RE: [Texascavers] Travel Advisory for Mexico 2
Well, Don, perhaps it's not where you go but how you go. > From: donarb...@mac.com > To: gi...@worldnet.att.net > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:45:55 -0600 > CC: Texascavers@texascavers.com > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Travel Advisory for Mexico 2 > > We just drove to Belize from San Antonio. We weren't a target, too > many Lexus and Mercedes and Navigators to bother with my dirty old > Superduty towing a crappy old trooper. Totally uneventful drive. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Gill Ediger > wrote: > > > At 11:22 AM 3/16/2009, Geary Schindel wrote: > >> If you'll be traveling in Mexico, it might be a good idea to take > >> some of the contact information located at the bottom of the > >> advisory with you. > > > > I didn't read it yet but I just got back from 3 weeks in Mexico > > yesterday. Went in by myself through Laredo in about 10 minutes, > > maybe 12. Got the green light both times. Another 10 or 15 got me > > out of town without being shot by drug lords. Neither went through > > nor saw any checkpoints all the way to Victoria. Did not get stopped > > by cops in Monterrey. Came back via Monterrey, Saltillo, and Piedras > > Negras (requiring many hours in the state of Coahuila, once again > > all alone). Neither went through nor saw any checkpoints that whole > > distance. > > Was stopped by local police 2wice in Saltillo, after dark, > > for bribes but talked (with a good bit of help from Monica) my way > > out of both of them. > > By far the biggest change I've noticed in Mexico in a long > > while is that since all the cops have acquired radar they are very > > intent on enforcing speed limits--especially on main highways > > through small towns. If the sign says 40 km/h, you need to be damned > > near 40 going through there, not 70 mph like everyone used to do. > > > > Now, let me have a look at those advisories. > > > > --Ediger > > > > - > > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > > > - > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com >
Re: [Texascavers] Travel Advisory for Mexico 2
We just drove to Belize from San Antonio. We weren't a target, too many Lexus and Mercedes and Navigators to bother with my dirty old Superduty towing a crappy old trooper. Totally uneventful drive. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Gill Ediger wrote: At 11:22 AM 3/16/2009, Geary Schindel wrote: If you'll be traveling in Mexico, it might be a good idea to take some of the contact information located at the bottom of the advisory with you. I didn't read it yet but I just got back from 3 weeks in Mexico yesterday. Went in by myself through Laredo in about 10 minutes, maybe 12. Got the green light both times. Another 10 or 15 got me out of town without being shot by drug lords. Neither went through nor saw any checkpoints all the way to Victoria. Did not get stopped by cops in Monterrey. Came back via Monterrey, Saltillo, and Piedras Negras (requiring many hours in the state of Coahuila, once again all alone). Neither went through nor saw any checkpoints that whole distance. Was stopped by local police 2wice in Saltillo, after dark, for bribes but talked (with a good bit of help from Monica) my way out of both of them. By far the biggest change I've noticed in Mexico in a long while is that since all the cops have acquired radar they are very intent on enforcing speed limits--especially on main highways through small towns. If the sign says 40 km/h, you need to be damned near 40 going through there, not 70 mph like everyone used to do. Now, let me have a look at those advisories. --Ediger - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Travel Advisory for Mexico 2
At 11:22 AM 3/16/2009, Geary Schindel wrote: If you'll be traveling in Mexico, it might be a good idea to take some of the contact information located at the bottom of the advisory with you. I didn't read it yet but I just got back from 3 weeks in Mexico yesterday. Went in by myself through Laredo in about 10 minutes, maybe 12. Got the green light both times. Another 10 or 15 got me out of town without being shot by drug lords. Neither went through nor saw any checkpoints all the way to Victoria. Did not get stopped by cops in Monterrey. Came back via Monterrey, Saltillo, and Piedras Negras (requiring many hours in the state of Coahuila, once again all alone). Neither went through nor saw any checkpoints that whole distance. Was stopped by local police 2wice in Saltillo, after dark, for bribes but talked (with a good bit of help from Monica) my way out of both of them. By far the biggest change I've noticed in Mexico in a long while is that since all the cops have acquired radar they are very intent on enforcing speed limits--especially on main highways through small towns. If the sign says 40 km/h, you need to be damned near 40 going through there, not 70 mph like everyone used to do. Now, let me have a look at those advisories. --Ediger - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
