Comments on: Traveling to USA…Am I Crazy? Please Help!

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:27:05 +0000

Frank, go ahead and keep the flight reservations, but get connecting flights to Vancouver or Toronto. The USA is not safe, but our airports have Soviet-style security thanks to the TSA. So as long as you don’t leave the airport, and continue on to Canada, you’ll be fine.

By: Yankee2010

Yankee2010 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:50:26 +0000

Sadly this is the case. I have travelled to Mexico for years, even to places that are considered “outright dangeours” and I never, ever, had a problem or witnessed something violent happen. I had the opportunity for the last 25 years to travel throughout Latin America by plane, car, train or foot. Throughout all those years I saw exactly one (1) act of crime being committed: a man being chased for stealing a purse. The media is totally unfair to Mexico, yet we refuse to see our own social problems. From reading another article on this site, it apperars that many more US citizens die in a single US city at the place they call home in a month’s period, than in all of Mexico over a 3 year period. At any rate, if you are going to Cancun, and you are going to be guzzling 4-5 beers every single night, what do you expect if you get in trouble? Take my advice: don’t drink! Or if you do, do it in EXTREME moderation. If you are sober you tend to be more aware of your environment. Enjoy the place, enjoy the beach and the sun! Forget alcohol. If you just want to get drunk, don’t spend a penny going to Cancun just to pass out 5 days on an expensive hotel couch. Stay home and save your money for the day you decide to take a real vacation.

By: Miss Mouthy

Miss Mouthy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:18:33 +0000

This is so “funny,” but not in a ha-ha sort of way. My husband and I just got back from Mexico after vacationing for a week. My folks were just there for 3 weeks and my uncle was there for over a month. Each vacation was delightful and uneventful, except my husband fell out of his beach chair and hurt his thumb.

While we were gone for ONE WEEK, a man murdered his 5 children. This was about 15 miles from our house. Another 5 people were murdered during this time, also within 20 minutes from our home. We live in a rural area, not some “big city.” I felt much safer in Mexico than I do here!

By: Johnny joe hutchins

Johnny joe hutchins — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:30:03 +0000

Well I live in the USA and let me tell you the reputation is just not fair. There haven’t been any mass killings in my town for over a month, and it’s been at least two years since I personally had to kill anybody. Course I have an electrified razor wire fence and a pack of Dobermans between my house and the roving gangs that wander the streets. If you pansies are too scared to come to the USA then stay home! Sure it ain’t for everybody. But then neither is freedom!

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By: Terry Pollard

Terry Pollard — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:23:29 +0000

We just returned to the USA after being in PV for several months. I’m glad to be back in the USA but am also looking forward to our return to PV in Oct. for a 6 month stay.Your posting was good example of the issues we deal with in the USA everyday but life goes on and people contiue to travel wherever they want.
How much do you want for your tickets? HA!

By: thelomes

thelomes — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:25:14 +0000

ur very right

By: thelomes

thelomes — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:24:56 +0000

I totally agree with ur comment, the media in the US is being very disrespectul towards mexico and border cities

By: Expatify.com

Expatify.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:57:25 +0000

Ha! This was a brilliant post, and SO funny yet sad in the fact that people who don’t know anything about a foreign destination decide to write it off because they are scared from what they see in the news, completely forgetting that their own local news only shows the bad stuff too.

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:46:48 +0000

Excellent story. I live in Playa del Carmen and it is a very safe area. Come down!