US slaps highest-level ‘do not travel’ warning on five Mexican states...
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Between 1993 and 1999 I traveled to Mexico numerous times. Even made many Mexican friends during my visits, both professionals and ordinary Mexicans.
Being trilingual, I hid my understanding of Spanish and Mexican until a genuine friendship was well established.
I loved the place; traveled the countryside alone in a rented VW or in a rented ultralight (including the pilot) I assumed he wanted to survive as much, or perhaps more than I did.
The negatives of the place outweighed the positives in 1999. Being a dumb gringo allowed me to overhear hair-raising conversations everywhere. One particular series of comments about a visiting U.S. Coast Guard cutter sealed my decision.
Never went back.