Mexico, Been There– Not Going Back Anytime Soon

I spent this last holiday weekend under self-imposed house arrest to avoid the blinding heat and idiots who like running around in such blinding heat.  My only contact with the outside world, Saturday and Sunday consisted of no less than three delivery people and my television. There were more than a few commercials promoting various holiday destinations.  Some were trying a little too hard.  One was trying REALLY hard.

Now, if it were anyplace else, I could see the need to make this sort of ad. You’re a summer vacation destination. You just got some bad press with what could have been a pandemic of biblical proportions. What would you do? You try to do damage control.

The only tiny hiccup with that is swine flu is not even close to a reason why I think most people are avoiding Mexico like the plague.  I think weekly if not daily reports of mass murder, rampant corruption in the military, police force and government, and the very, very likely possibility that you will be kidnapped, probably lose a finger, if not worse, and/or be killed are just a few reason why it was sooo easy to NOT book that trip to Cancun this year.

In previous years, such crime sprees were mostly in the central and non-touristy parts of Mexico, I believe the technical term would be the bits of Mexico without a Hyatt, Hilton and/or a beach.  Now crime is  all over Mexico. They hit everyone from the very rich to the average Juan.

All I’m saying is I hear Canada is nice this time of year.