for the desolation of Baja's back
country. There were nice folks too but the previous list of Americas finest are more noticeable.
I guess that's the price you pay when you wanna go boating and fishing on some of the more developed lakes.
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DanO
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I had an experience similar to that of the OP. Went down for a week during the summer, came back late at night and and my house NOB had been
burglarized (which I learned after stepping in a pile of dog poop some a-hole had let his dog leave in my front yard - Welcome Home!). The place was
completely tossed. Turns out it was a group of teenagers from the neighborhood who monitored houses when they saw people packing luggage into cars.
If there was no activity at the house for another day, they hit it. Kids who went to school with my kids. I get that Mexico question all the time
and tell that story and it pretty much ends the interview.
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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MMc
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Quote: Originally posted by BajaRat  |
David, we don't agree on a lot, but I'm with you on that feeling.
My Family and I have been camping in Arizona on days off this spring for over a month and I'm happy to report that things are as dangerous as
ever. With an assortment of wack jobs, drunks, psycos, control freaks, bigots and wanna be cage fighters I longed for the desolation of Baja's back
country. There were nice folks too but the previous list of Americas finest are more noticeable.
I guess that's the price you pay when you wanna go boating and fishing on some of the more developed lakes.
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That is why some of us try to get a few places on the down low. We do get a house sitter when we go away for very long.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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