I was going to post this as a response to a sightings/distressed posting and then I realized it was more appropriate here.
Someone mentioned in a Westin Lagunamar posting: "Huge availability in Mexico. Many of us won't travel there right now."
To me this is somewhat silly. Most violence is restricted to Western Mexico, nowhere near the Maya Riviera, Cancun and Eastern Mexico. I have yet to hear of one tourist death in Eastern Mexico, yet have heard of many on the tiny island of Aruba, and yet there are few posts, if any, advising people to stay away from that minuscule island. Mexico is covers a tremendous land mass. While South Central Los Angeles, and downtown New Haven CT have daily murders, no one advises people to stay away from the United States.
I understand that reactivity often overpowers rationality, and in this case, I think refusing to travel to Mexico simply reinforces that point.
(personal attack removed)
Levitino, i remember when you sent your mom to mexico (WLR?) and she was worried about going to "drug cartel land", when i took my mom and her sister to WLR for this past mothers day, they had the same opinion, with many of the family telling them not to go due to safety (what do they know ...half of them had never even been to MX). Well Mark Twain was right, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
Not only did they have a fantastic time, but they cant wait to return. For two women that are usually chickens they had no qualms about walking around late at night without me, they even went to CoCo Bongo Club without me until 4 in the morning just about.
Anyways, now my only problem is they want to tag along with me on my December trip to WLR!
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