Mexico, an alternative?
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Mexico is beautiful food is great . Central America is more fascinating. And South America is better and Cheaper.
As long as you stick to the main sights and don't venture down dodgy streets you'll be fine. Again do your research.
I think SE Asia is great but Latin America is more western and Spanish is easy to learn the basics.
More to the point if you have the chance you should travel in these places before you make a decision or at least live in Mexico a while before moving South. My point being things get better and mostly cheaper.
Peru has amazing Culturall History too and great food....Latin America is pretty amazing but SE Asia does have that more laid back kind of vibe for the most part which is why it's also attractive...to a point...
As long as you stick to the main sights and don't venture down dodgy streets you'll be fine. Again do your research.
I think SE Asia is great but Latin America is more western and Spanish is easy to learn the basics.
More to the point if you have the chance you should travel in these places before you make a decision or at least live in Mexico a while before moving South. My point being things get better and mostly cheaper.
Peru has amazing Culturall History too and great food....Latin America is pretty amazing but SE Asia does have that more laid back kind of vibe for the most part which is why it's also attractive...to a point...
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been mexico twice, just a couple of party holidays to Cancun for a couple of weeks each time, great place, been craving another holiday there lately myself
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Re: Mexico, an alternative?
Oh the death squads are definitely there. It is an unusual place in that they routinely find several decapitated bodies at a time. If you avoid narcotics trafficking and Juarez and you will avoid most of the death squads. As a bonus Mexican bootys are rounder and plumper than SE Asian bootys.Clemen wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 7:54 pmWell, is it "generally safe", or is it like this "Theres a death squad in every village and town."?Marty wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 6:56 pmYes a few times. Its generally safe if you avoid the narcotics trade and avoid places like Juarez. Totally awesome food everywhere. Helps very much if you know some Spanish.Clemen wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 8:04 pm I love Mexico, my last trip there was in the Yucatan and Quintana Roo. The food is fantastic, the scenery stunning. Stay out of Cancun unless you love Florida, and it's all good. Merida is great for a colonial city, Laguna Bacalar if you want great beaches and Cenotes.
Baja is amazing from the Catavina boulder fields to baia de Los Angeles, if you like the stark beauty of Death Valley you'll love baja.
N.B. I was killed multiple times, it's incredibly dangerous, I'm writing this from beyond the grave. Marty, have you even been to Mexico?
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Mexico is just like any other country in the world. There are good places and bad. I have not been to South America, but I've done a lot of research and have many friends and acquaintances that go annually or so. They always rave about how great the countries are.
Go for it, you can always leave it it's not your cup of tea.
He died legit from a heart attack. And to say there is a hit squad in every village and town tells me you've never spent time there.
Go for it, you can always leave it it's not your cup of tea.
those two statements couldn't be any further from the truth!! hahaha
He died legit from a heart attack. And to say there is a hit squad in every village and town tells me you've never spent time there.
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when i lived in ca used to travel there often,baja an mainland, after university lived and taught classes in Photography at the art institute in in San Miguel de Allende
one of my favorite places is Guaymas
wonderful country, food and people
one of my favorite places is Guaymas
wonderful country, food and people
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Most countries don't regularly have mass graves being discovered and dozens of decapitated heads turning up under bridges. Mexico is a purely evil place, ever since the Aztecs.Ravensnest wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 12:35 pm Mexico is just like any other country in the world. There are good places and bad.
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Before we all book our tickets...
Cemeteries braced for surge in Covid-19 dead as Mexico readies to reopen
The president says the pandemic has been tamed but experts, and those who must bury the dead, fear an alarming rise in cases
Yet as Mexico’s daily death toll rises to become one of the highest in the world – a record 501 fatalities were reported on Tuesday alone – the country is simultaneously preparing to reopen and weathering a politically charged battle over the true scale of the crisis.
“We’re doing well, the pandemic has been tamed,” Mexico’s populist president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, claimed on Thursday as he announced he would resume touring the country when a period of nationwide quarantine was wound down next week.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... n-covid-19
Cemeteries braced for surge in Covid-19 dead as Mexico readies to reopen
The president says the pandemic has been tamed but experts, and those who must bury the dead, fear an alarming rise in cases
Yet as Mexico’s daily death toll rises to become one of the highest in the world – a record 501 fatalities were reported on Tuesday alone – the country is simultaneously preparing to reopen and weathering a politically charged battle over the true scale of the crisis.
“We’re doing well, the pandemic has been tamed,” Mexico’s populist president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, claimed on Thursday as he announced he would resume touring the country when a period of nationwide quarantine was wound down next week.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... n-covid-19
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Re: Mexico, an alternative?
spoken from a true historianJohn Bingham wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 2:43 pmMost countries don't regularly have mass graves being discovered and dozens of decapitated heads turning up under bridges. Mexico is a purely evil place, ever since the Aztecs.Ravensnest wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 12:35 pm Mexico is just like any other country in the world. There are good places and bad.
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I want to give you 10 karma points for that hunter. Send me your details and I will do a karmabank to karmabank transfer.
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