Posted on 02/25/2012 8:07:14 AM PST by jimbo123
Twenty-two passengers on Carnival Splendor were robbed at gunpoint Thursday while on a ship-sponsored tour in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
At least one Mexican media outlet said the passengers were returning by bus to their ship at approximately 5 p.m. after spending time in El Nogalito, a tourist area known for its lush natural setting. Masked assailants stopped the bus and robbed the cruisers of their money, watches, cameras and other valuables.
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Ping.
Our future.
Obama will apologize to the banditos.
You have to avoid the west coast of Mexico. HEAVY drug and crime area. Most cruise lines have pulled out and those remaining have cut back their destinations.
My guess is we won’t be seeing these people on the Mexico Taxi Project commercials.
I wonder what the bus driver's cut was?
Have we not been saying how unsafe anywhere in Mexico is? People that just want a cheap cruise now see why it was so cheap.
Hint:
Avoid Mexico.
Conceal carry in America.
Years ago, wife and I liked to visit Ixtapa after Christmas. Inexpensive, fun, warm and safe. Not any more.
Smells like a setup.
Another reason why I hate Mexico and it’s people. What do you suppose the situation is going to be like in that crap-hole in five more years?
Just part of the Mexican entertainment.
We visited Ixtapa several times while stationed in Mexico City back in the 90s. Thought it was heaven on earth, but I wouldn’t go back there now on a bet.
Part of the itenerary, I’m sure.
9:00 see old things.
12:00 lunch
2:00 Visit museum
4:00 Shopping
6:00 Get robbed by desperados
8:00 Dinner show
What do you suppose the situation is going to be like in most U.S. urban areas in five more years?
Great comments there. Unusual for msnbc.com.
More third world hell.
And then the “immigration standards” (whatever the hell those are) will be relaxed (with the full cooperation of the Mexican government and both sides of ours) for “humanitarian purposes.
Poll from the site:
Would you take a vacation in Mexico?
No — it’s dangerous. 87%
Yes — this is an anomaly. 13%
Total Votes: 10966
That 13% has to be liberals
Other links there tell the story:
Puerto Vallarta says it’s safe despite Princess canceling calls
Mexico looks for rebound in U.S. tourists
Time to say adios to Mexico travel?
Beware the hard sell at vacation resorts
Question: Why are some countries hell holes and some countries are not ?
Answer: Because of the people who live there.
Would you take a vacation in Mexico?
No — it’s dangerous.
87%
Yes — this is an anomaly.
13%
Total Votes: 11087
We lived in the Twin Cities area in those days. It was 20 days of 30 below or 30 days of 20 below. Ixtapa was a life-saver !
“I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!”
There is little difference between what these highway men did to the 22 cruise passengers and what Barack Obama does to a hundred million working Americans.
At the core it is all wealth redistribution.
One difference is that the highwaymen had the guts to confront their victims openly and personally and to wield their own weapons. They are undisguised, self-admitted crooks and theives.
But Obama hides behind his oily and lofty socialist rhetoric and uses the power of the federal government to extort our hard earned money.
Stay out of Mehico, my friend.
Frito Bandito?
30 years ago I put in a stint as a Travel Agent. My boss, who had been in the business for another 30 years, told me at that time to steer clear of Carnival. She said they were a sloppy organization and she refused to book clients on their cruises.
Note that the Costa Concordia (the sunken Italian cruise ship) was owned by Carnival.
Puerto Vallarta says it’s safe despite Princess canceling calls
Last time I was in Puerto Vallarta there was a cop or soldier armed with a machine gun on most corners.
It wasn't considered safe for tourists to wander too far from the Malecon after dark.
Don’t people pay to see phony pirates, sharks and bandits? No one was hurt, so their loss is simply the price of admission.
Welcome to Mejico, Amigos. Give us all your stuff and have a nice day...
There are a number of cruise ship “port of calls”at I would say it’s unsafe to get out of sight of your cruise ship. Number 1 would be St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, after that it would be, in no particualr order, Labadee, Haiti, Willemsted, Curacao and Aruba.
Cruising has to be the biggest waste of money ever, other than donating to the Obama re-election campaign.
I tried posting at the most popular cruising forum and was treated just like a Titanic steerage passenger.
They especially got all upset when I laid the horrors of all horrors in a thread, that I was building my own sailing vessel!
We’ve been talking about booking a cruise for next year; it makes a stop in Mexico. I’ve had a hard time convincing my traveling companions that Mexico isn’t safe. This gives me a very good example of exactly what I’m talking about. It may only be this one (so far), but the bad guys have just proved it can be done. Expect more.
“According to informador.mx.com, the bandits have yet to be apprehended.”
And probably never will be.
Revised (original was incomplete)
Part of the itenerary, I’m sure.
9:00 see old things.
12:00 lunch (Get robbed by locals special pricing for cruise tourists)
2:00 Visit museum (get robbed by Carnival Tours)
4:00 Shopping (get robbed by Carnival Company store)
6:00 Get robbed by desperados
8:00 Dinner show (get robbed by high priced Carnival Drinks)
I’d just as soon spend my money on a cruise down the White River from Cotter, Arkansas, fishing for trout.
Remember this: Stupid is what stupid does.
Don’t go.
Welcome to Mexico! Put your valuables in the basket before you leave. Gracias.
Manzanillo was our fav playground. We went twice a year for many years. Sigh
Haven’t been in forever.
When you have American guns courtesy of Obama and Holder, you need to use them against Americans, don’tcha know.
If you ever get the chance, the smaller islands of the Bahamas are heaven.
Haiti would be my #1, because you certainly don't want to roll through there without your column of USMC AmTracs and LAV-25s if you go out of sight of your LHD.
Now, St. Maarten on the Dutch side. That was nice.
My sister and her husband and occasionally the grown kids go to PV frequently. She thinks she knows everything, when I once asked her about the safety issue now in Mexico, she says “oh, its’ perfectly safe where we go”........keep thinking that sweetheart.
As a follow-up to my previous post, my brother-in-law is from Honduras and they would usually vacation there once a year. Honduras has now become so dangerous that they won’t ever go back. He even has a half brother whose family finally left and is now living in Texas (legally).....
Visited Lake Chapala/Ajijic several times and it was like paradise, never felt threatened. However, there were armed federales in the heart of Guadalajara and the town of Tequila — but no problems.
Been to Bahamas twice on Carnival and had wonderful time. Going to Cozumel and the Caymans in May on Carnival and not worried in the least. I always avoid the planned land tours, just don’t like traveling in herds.
Shoo the free range chickens off the beach and it ain't bad.
Book that cruise. Go ahead.
Just book an ALASKAN cruise. I’ve never been, but everyone says the scenery is SPECTACULAR and far and away better than Carribean cruises
There are cruises that do the islands of Hawaii too. We do not cruise but have friends that do. They say that cruise is magnificent.
Have been all over the Hawaiian islands but not cruise style. We own property just south of Hilo on the Big Island.
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