I understand Bernie the need to be preventive, but it's like saying you
should not go to school because maybe you could be shoot by a crazy gun-men.

No one want to know about horror storie's, it create fear and fear is the
worse enemy of travelers.

My EX girlfriend Carolyn just came back from a 5 months trip to Asia, 6
countries, backpacking, ALONE (and she is one nice lady)!!! Everything went
smooth for the exception of a small aggression in the street of a small
town, she was rob by 1 young guy driving a scooter, he took is purse on the
"fly"

I'm sure your point was to "point" "NOT TO TRAVEL" at night, but most mexico
travelers already know that. I had to travel in Baja at nigh, 3 time, no
choice... i was afraid... of the animals on the road.

But i agree, border town are somewhat scary, you cross, do your paper work
and drive 500 miles away from there.

Yesterday, i was speaking with one of my customer, remember my post about
the lady who was stranded with a bad radiator in Mexico last winter??? Well,
she was telling me all about her 5 years in a row travel into Mexico!
ALONE!! at 62YO. Just marvelous stories.

In 2003, when i told everyone here i was "going south" (thanks to all here
for all those nice (over 100) invitation to visit them) many American's try
to discourage me of going there, why?

Me, i only regret one thing about my "Ultimate Vanagon", it's Tornado Red!
not the best color to travel incognito.

Fear is the engine of community...

Cheers, Ben
http://www.benplace.com/baja_intro.htm

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:40:07 -0700, Bernie <berniej@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> hope your not telling us (or should i say "me") that it's safer in the
>US??? come on men!!! The USA, where their is more murder per capita then the
>rest of the world!
>
>Not comparing the countries.
>I'm simply stating why I have  no interest in driving in the Baja in the
>wee hours of the morning.
>I have been to the Baja on 7 or 8  occasions and love it.
>
>
>Many people have travel in Mexico for years, they have not much to say about
>> bandidos!:
>
>
>
>We travelled down the Baja 25 years ago and then took a ferry from Cabo
>to mainland Mexico. From there we went north to Durango and the next
>day drove the road from Durango to Mazatlan. When we got  to Mazatlan
>the owner of the campground asked us from where we had come.
>I told him and he said that there was a "travel advisory" on that road.
>You should not have been on it.
>The bad guys had dressed up as Federals and stopped tourists.
>There had been shootings and some killings.
>All this a day or two before  we travelled that road. It could have easily
>been us.
>That's a fact and not a story.
>I know.........I know this is not the norm.
>But to  say it can't happen would not be accurate.