Ask the Pack: Mexico

[EngDawg]

It's possible I may have to go to Mexico for a few months for work. Has anybody been to Mexico recently. How safe is it if your an innocent bystander?

 

[ronpolk]

It might help to specify where. I've been to Cancun and that's fine but there are places in Mexico the U.S. warns against traveling to.

 

[57stratdawg]

Your work providing security?

 

[Jgbishop]

Tiajuana is nice this time of year. They're running a special on rented mules too. Supposedly are show animals but smell like bad fish**

 

[11thEagleFan]

I've spent a lot of time in Mexico. Where exactly will you be going and what will you be doing? In general, border towns are the most dangerous, but need more info about your situation.

 

[EngDawg]

I would be working at a large manufacturing facility in central Mexico. I don't really want to get any more specific than that over the Internet.

 

[LawDawg97]

I'd go with the State Department's

I would be working at a large manufacturing facility in central Mexico. I don't really want to get any more specific than that over the Internet.

Advisories. Don't know what you expect to get here. Mexico is big. Mexico City is huge. Keep your head on a swivel. Don't take taxis. Arrange for private transportation everywhere through whoever you are working for.

 

[11thEagleFan]

I see. Well I've spent time in Puebla, which may very well be where you're going, and I've never really felt unsafe there. Learn a little Spanish, it helps. Even if you're not very good, the locals will appreciate the effort. College town, so many of the younger people will speak English. I'm sure your company will put you up in a hotel, so you should be fine. If you're going out, just have someone at the front desk hire you a taxi. Absorb the culture and have fun. Just use common sense and you'll be fine. Great bars and restaurants there. Like I said, border towns are way more dangerous than where you're going.

 

[ShrubDog]

I would be working at a large manufacturing facility in central Mexico. I don't really want to get any more specific than that over the Internet.

Guess the wall is being built after all...

 

[FreeDawg]

I spent a week in Motomoros when I was 20 & it was insane and totally unsafe. A week after I left a bunch of cops got killed by the cartel and the US put out a travel warning. Me and my buddies had a great time. It was like Vegas with no laws. You just had to have some street smarts in how you move. Had one shady encounter with some mexican cops.

 

[11thEagleFan]

These threads are always interesting to me. Like I said, unless you're in a border town or traveling on the highway in a remote place, you should generally be safe if you use common sense. There are places in Mexico I'd much rather be than say, Detroit, Chicago, parts of D.C., Memphis, Atlanta, parts of Los Angeles, etc. The one thing I did that was incredibly stupid once was spending the night in Juarez. During the day, there are flourishing street markets, restaurants, bars, etc. I met a really nice Mexican family there and they begged me to leave before dark, but I didn't. At night, it's like a ghost town. The hotel staff basically forbade me from going out at night. The danger there is very real. Although most of the violence is cartel on cartel, oftentimes innocent bystanders get caught in the crossfire.

 

[99jc]

Been most places in Mexico you are safer there than say Greenville ms.

I would be working at a large manufacturing facility in central Mexico. I don't really want to get any more specific than that over the Internet.

if you were going to say Bogota Columbia I would say to up your life insurance otherwise just stay away from bad water and hookers,you will be fine.

 

[kired]

There are places in Mexico I'd much rather be than say, Detroit, Chicago, parts of D.C., Memphis, Atlanta, parts of Los Angeles, etc.

That doesn't exactly make it safe...

If you've got a local you trust that you'll be working with, stay joined to his hip - at least to begin with. I haven't spent much time there but that's what I've always been told. The only real issues I've heard of were usually people doing something stupid (out late drinking or partying). I've been told of some scary situations by other coworkers but just nothing serious came of it.

 

[smellmyfinger]

if you were going to say Bogota Columbia I would say to up your life insurance otherwise just stay away from bad water and hookers,you will be fine.

I go to Bogota a couple of times a month every other month, it's not as bad as it use to be that's for sure. Same rules as Mexico, don't use taxi's unless organized through the hotel or use pre organized transportation. Stay away from the bad districts and use common sense.

 

[WrapItDog]

Don't share a cab with Ryan Lochte

 

[99jc]

Last time I was in Bogata I got knived but I was doing something somewhere I

I go to Bogota a couple of times a month every other month, it's not as bad as it use to be that's for sure. Same rules as Mexico, don't use taxi's unless organized through the hotel or use pre organized transportation. Stay away from the bad districts and use common sense.

Should not have been....just saying.

 

[Vice]

Should not have been....just saying.

What were you doing? You brought it up. Tell us about it. But if it doesn't involve drugs then don't worry about it.

 

[EngDawg]

Thanks for the input guys. The State Department doesn't have any travel warnings for were I would be, so that's encouraging. Nothing is official yet, but the opportunity looks good so I might just take it if it presents itself to me.

 

[99jc]

Partying in a bad section after midnight with some hot columbian babes pissed

What were you doing? You brought it up. Tell us about it. But if it doesn't involve drugs then don't worry about it.

Off a boyfriend....got *** whooped and cut across arm. Police attack dogs came to my rescue locals told me I should be glad I was alive.

 

[Vice]

Off a boyfriend....got *** whooped and cut across arm. Police attack dogs came to my rescue locals told me I should be glad I was alive.

Haha! Thanks for sharing. That's awesome.