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re: Is Acapulco no longer a fabulous place to visit?
Posted on 7/17/24 at 12:12 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Posted on 7/17/24 at 12:12 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Aruba, Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahama, Key Largo, Montego, and Kokomo.
Nope, it's not on the list.
Nope, it's not on the list.
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Posted on 7/17/24 at 12:13 pm to lsupride87
So the 10 most dangerous cities are all in the third world.
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Posted on 7/17/24 at 12:18 pm to soccerfüt
About 6 or 7 years ago, the Mexico Oil Show (CMP) was in Acapulco. The Federales showed up, fired the entire police force , and took over security for the whole town. 
Every street had like 2 or 3 fully “swat out” style cops. Probably the safest I ever felt there.
Every street had like 2 or 3 fully “swat out” style cops. Probably the safest I ever felt there. 
Posted on 7/17/24 at 12:24 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
I have been there three times but the last time was in 1984. Back then it was a wonderful place to visit with the nightclubs being frequented by celebrities. We would stay at the Acapulco Princess Hotel which at that time appeared on the list of the best hotels in the world.
I hear that I don’t want to go back there now.
I hear that I don’t want to go back there now.
Posted on 7/17/24 at 12:44 pm to lsupride87
I knew NO crime sucked, but more murders per capita than Juarez?!
Posted on 7/17/24 at 12:52 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
depends on if you like severed heads sliding across the disco floor or not.
For me personally, it comes down to whose heads those are, not that they are severed and the floor is slippery.
For me personally, it comes down to whose heads those are, not that they are severed and the floor is slippery.
Posted on 7/17/24 at 1:03 pm to I20goon
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depends on if you like severed heads sliding across the disco floor or not.
For me personally, it comes down to whose heads those are, not that they are severed and the floor is slippery.
This isn't hyperbole. My buddy had a condo there back in the 90's. I went down there several times and it was awesome. We had just returned from a trip two weeks earlier when he called me and told me he got rid of his place.
We used to frequent Senor Frog's on the strip as it was always full of tourists and some locals and was pretty popular. The story went that a cartel member walked in during dinner service with a duffle bag and deposited the Police Chief's head on the bar and walked out. It was them declaring that they were in power moving forward.
To put it in perspective, it would be like them doing that at Pat O's on a busy Saturday night. Never went back after that happened.
Posted on 7/17/24 at 1:06 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Here's how to do this...
1. If the location is anywhere in Mexico, don't go.
1. If the location is anywhere in Mexico, don't go.
Posted on 7/17/24 at 1:10 pm to jbgleason
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We used to frequent Senor Frog's on the strip as it was always full of tourists and some locals and was pretty popular. The story went that a cartel member walked in during dinner service with a duffle bag and deposited the Police Chief's head on the bar and walked out. It was them declaring that they were in power moving forward.
Cancun used to be where you could party all along the strip and never have problems...not as much now
Posted on 7/17/24 at 1:12 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
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I hope Andy Dufrene and Red are alright down there!!
You think they ever finished that boat?
Posted on 7/17/24 at 1:35 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
It's risky because of all the drugs and cartel shite going on there. Not much new investing in trourism because that business has fallen way off.
Place looks worn out.
Place looks worn out.
Posted on 7/17/24 at 1:39 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Quintana Roo took over as the beach tourism state of Mexico. Had 8 resort cities and ruins of beach villages.
Posted on 7/17/24 at 8:23 pm to Giantkiller
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1. If the location is anywhere in Mexico, don't go.
Yeah, this is stupid. A friend and I did a road trip with a Mexican driver a couple of years ago. Mexico City to start, along the volcanos through Guadalajara to the west coast around Puerto Vallarta, up to Mazatlan. Then east to Durango which used to be a dangerous drive but not really now. Up to Chihuahua then over to Monterrey, down to Tampico, and back to Mexico City. Over 3,000 miles. We slept in some fleabag places when improvising. No problems. Awesome trip. We had a driver advising us, but he only told us no once - Cuiiacan, up north of Mazatlan. He said no way on that one. It became famous for the cartels shooting down a police helicopter with a machine gun, on a Youtube video. I loved Mexico, beautiful country.
Heh, I have the #5 city (Port Moresby) and # 20 city (Alice Springs, Australia, WTF?) on tap for later this year. I guess it's the Abos in Alice, and a country of Abos in New Guinea. Abo is probably a verboten term, though I picked it up from the Aussies, so WTF?
Posted on 7/17/24 at 8:30 pm to lsu777
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not as much now
Got some links for how bad it is in Cancun and Playa?
Posted on 7/17/24 at 8:40 pm to Cosmo
I planned on booking a trip to Puerto Vallarta for next year. Is that a bad idea?
Posted on 7/17/24 at 8:52 pm to notiger1997
I had to go to Playa del Carmen for a work trip last year. It didn’t seem rough, but we were warned explicitly not to leave resort property for any reason whatsoever.
I was disappointed not to experience more of “real” Mexico, but I guess there was enough cause for concern. I will say it was a bit surreal to see cops driving around in F150s with machine guns mounted in the bed.
I was disappointed not to experience more of “real” Mexico, but I guess there was enough cause for concern. I will say it was a bit surreal to see cops driving around in F150s with machine guns mounted in the bed.
Posted on 7/17/24 at 8:52 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
The Acapulco Princess hotel was awesome years ago with a golf course on the property and orange trees.
You could get a huge lobster grilled to perfection for 20 bucks in town.
Now it's a cesspool for violence and the cartel.
Really too bad.
You could get a huge lobster grilled to perfection for 20 bucks in town.
Now it's a cesspool for violence and the cartel.
Really too bad.
Posted on 7/18/24 at 9:46 am to SouthPlains
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I had to go to Playa del Carmen for a work trip last year. It didn’t seem rough, but we were warned explicitly not to leave resort property for any reason whatsoever.
I won a company trip to a beautiful resort in Ixtapa in the mid-2000's. Our group was explicitly warned not to leave the property and it was guarded by security carrying automatic weapons.
In the mid-90's during grad school in CA myself and three friends went surfing near Todos Santos on the Baja Peninsula. I got seperated from the group and was confronted by federals with weapons, they accused me of trespassing and put me in a local jail for a couple of hours before shaking me down for $40 and letting me go. Compared notes with a few others and many told the same story.
Puerto Peñasco (aka "Rocky Point) is 200 miles from Phoenix and a popular destination for Arizona residents. Friends who have places there have been swearing by it for years, saying it's totally safe while also admitting the resorts and most of the lucrative businesss are controlled by the cartels. In March of this year 12 bodies were found near the town and in 2019 a mass grave with 42 bodies was discovered just five miles outside the town. Myself and a buddy rode our motorcycles to Rocky Point three years ago and although I felt fairly safe at the resort areas outside the resort were definitely sketchy. Once you wrap your head around the fact that the local police are incredibly corrupt you act accordingly.
Mexico is beautiful but now I will only visit Cabo and even then not as much as I used to. I can be in San Diego or Orange County in an hour by plane or six hours by car if I need my beach/surfing fix. frick Mexico.
This post was edited on 7/18/24 at 10:01 am
Posted on 7/18/24 at 9:52 am to Sao
Kelowna is a weird outlier. Beautiful setting for a city.
this vid was set in Kelowna
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this vid was set in Kelowna
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This post was edited on 7/18/24 at 10:26 am
Posted on 7/18/24 at 10:19 am to lsupride87
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9th deadliest city in Mexico and 10th in the world I’m not a rocket surgeon but that means 9 of the 10 deadliest cities in the world are in Mexico
Mexico have virtually banned private gun ownership at least among law abiding citizens.
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