Random post - wll be working on my cafe sport

[Ryland3210]

John, my personality hasn't changed in more decades than many hereabouts have been sucking air. Yes, I take different positions of engagement depending on topic, of which we evidently now have lots fewer to choose. . . But leave us not open old wounds. . .

 

I've read piles of Baja travel reports in my day and have been down there enough times to separate the reality from the hype a couple o' times over. I think we had this conversation already in September -- and again, I think you mean Rosarito Beach -- not "Rosalita"?

 

http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?...mp;#entry129049

 

If an El Norte Mexico road trip tickles y'er fancy, well then -- vaya con Dios, mi compadre! But after as much time as I've spent down there, the best part of each trip for me increasingly turns out to be thanking the good Lord to be back in the USA alive and well as soon as I get back across the border.

 

-- But o' course, that's just me.

 

Yes, I think you're right about it being Rosarito Beach. Only went there once. I probably got the name confused with some Mexican cuty! I felt comfortable being driven down there by my Belizian friends to their place. They also knew a way to get around the hours of waiting to cross back into the U.S. via Tijuana, so we had a great time.

 

I hear you loud and clear on the risks. It was unnerving last year, seeing the heavily armed police in an armored vehicle with an obstacle blockade on the main road just inside the border. They looked very alert and serious, not just hanging around as if nothing ever happened. In stark contrast, I felt no such threatening atmosphere when visiting Tijuana in the 1980's or the Yucatan more recently and felt comfortable the entire time.

 

OK, back to technical stuff and out of my adventure world!

[Guest ratchethack]

It was unnerving last year, seeing the heavily armed police in an armored vehicle with an obstacle blockade on the main road just inside the border. They looked very alert and serious, not just hanging around as if nothing ever happened. In stark contrast, I felt no such threatening atmosphere when visiting Tijuana in the 1980's or the Yucatan more recently and felt comfortable the entire time.

Wot you saw was no doubt Los Federales, who protect and escort the daily truck caravans of cartel contraband through the vast unpatrolled stretches of the border into the US, unseen by all but cooperative US Border Patrol -- but well out of the reach (and coverage) of media cameras. You DO NOT want to get on the wrong side of Los Federales in the wrong place at the wrong time. I know guys who did, and only made it back across the border by (literally) fighting for their lives.

 

But we're on Probation now, so best censor myself quickly, lest I bring down the wrath of the guards . . .