Is Mexico Safe? - Page 261

thumper447 · 07-26-2011, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by tricepilot

Risk is defined by how you perceive it

Nicely put.

Eduardo · 07-26-2011, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by tricepilot

Risk is defined by how you perceive it

I'm just wondering how he got it jacked up like that.

MikeMike · 07-26-2011, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Eduardo

I'm just wondering how he got it jacked up like that.

Viagra, lots and lots of Viagra.

acejones · 07-26-2011, 09:45 AM

"Hold my cerveza; I'm pretty sure this'll work !"

MikeMike · 07-26-2011, 10:03 AM

Like I've always said, "It's a fine line between a Darwin Award Winner and a Quien es Mas Macho ganador".

PirateJohn · 07-26-2011, 10:30 AM

In other news ... the Mexican tourism folks are running statements on the local news that they would like the US tourists to return and travel in Mexico. They point out that there are 2,500 municipal units (roughly equivalent to a US county - you guys might help me here because I didn't catch the exact name) and as they say, only 80 have any fighting going on.

That leaves 2,420 to explore. You just need to know where to enter and where to stay clear.

SchizzMan · 07-26-2011, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by PirateJohn

In other news ... the Mexican tourism folks are running statements on the local news that they would like the US tourists to return and travel in Mexico. They point out that there are 2,500 municipal units (roughly equivalent to a US county - you guys might help me here because I didn't catch the exact name) and as they say, only 80 have any fighting going on.

That leaves 2,420 to explore. You just need to know where to enter and where to stay clear.

Where's the list with map??

PirateJohn · 07-26-2011, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SchizzMan

Where's the list with map??

That's a good point. I would guess that about 20 of those are in Tamaulipas right now, but I'm not quite ready to do my own personal survey.

MikeMike · 07-27-2011, 04:53 AM

You can start looking them up with this resource:

http://www.fallingrain.com/world/MX/

SchizzMan · 07-27-2011, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeMike

You can start looking them up with this resource:

http://www.fallingrain.com/world/MX/

Thanks Mike.

MikeMike · 07-27-2011, 05:37 PM

You're welcome! It is a cool resource, no? Has the lat and long coordinates, elevation, details etc...
so you can see where you've been and where you're going to next. Some of those towns bring back some
great memories. And then there are the ones yet to visit.

acejones · 07-27-2011, 07:03 PM

I don't think I understand the previous post.

PirateJohn · 07-27-2011, 11:27 PM

Yeah. Mr. Bato ... Amigo ... we need a better link!

Being in the real estate advertising business here I have gotten a couple of nibbles on some properties at the Playa Bagdad. Evidently someone built some modest "condos" there after negotiating the deal over some tequila shots.

Seriously, I would love to be out there, but only after the Mexican Marines (who have a base there) loan me a G3 and agree to let me keep my own stash of gringo weapons that would make some NRA members blush.

SchizzMan · 07-28-2011, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by PirateJohn

Yeah. Mr. Bato ... Amigo ... we need a better link!

Being in the real estate advertising business here I have gotten a couple of nibbles on some properties at the Playa Bagdad. Evidently someone built some modest "condos" there after negotiating the deal over some tequila shots.

Seriously, I would love to be out there, but only after the Mexican Marines (who have a base there) loan me a G3 and agree to let me keep my own stash of gringo weapons that would make some NRA members blush.

Sounds like "ground zero" to me.

An associate of mine returned from S. Africa years ago with some anecdotes from working as a so-called "Police Reservist" during aparteid. I don't share these stories - disturbingly graphic. Anyway, when I told him I was pursuing a Class III permit to invest in something that could be handy after fecal distribution by fan, he laughed and said if I ever had to use it I would render myself "ground zero" for every bad guy needing a weapon.

That's what he saw over there, at least. Sumpin' to think about.

acejones · 07-28-2011, 08:44 AM

This thread seems to have wandered waaaay off topic.

07-26-2011, 09:45 AM	#3904
acejones Beastly Adventurer Joined: May 2005 Location: Diamondhead, MS Oddometer: 3,389	"Hold my cerveza; I'm pretty sure this'll work !" __________________ If I wasn't here, I'd be somewhere else

07-26-2011, 10:30 AM	#3906
PirateJohn Radical centrist Joined: Jul 2001 Location: full-time RV'er, north of Laredo, TX today Oddometer: 21,419	In other news ... the Mexican tourism folks are running statements on the local news that they would like the US tourists to return and travel in Mexico. They point out that there are 2,500 municipal units (roughly equivalent to a US county - you guys might help me here because I didn't catch the exact name) and as they say, only 80 have any fighting going on. That leaves 2,420 to explore. You just need to know where to enter and where to stay clear. __________________ PirateJohn -- http://www.PirateJohn.com IBA #7552 - SS1K in 2000 and 50CC in 2002 In the Laredo, TX area and always willing to help travelers escaping into Mexico.

07-27-2011, 07:03 PM	#3912
acejones Beastly Adventurer Joined: May 2005 Location: Diamondhead, MS Oddometer: 3,389	I don't think I understand the previous post. __________________ If I wasn't here, I'd be somewhere else

07-27-2011, 11:27 PM	#3913
PirateJohn Radical centrist Joined: Jul 2001 Location: full-time RV'er, north of Laredo, TX today Oddometer: 21,419	Yeah. Mr. Bato ... Amigo ... we need a better link! Being in the real estate advertising business here I have gotten a couple of nibbles on some properties at the Playa Bagdad. Evidently someone built some modest "condos" there after negotiating the deal over some tequila shots. Seriously, I would love to be out there, but only after the Mexican Marines (who have a base there) loan me a G3 and agree to let me keep my own stash of gringo weapons that would make some NRA members blush. __________________ PirateJohn -- http://www.PirateJohn.com IBA #7552 - SS1K in 2000 and 50CC in 2002 In the Laredo, TX area and always willing to help travelers escaping into Mexico.

07-28-2011, 08:44 AM	#3915
acejones Beastly Adventurer Joined: May 2005 Location: Diamondhead, MS Oddometer: 3,389	This thread seems to have wandered waaaay off topic. __________________ If I wasn't here, I'd be somewhere else

07-26-2011, 10:03 AM	#3905
MikeMike Beastly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2009 Location: South east Mexico Oddometer: 2,580	Like I've always said, "It's a fine line between a Darwin Award Winner and a Quien es Mas Macho ganador".

07-27-2011, 04:53 AM	#3909
MikeMike Beastly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2009 Location: South east Mexico Oddometer: 2,580	You can start looking them up with this resource: http://www.fallingrain.com/world/MX/

07-27-2011, 05:37 PM	#3911
MikeMike Beastly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2009 Location: South east Mexico Oddometer: 2,580	You're welcome! It is a cool resource, no? Has the lat and long coordinates, elevation, details etc... so you can see where you've been and where you're going to next. Some of those towns bring back some great memories. And then there are the ones yet to visit.

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