"Proteus" wrote in message
news:pan.2005.10.19.13.58.15.656742@uselessemail.net...
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:11:43 +0000, JHR wrote:
>
>> I went to Central Mexico a couple of months ago and stayed with some
>> friends. I made the mistake of going out on my own for a day and drove
>> the
>> two hours down to Acapulco. The Policia pulled me over as I neared the
>> city
>> limits and told me that I had disobeyed the law and he pulled out a
>> document
>> that stated that my fine was 5000 pesos ( US $500.00). I had U.S. $51.00
>> and
>> 300 pesos in my wallet and had to give him $50.00 just to make him go
>> away.
>> He wanted to take me to an ATM to withdraw cash. I told him that I didn't
>> have a credit card.
>>
>> I've hired mexicans here, treated them well and paid them well ($10.00
>> per
>> hour). That mexican cop just did a disservice to his countrymen because I
>> will never hire a mexican again. I'll find a teenager in the neighborhood
>> instead.
>>
>> And I'll never go back to Mexico.
>> Advice? Spend your hard earned money somewhere else.
>> ..
>
> Interesting, because I thought I would never go back to mexico after a
> trip to Cabo a couple of years ago. Nightmare from hell trying to get OUT
> of the airport there-- they claimed the airline (Alaska Airlines) had not
> been paid by Northwest Airlines for my flight out to LA (then to MN), but
> I had my eticket there to show them, yet to no avail. A nightmare, I
> almost had a nervous breakdown, seriously.
>
> But we also had driven up the pacific coast, and once we were stopped
> along the road so I could photograph some cacti. A mexican cop passed up,
> and my brother saw him turn around in the rear view mirror. We got the
> hell out of there, paranoid of TV movies of bad cops. Your story makes me
> glad we got the crap out of there before getting pulled over on some bogus
> charge and needing to pay $$$.
They will take advantage of gringos whenever and wherever they can.
>
> If I go to Cancun, sad as it seems to have to stay in the Americanized
> area, I likely would, esp. since I would be alone, and then just take
> tours from hotel to ruins, etc.
>
>
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