Beware of Spring Break danger in Mexico

KENS 5 Eyewitness News ^ | 02/28/2007 | Angela Kocherga

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SPRING BREAK IN MEXICO – “Know Before You Go!”

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/spring_break_mexico/spring_break_mexico_2812.html

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PSA Ping!

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.

[NYCynic]

It doesn't make any sense. Why go to Mexico, when the US destinations are just fine and comparably priced (even cheaper by my estimation): Myrtle Beach, Daytona Beach, Panama City Beach, Lake Havasu, South Padre Island, etc.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

No need to do spring break in Mexico anymore...


...Mexico is coming to me!

[AU72]

Also stay away from hotel balconies in Cancun.
The railings are too short.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

It doesn't make any sense. Why go to Mexico, when the US destinations are just fine and comparably priced...

Easy. The drinking age in Mexico is 18.

[pabianice]

Smoke, Kidnapping and Rock 'n Roll

[Gay State Conservative]

Although I've traveled to some "exotic" places in my day,I've never set foot in Mexico and never will.Never! Crime tops the long list of reasons for my position.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Heck, just go to Aruba!

[ClearCase_guy]

Go to Norway. See the lovely fjords.

[taxed2death]

Why anyone would go to that corrupt crap hole of a country on "vacation" is beyond belief.....

[dman4384]

"Why go to Mexico, when the US destinations are just fine and comparably priced "

Well intentioned drinking laws raised the drinking age to 21.

So now the students simply go to Mexico where its 18.

Just another example of the law of unintended consquences.

now instead of protecting "kids" from drinking, they go to Mexico where they are in much more danger.

[Post-Neolithic]

Most of the "Younger" people I know are headed to points elsewhere. Lots of travel agents also reporting travel to Mexico is down by at least 60 percent.

Can't really blame them, why go somewhere that is inundated with drug related killings, so bad that soldiers have to patrol the resorts.

Most Spring Breakers I know are heading to FLA/Bahamas and the like. Would also not bother with Puerto Rico, unless you enjoy having to watch eveything you bring 24/7.

[Marine Inspector]

It doesn't make any sense.

Yes it does. The legal drinking age in Mexico is 18, while it's 21 in the US. The average collage student is under 21.

[Dr. Marten]

 

 

[Safetgiver]

I've been pinin' for the fjords.

[KC_Conspirator]

Ah, but have you been to Matamoros for a evening?

I have got a great story, but decorum prevents me from repeating it here...

[Williams]

I've dealt with cases involving students who died in accidents in Mexico on Spring Break vacations. It's pretty pathetic to read how blitzed a group of young people will get. Yes, I was young once but I also encounter a lot of parents who think their kids' drug and alcohol abuse is just what they did in college, and think it's normal.

Normal on average maybe, but also incredibly stupid.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

"Go to Norway. See the lovely fjords."

That could be risky, too. Animal testing reveals that withdrawal symptoms after leaving the fjords could be life-threatening. See Cleese, Palin, et al.

[CindyDawg]

They can drink in Mexico.