Comments on: Avoiding Baja Surf Trips http://www.dialecticalreasoning.com/travel/avoiding-baja-surf-trips/ Deep down in the mess considered my phschy I must be trying to find the answer to a question or resolve a contradiction, instead this blog popped out. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: stefan http://www.dialecticalreasoning.com/travel/avoiding-baja-surf-trips/comment-page-1/#comment-336 stefan Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:46:54 +0000 http://www.dialecticalreasoning.com/?p=199#comment-336 James I am the first person to say that the press sensationalizes EVERYTHING, so your comment does mean a lot to me. I have had gnarly experiences with the cops in Tijuana where they took everything of mine of value and then gave us an escort out of TJ and told us not to come back. I have traveled south of Tijuana many times and have made the S. Calif surfer pilgrimage camping to Cabo a few times...one of which lasted over 4 months with no problem until we hit TJ on the way out. James

I am the first person to say that the press sensationalizes EVERYTHING, so your comment does mean a lot to me. I have had gnarly experiences with the cops in Tijuana where they took everything of mine of value and then gave us an escort out of TJ and told us not to come back.

I have traveled south of Tijuana many times and have made the S. Calif surfer pilgrimage camping to Cabo a few times…one of which lasted over 4 months with no problem until we hit TJ on the way out.

]]> By: James Glover http://www.dialecticalreasoning.com/travel/avoiding-baja-surf-trips/comment-page-1/#comment-335 James Glover Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:27:45 +0000 http://www.dialecticalreasoning.com/?p=199#comment-335 While it is true there have been Cartel shootings in TJ it is a large city that is trying to fight back an therfore have retaliation. The fact is very few of these shootings happen where tourist go (or should be). Rosarito Beach adn Ensenada have cleaned up a great deal since the begining of the year with many nationals and Foriegners on watch patrols as well as real Federal Police watching the highway for any attempted carjackings which have not been reported for months now. The T.J police had their guns taken away adn are only allowed to carry them if federal or Army officers are wiht them. Yes there are problems but please keep it in perspective. In last year SUPOEDLY there were deaths in Detroit due to hand guns that in the war of Iraq. Also look at the hand gun Deaths in New York city that are great than almost any country on the planet! Yes south of Ensenada the crime rate drops incredibly. I live in Cabo and we have very little violence especailly against tourist. But there have been a couple confirmed killings of tourist witin this year which never happend in the past 5 years I have lived here. In general if you are not doing drugs or in the non-tourist areas of Los Cabos you will never notice anything other than once in awhile a cop looking for the $20-$40 mordida. Please correct me if I'm wrong and you have facts to prove othewise. Here is an article that was well researched by us at the begining of the year (http://www.bajainsider.com/baja-california-travel/mexico-travel-warning.htm )and obviously we need to research more to get the current facts on safety in Baja. Here is another from Rosarito beach (http://www.bajainsider.com/baja-california-travel/baja-destinations/rosarito_beach/rosaritobeachsafetyimprovements.html) Thank you for posintg this and please feel free to comment diectly to me at jag@bajainsider.com if you like While it is true there have been Cartel shootings in TJ it is a large city that is trying to fight back an therfore have retaliation. The fact is very few of these shootings happen where tourist go (or should be).
Rosarito Beach adn Ensenada have cleaned up a great deal since the begining of the year with many nationals and Foriegners on watch patrols as well as real Federal Police watching the highway for any attempted carjackings which have not been reported for months now.
The T.J police had their guns taken away adn are only allowed to carry them if federal or Army officers are wiht them.
Yes there are problems but please keep it in perspective. In last year SUPOEDLY there were deaths in Detroit due to hand guns that in the war of Iraq. Also look at the hand gun Deaths in New York city that are great than almost any country on the planet!
Yes south of Ensenada the crime rate drops incredibly. I live in Cabo and we have very little violence especailly against tourist. But there have been a couple confirmed killings of tourist witin this year which never happend in the past 5 years I have lived here.
In general if you are not doing drugs or in the non-tourist areas of Los Cabos you will never notice anything other than once in awhile a cop looking for the $20-$40 mordida.
Please correct me if I’m wrong and you have facts to prove othewise.
Here is an article that was well researched by us at the begining of the year (http://www.bajainsider.com/baja-california-travel/mexico-travel-warning.htm )and obviously we need to research more to get the current facts on safety in Baja.
Here is another from Rosarito beach
(http://www.bajainsider.com/baja-california-travel/baja-destinations/rosarito_beach/rosaritobeachsafetyimprovements.html)

Thank you for posintg this and please feel free to comment diectly to me at jag@bajainsider.com if you like

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