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| Crush Tetraglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5867 days ago 1622 posts - 2299 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto Studies: Basque | Message 9 of 13 15 July 2009 at 1:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks everyone, I wasn't aware that my ATM card would work across the border which certainly makes things easier. I don't plan on spending much time around the border cities (only as long as it takes to pass through) as none of my Mexican friends live near there, they live mostly outside Mexico City.
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| pmiller Account terminated Groupie Canada Joined 5676 days ago 99 posts - 104 votes Speaks: English* | Message 10 of 13 15 July 2009 at 8:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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I hope you're not planning on driving from the US to Mexico City area? If I were you I would fly.
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| TheBiscuit Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5925 days ago 532 posts - 619 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Italian Studies: German, Croatian | Message 11 of 13 16 July 2009 at 6:09pm | IP Logged | ||
I second that, it's a little risky. You have to be wary here even if you're in another state and you're driving a car with different plates. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Crush Tetraglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5867 days ago 1622 posts - 2299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto Studies: Basque | Message 12 of 13 17 July 2009 at 2:16am | IP Logged | ||
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Hm well I wasn't planning on driving there with a car of my own, I was thinking of asking a friend to pick me up, would you still recommend just flying in to Mexico City? I hadn't really considered flying into México before.
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| pmiller Account terminated Groupie Canada Joined 5676 days ago 99 posts - 104 votes Speaks: English* | Message 13 of 13 17 July 2009 at 10:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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I guess if your friend is Mexican and is connected to people high up in the government or federal police department, then that would be safe enough.
You might laugh and think "surely that's over the top?" But I can tell you about my friend (a university student) and his cute girlfriend who drove into Mexico for a nice day of shopping and dining. Next thing you know, they were in a police station. Mean-looking cops surrounded my friend and threatened to beat him up and rape his girlfriend unless he could arrange to have several thousand dollars wired to them. He only got out of it by dropping the name of the chief of police in the town, after which most of the cops fled the room and one of them apologized and let them go. Will this happen to you for sure? Hopefully not. But it could. And that's far from the worse story I've heard - I've read much worse stories in mainstream newspapers. And don't think these are rare incidents. They happen all the time. If anything, they are under-reported. My friends' case for example - you won't find it in any newspaper. Nor that of my other friends who were robbed by police at an ATM machine in broad daylight on a busy commercial street. Nor another time these same friends who were pulled over and extorted while driving. You've had two knowledgeable, well-meaning people warn you that it's quite risky: one an American who lives near the border, and another a Mexican resident with Senior Member status on this forum. Your call. http://www.voyage.gc.ca/countries_pays/report_rapport-eng.as p?id=184000 http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/trav el-advice-by-country/north-central-america/mexico http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_970.html http://www.koaa.com/aaaa_top_stories/x407184626/Over-200-Ame ricans-killed-in-Mexico-since-04 Edited by pmiller on 17 July 2009 at 10:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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