From: morrison <morrison@rohan.sdsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> Subject: Got back from Baja I took my first trip to Baja in my '71 campmobile. As a European, I was used to criss-crossing borders on vacation, but after arriving in California, I have been told so many scary stories, that in 15 years I have never dared to drive into Mexico. Anecdotes say that - driving down the highway, you WILL be held up either by robbers or by the police, who want a hundred dollars to let you go - no US insurance company will write you insurance valid in Mexico, and it is next to impossible (and next to unaffordable) to buy Mexican insurance for a short trip - poor people will throw their kids in front of a Norteamericano vehicle and sue the driver; they may be short one kid, but now the surviving family is rich. - teenagers who resent Norteamericanos will vandalize your vehicle I have always WANTED to take a (winter ?) vacation in Mexico, but with these stories, I thought that I would have to fly in and rent from Avis locally. It sounds like people on the list have MUCH more cheerful stories. I would like to hear more of people's experiences. / Lars Poulsen - lars@RNS.COM
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