It may make the difference that there were four of us and two were largish young men. However, I think the difference was more that we were very much not in places where you would go to find rich tourists. Some of the buses we were on had chickens on them :)
The incident in Oaxaca was an outlier in my opinion -- this was only a couple of months before the riots there, so there was probably some sort of situation that he wandered into down on the zocalo. I am not saying you are wrong, mind. I have read exactly this about Baja. It is just not my experience in Chihuahua, Guanajato, Veracruz or Oaxaca. Naturally you have to watch out in Laredo and Juarez, and there are beggars elsewhere, but I'd consider it rather les dangerous than Wahington DC, so I think the Kidnapping problem is perhaps local to Baja. On 2/6/08, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not exactly. Certainly the petty stuff - getting pulled over by the cops and > squeezed for a bribe- is more common right by the border, but bandits and > corrupt cops troll deserted areas along the toll road down the coast where > they think Americans might go. They actively look for people alone or > traveling in small groups- people they can easily intimidate and rob. I've > heard too many horror stories of robbery and rape along quiet areas of > coastline, even 2-3 hours south of the border. > > On Feb 6, 2008 7:31 PM, Dana wrote: > > > I think this is less true as you get away from the border and tourist > > areas. We have had no problems at all, but I have read this recently > > about Baja, it is true. The only horrow story over here has to do with > > a run-in with the police in Oaxaca. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253596 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
