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My wife and I have an opportunity to go to Cancun for two weeks do you have any suggestions on places to visit, restrauants, best beaches. Places to stay away from? ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | ||
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| Good enough is neither good, nor enough |
Don’t drink the water, don’t brush your teeth with it, don’t drink anything with ice in it. Love Mexico, but don’t drink the water. There are 3 kinds of people, those that understand numbers and those that don't. | |||
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Go across the channel to Cozumel...and stay there. | |||
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| Serenity now! |
Eat cooked food. Do not eat a salad or fresh vegetables/fruits. ------------------------------------------------ 9/11/01 Never Forget "In valor there is hope" - Tacitus | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Don't buy ceviche from a beach vendor. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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If you go to walmart make sure you get off the bus before its final stop, maby chongosuerte will stop by and tell that storie... | |||
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Damn sounds like it's better to stay home _______________________________________________________ And no, junior not being able to hold still for 5 seconds is not a disability. | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
At midnight, in Cancun shanty-town. Truly the end of the line! Try getting a cab to stop in shanty-town looking like a fresh-off-the-boat Gringo, as you hike back to the hotel district, trying not to get robbed  It's a long and funny story. That ends with a return trip, at 2am, getting equally as lost, and winding up in a Mexican gay bar. All just to try to find a GD phone charger, for a cell-phone that magically decided to work in Me-he-co, so I could text with my now ex-wife (then girlfriend) as she and all my buddies partied in my (mom's) house. That should have been a sign... Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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that funny right there. about 2 weeks after 9/11 we flew there. stayed in my MIL timeshare. so we take the bus to Wal Mart. thankfully a very nice man told us what stop to get off at. He also warned us we did not want to go any further down the line than the walmart stop. we bought some groceries, each carrying 2 bags of food for the week and the the bus driver coming back dropped off right in front of our timeshare resort even though there was no bus stop there. other wise it was pretty nice. beaches not so much. definitely check out Chitzen Itza and Xcaret water park. | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
That very nice man knew his shit. I’ve been in some bad spots. Bad-breath distance from real bad guys, wrestling over guns. Even Caught a serial killer the size of John Coffey on the prowl all alone one night. Bad spots. That moonlit hike in the Cancun hood was probably the most F’d I ever thought I’d gotten myself, before or since. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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| Stop Talking, Start Doing |
I picked up both Cryptospiridium and Salmonella while in Cabo San Lucas in 2013. Lab confirmed, once I got home. I was shitting for 3 weeks straight. My tip would be to not get either of those  ._______________ Mind. Over. Matter. | |||
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AND... don't eat any salads. If you eat any salad, you might as well drink the water that they used to rinse the salad items with. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Don't buy "genuine Cohibas" from a beach vendor. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
It can get hot there. Be sure to stay hydrated. Doing a lot of water. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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I'd agree. | |||
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Stay in the resort and DRINK BOTTED WATER. | |||
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I've never been there, so maybe someone can fill me in. What is the benefit of Mexico that justifies going to a third world country where you are far more likely to get sick, be subject to criminal activity, etc vs Florida, South Texas, California? Cheaper? Sun THAT much brighter?? | |||
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https://travel.state.gov/conte...travel-advisory.html I cannot put my finger on it but something in this article would tell me to avoid Mexico at all costs. Quintana Roo State would apply here. Because son, it is what you are supposed to do. | |||
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| אַרְיֵה |
Yup. South Florida (Miami area) might still be subject to criminal activity, but you're not as likely to get the runs from drinking water or eating fresh food, and depending on where you got your permit, you might be able to carry protection legally. You can probably trust the police there, too. You still might have to speak Spanish, though. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Dont go? Stop by for a cruise alone? Carry everywhere. Oh, did I mention not going? Used guns deserve a home too | |||
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