thanks for the updates there boss....
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Now Mexico's real estate industry is fighting back. A day before President Barack Obama visits Mexico to discuss, among other things, the troublesome drug war issue, RE/MAX Investment Properties issued the results of its research claiming that tourist zones in Mexico are up to 26 times safer than many tourist zones in the United States.
Among its findings: The state of Baja California Sur, which includes some of my favorite destinations such as Cabo San Lucas, La Paz and Loreto, has a homicide rate 26 times lower than Orlando, 18 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than West Palm Beach and 12 times lower than Tampa and Honolulu.
(Note to self: Stay away from Florida!)
More: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outpost ... in-us.html
Statistics:Posted by webmaster — Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:32 pm
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Interesting site.
Mogens
Statistics:Posted by webmaster — Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:38 pm
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In all honesty, it is sad that the government and news media are making such a big deal out of this. We feel very safe in PVR (unlike Jamaica) and will continue to go back again and again. PVR has so much to offer so please everyone go and enjoy!! You won't regret it!!
Lorrie
Statistics:Posted by lojol60 — Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:10 pm
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Ah, and an interesting article:
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/vi ... bd5f4cbc65
Puts things more in perspective.
Interesting to note the part they say that The Tourism Council of the State of Florida finances sites that try to give Mexico a bad image.
Greetings
Mogens
Statistics:Posted by webmaster — Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:42 pm
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Statistics:Posted by JROJEFF — Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:54 am
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Interesting read, specially the comments at the end.
Greetings
Mogens
Statistics:Posted by webmaster — Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:15 pm
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So many people who have never been to Mexico before think all of Mexico is like the border towns, dirty, nasty and crime-ridden, because if they have gone to or had friends go just across the border that is all they have heard or seen.
Sure, after traveling through a small border town (I think it was Nogales) some 5-6 years ago I understood why there was a bad image of Mexico, it was shameful and depressing, if all of Mexico were that way I'd never moved here.The truth is that Guadalajara is fabulous (at times paper work and inefficiency can get to me) and when you take all things into consideration, a great place to live. Some may say the same about Vallarta too.
Mogens
Statistics:Posted by webmaster — Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:33 pm
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because of all this......
Statistics:Posted by Plus4 — Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:48 pm
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Should the media have reported it, sure they should have, they are still trying to figure out what happened to this kid. San Diego Police are assisting Mexican police in the investigation. Unfortuantely this is the kind of news that makes everyone think all of Mexico is bad. This kid was not a drug dealer, he had enlisted in the army and was delivering meat until they called him up. The media is reporting on it because it is now crossing the border into the U.S. Will this keep me from going to PV, NO, but there are places in Mexico I won't go.
So many people who have never been to Mexico before think all of Mexico is like the border towns, dirty, nasty and crime-ridden, because if they have gone to or had friends go just across the border that is all they have heard or seen.
Statistics:Posted by katnsocal — Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:24 pm
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Yes, I agree the media (which are very few companies in the end) just want to sell, Mexico is the current fad.
My main issue is that they just lump the whole country into a problem that is within the US and Mexico border strip mainly. What's the point in affecting tourism in Vallarta, Cabos, Cancun, etc. Irresponsible media affects the welfare of millions, specially in the current recession. I would even dare to call it criminal irresponsibility by the media.
Mogens
Statistics:Posted by webmaster — Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:27 pm
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But ....
I agree with Charlieb when he says that The US and Canada do not have the same Police corruption as they have in Mexico..
My humble is that the news reports we are reading and hearing in Canada and the States about Mexico is not to scare us into staying home to spend money in our own countries but that the Media writes stories that sell and right now some of the stories coming out of Mexico are big
From the story on the link below...
Alberto Capella, the civilian head of the Tijuana police force says....
‘We are fighting two wars,’ Capella says, as the convoy speeds through the night towards a reported gun battle. ‘One is against the narcos. The other is against our own police and the judges and the corrupt officials who work for the narcos. This second war is the most difficult one.’
Quote:
A dizzying list of army generals, federal prosecutors, governors, politicians, judges, police chiefs and Mexico’s representatives to Interpol who have been caught ‘taking the silver’.
The cartels offer a simple and persuasive choice to their opponents: plata O plomo, silver or lead, riches or death.
The story in the article below was made into a CBC news story that ran off and off all day yesterday...
Maybe it is stories like the one below that is bringing reporters from around the World to Mexico looking for news that is sensational....
http://WWW.telegraph.co.UK/news/worldne ... emacy.HTML
And closer to home...
http://WWW.cbc.ca/Canada/British-Columb ... exico.HTML
In Canada there are news articles and news stories on TV just about everyday about the concerns with the drug cartels and corrupt police in Mexico. What we are hearing that the increased gang violence in Vancouver and other Canadian cities has direct ties to the drug cartels in Mexico
The increase in gang violence in Vancouver and other Canadian cities has direct ties to the drug-cartel wars that have terrorized Mexico and some American border communities, say Canadian and U.S. Police.
*****Canada has revised the travel warning to Mexico..*****
Canada's Foreign Affairs Department last week revised its travel report for Mexico, warning Canadian tourists to avoid areas around the U.S. Border, especially Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana.
Popular tourist destinations such as Puerto Vallarta, the Mayan Riviera and Hualtuco have not been singled out, although the resort towns of Cabo San Lucas and Acapulco are located in the affected states of Baja California and Guerrero.
I only see one solution that will end the drug problems that are around the World
Wishful thinking...
edited to change photo link...oops
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I think Mogens has a point, perhaps the US wants the vacation money spent in their own country. Scare the tourist into staying home. There is violence everywhere, why isn't it reported in New Orleans? well because if people stopped visiting there the city would fold. Same as LA, New York, Atlanta ect ect. The media in this country is a joke, they worry more about what an over paid celebrity is wearing, when they should be concerned about the 500,000 people losing their jobs every month.
Statistics:Posted by BUFFETT 06 — Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:50 am
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