Mexico ride?
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From: Western Kansas
I would agree with everyone who has posted to this thread. Mexico is a wonderful place w/ great people, magnificent scenery, a rich/robust heritage, and is held hostage by a corrupt government and mostly the drug lords and thugs.
My wife and I have spent quite a bit of time on the Yucatan penisula from Meridia / Porto Progreso around to south of Playa del Carmen and on Cozumel. But when we go, we fly or cruise. We love it so much that we would like to retire to the Meridia area.
Where we live, anglos are a minority w/ a hispanic majority, and the local legals and illegals all tell of horror stories from their familes still in the northern states of Mexico.
A college buddy of mine who works in the oil industry does a lot of consulting on the pipelines in Mexico, and has had to have an armed body guard everytime he goes down on a pipeline issue for the last two years.
I offer an option. Ride down to the El Paso area, winding your way across the heartland of the US...take in the beautiful scenery, and when you get to EP...talk to the locals. Let them advise you. Then, if you are brave enough....proceed on to your hearts content. If not, you still have gotten one heck of a ride in...and you can always take the SW US / Rocky Mountain routes home to Canada, another scenic ride under your belt.
My wife and I have spent quite a bit of time on the Yucatan penisula from Meridia / Porto Progreso around to south of Playa del Carmen and on Cozumel. But when we go, we fly or cruise. We love it so much that we would like to retire to the Meridia area.
Where we live, anglos are a minority w/ a hispanic majority, and the local legals and illegals all tell of horror stories from their familes still in the northern states of Mexico.
A college buddy of mine who works in the oil industry does a lot of consulting on the pipelines in Mexico, and has had to have an armed body guard everytime he goes down on a pipeline issue for the last two years.
I offer an option. Ride down to the El Paso area, winding your way across the heartland of the US...take in the beautiful scenery, and when you get to EP...talk to the locals. Let them advise you. Then, if you are brave enough....proceed on to your hearts content. If not, you still have gotten one heck of a ride in...and you can always take the SW US / Rocky Mountain routes home to Canada, another scenic ride under your belt.
Last edited by Chibamonkey; Jan 9, 2010 at 06:25 PM.
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From: Pensacola FL
Heck, just tell them you are a canadian and anti-USA. You should be fine. Don't you guys get television in the great white north? Five minutes ago it rolled across the bottom of the tv screen that 15,000 people have been killed in the past 3 yrs in mexico's drug violence. The entire border, all 1954 miles of it, is a war zone! mantenerse alejado! Stay Away!
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From: People's Republic of Boulder Colorado
Just my own opinion, but there's no way, and I mean NO WAY, that I would ever set foot in that filthy, stinking, crime riddled, corrupt, third world ****-hole of a country. The regular working people there are great, just like essentially anywhere else, but the country itself and its government sucks.
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From: Columbus, Ohio
We have flown in to both Puerto Vallarta and Cancun over the past few years and had no problems- probably due our staying at the resorts. Back in April our bus going to the resort passed by a military checkpoint that was unloading a change in shift of soldiers. I had thought that this would be some beautiful weather to ride in, however, the scenery we passed through seemed somewhat scary at best. I don't know that my life would be danger as much as my bike disappearing in a New York second.
I would pass if I were you. Ther are some beautiful areas of the states and canada that I would think might offer as beautiful a ride with far less chance of harm to you and your family. Just my .02.
Be safe whatever you choose and let us know how it works out.
I would pass if I were you. Ther are some beautiful areas of the states and canada that I would think might offer as beautiful a ride with far less chance of harm to you and your family. Just my .02.
Be safe whatever you choose and let us know how it works out.
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From: Prescott, AZ
OP only responded to the first few statments and has not been back - looks like he didn't like our answers - interested how he 'knew' the posters had never left the US?? I drove to Ensenada about 20 years ago in my car with my daughter - I also thought it would be a nice drive and visit - Mexico was a **** hole then and I can only imagine what a **** hole it is now... I would agree with all the above statements and I HAVE traveled to Canada, Mexico and several places in Europe... I would go back to all except Mexico..
PS - If you don't have a manual yet - buy one..... sorry, just couldn't resist..
PS - If you don't have a manual yet - buy one..... sorry, just couldn't resist..
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From: Houston, TX
This in tonight:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6807131.html
I would not be going...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6807131.html
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico Police found two severed heads and the bullet-ridden bodies of two women and a disabled man in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, the latest chapter in Mexicos increasingly gory drug war.
The killing of women or the disabled has been rare in a conflict that has cost more than 15,000 lives in the past three years. But drug gangs appear to using such killings and progressively more gruesome mutilations to intimidate rivals and the public.
The killing of women or the disabled has been rare in a conflict that has cost more than 15,000 lives in the past three years. But drug gangs appear to using such killings and progressively more gruesome mutilations to intimidate rivals and the public.
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Thanks for your responses. Some of them even made some sense. Sorry I didn't respond sooner but I as busy and away from the site. While ppreciate your concern for mywell being I merely wanted to know if there where any special documents or insurances needed. I do watch T.V. every now and again, and do know about the drug wars going on in north eastern Mexico. To the person who posted the link to the other forum, thank-you. The fine folks in there, some of whom have even travelled through Mexico, gave some fantastic advice, and had worth while comments.
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From: Deep South Texas
Thanks for your responses. Some of them even made some sense. Sorry I didn't respond sooner but I as busy and away from the site. While ppreciate your concern for mywell being I merely wanted to know if there where any special documents or insurances needed. I do watch T.V. every now and again, and do know about the drug wars going on in north eastern Mexico. To the person who posted the link to the other forum, thank-you. The fine folks in there, some of whom have even travelled through Mexico, gave some fantastic advice, and had worth while comments.
2. You need proof of ownership for your vehicle. If you don't have a title you need a certified letter from your finance company giving you permission to take the vehicle into Mexico.
3. Mexico does not accept copies. Only originals.
4. you need a tourist visa you can get at Mexican customs when you cross the bridge into Mexico.
5. Items 1-4 are only needed if you travel over 25 miles from the border.
6. You need a passport to get back into the U.S.
7. Good idea to have your will up-to-date.
8. Being a foreinger you have no rights in Mexico.
9. In Mexico you are guilty until proven innocent.
10. Be willing to lose your bike. Either through theft or otherwise.
11. Do not carry or try to cross a firearm. You will go to a Mexican jail.
12. Be prepared to be stopped and searched every 25 miles by heavily armed Mexican Federalies.
13. Be prepared to be stopped by bandits.
13. Contact a Mexican consulant for further information in any U.S. border town.
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From: HOUSTON, REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
You don’t have the same news sources we do. If you did you would have never considered the trip or even asked the question. Did you see the misleading trip on TV that Jessie James and kid rock took into Mexico recently? If so you should have seen the armed escort they had that was kept in the back ground. They were not 2 bikers cruising Mexico. They had a convoy of film crews, mobile homes, support personal. Do you have all that ? Sorry the world is not the same anymore. It’s just a bad idea.