Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 06:25:32 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: FRYDAY-----horror stories on Surf Mex Trips
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I've been to Mexico several times, Masetlan, Cancun mostly and Dias Ordaz
and I don't plan on going back. The only thing I left in Mexico was in a
toilet bowl.
Stan Wilder
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:51:18 -0800 phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
writes:
> In Rosarito a guy I know got the livin' chit beat out
> of him by a hotel owner and 7 of his employees. He and
> his girlfriend had been partying all night and it was
> time to go to the hotel room. They had reserved a room
> days earlier but the Hotel owner NOW had no rooms
> avaliable. So my friend (a big mean Marine dude)
> starts to get in the hotel owners face. The Hotel
> owner whistles and then from out of now here 7 Mexican
> employees pile up on my friend, knocking his teeth out
> and tossing him out into the street. He ends up having
> to be hospitalized for broken ribs busted up face.
>
> People in Rosarito think Gringos are to be used and
> discarded IMO
>
>
> Everyone I know in San Diego has a horror story to
> tell about going to Mexico via Tijauna. This place is
> but ugly in every way until you get to the beach IMO
>
> Phil
>
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> --- s w <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> > --- "Smola, Tony" <TSmola@TRIBUNE.COM> wrote:
> > > I'd like to hear some stories from the list
> > > regarding wierd incidents while
> > > camping, surfing in Mexico and other strange
> > > places....could be anywhere?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > stoped at a liquor store in santa rosalia for a
> > bottle
> > of rum on the way to la paz(eventually) and got back
> > to the truck(pre-vanagon, and not mine at that)to
> > find
> > a federale writing us up a ticket, or taking info,
> > or
> > looking offical at least(.45 six shooter)80 peso's
> > later we find we were parked more(in his
> > opinion)than
> > 1 meter from the curb...saw him later that night at
> > the local store, and got out of there quick!!! he
> > was
> > a nice guy though as far as people in charge
> > go...probobly one of the most honest mexican police
> > i
> > will ever run into. only had a 100 peso bill(charge
> > was 80) and it took me a good 5 min. to convince him
> > i
> > needed no cambiar<sic>?....one time at campo la
> > xxxxxx(sorry, favorite place ;)...) i was laying in
> > my
> > cot, again, no van bunk :( , reading a book, buddy
> > asleep in the tent, hear some noise and expect beach
> > owner to be getting home and bringing me a bottle of
> > whatever, look up to see a macheen gun in my face
> > and
> > an 18 year old telling me in spanish to get prepared
> > for inspection, hummer full of them coming to
> > help...good thing all the partaking was done with
> > days
> > before...good times, but be careful out there, they
> > are not playing games in their own opinions....
> >
> > =====
> > Scott Wilson
> > 85 GL Westfalia
> >
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