Part III
And Now, The Moral of Our Story
This week I saw yet another disturbing story out of
Mexico. Warring drug cartels are playing
their own version of The Hunger Games right out in public. The result is an epidemic of torture and
death on all sides. So who is up for a
vacation in Mexico???? Well, I am!
Nuevo Laredo is a town that sits right at the border of
Mexico and Texas, south of San Antonio.
Let’s take a look at some numbers.
You all know I am a Math geek, and this is how I make sense of the
world.
One of the most popular Mexico vacation destinations for
North American travelers is Cancun. To
give us some frame of reference, think of Mexico as an upside down cornucopia;
its large mouth at the top where Mexico meets the U.S., the small pointy end
curves down and to the right. Cancun is
all the way down to the tip of the pointy end.
The Gulf of Mexico is kind of cradled by Mexico on its west and south
sides.
Here is a little map that might help:
Now, the driving distance from Nuevo Laredo to Cancun is
2,545 km, or about 1,582 miles. Cabo San
Lucas on the Baja peninsula is also a very popular destination for Americans
and Canadians. Nuevo Laredo is separated
from Cabo San Lucas by 1739 km, approximately 1082 miles. The current red-headed step child (no offense
to those of you who are either/or/both) of Mexico according to the U.S. media
is Mazatlan, which sits about even with Cabo San Lucas on the western edge of
Mexico proper, across the Sea of Cortez.
The distance from the violence?
1110 km, 690 miles or so.
Yesterday we determined that Walt Disney World is 1100 miles
from New York City. Yet Laura Beth, your
friend and roommate, was very anxious about visiting WDW because of the
violence in New York City. And you
gently helped her to understand that just because she sees stories of violence
concerning NYC, there is no direct correlation between that violence and her
family being harmed if they visit Disney World.
Likewise, in spite of the sensationalistic news stories we
see regarding violence in Mexico, Cancun, Cabo and Mazatlan are still very safe
destinations. Who wants to see you get
hurt less than you do? The
resorts!!! They want you to feel safe,
comfortable, pampered and confident about their destination so that you can
come home and tell your friends.
The bottom line here is please don’t be afraid of
Mexico. You will be in good hands, your
family will be protected. Abide by the
guidelines you offered to Laura Beth above. Use your brain, don’t do stupid things, and
there is left only a slight, miniscule, Lilliputian possibility that your
family will be troubled by violence.
These three destinations and others, like Central Florida,
survive by tourism. They are
hurting. They need our business and
support. Due to that fact, pricing is
incredible right now.
If you are looking for a safe, fun, all-inclusive option for
your family’s vacation this year, do yourself a favor and let me investigate
Mexico for you. I’ve personally been to
Mazatlan, Cancun, Cozumel and Puerto Vallarta.
I missed the call at Cabo San Lucas because I had to stay on the cruise
ship with a sick girly, but my husband and older daughter say that Cabo is
their favorite Mexico destination. (It
is the home of El Arco, Land’s End.)
As a teaser, check this out:
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