Top one needs to be tinted yellow.
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Mexico is naturally tinted yellow because itโs a little wild, a little crazy.
I've been to Mexico like 6 times.
The first 5 times were all excellent trips, wonderful places, wonderful people.
The sixth time, we were all literally robbed by Mexican police officers at the airport who claimed we couldn't leave the country without paying an "exit tax" of $200 USD each, and told us we either paid and got on our flight home or we didn't pay and they took us to prison.
I don't go back to Mexico now.
Hah the Mexican cops got me at traffic stop once.
Andrew Callaghan's Channel 5 has a few videos about migrants coming to America, and a couple of the people he interviewed mentioned being more scared of the Mexican police than the border patrol.
He actually goes to Mexico and hops the border back into America in one of his videos, I highly recommend checking him out.
I'm visiting Mexico City for the first time in April.
Hopefully things will be mellow.
Just don't expect cheese on your quesadillas and you'll be fine
This one hurts me, luckily we don't deal with this in the place where I live.
Hey most of mexico is not that crazy, only central mexico people think quesadillas don't need queso. Like saying cheeze its don't have to have cheese.
So it's just a dilla?
Been many times when my brother lived and worked there for three+ years. We are gringos. Never felt unsafe. Sure, he talks about a time at Xochimilco where him same some work colleagues perhaps drew the ire of some locals, but really the worst part of the trip was the few times we needed to get in a taxi.
I'm that vein, that was the one rule we tried to adhere to at the time, make sure, if you take a taxi, to take the sanctioned ones or whatever.
Now, we drove to Oaxaca once, and some of the towns en route to were sketchy looking. Didn't have any bad experiences but also didn't bring the car down under like 15mph either.
Enjoy! Bring Pepto. I got Montezuma's revenge every time. I'm starting to think it was the altitude (couldn't have been the many michelladas, certainly not).
I'm a local and would NEVER go to Xochimilco. It's just not worth it.
I think it's an experience for a visit, but yeah, the kind of thing, if you're local... why?
Another thing I forgot was that MXC was one of two decent sized earthquakes I ever felt. On the roof of a 17 story building, not ideal, but looking back, pretty neat. The city's really got it all!
I want to see some chinampas, I find the method of construction fascinating. I'm hoping the water level is high enough to get around in a small boat.
I hope for you it's mellow, and come back and tell us if everything in Mexico is tinted yellow.
Mexico City is many things, but mellow is not one of them.
I have gone many times, every single one has been mellow. I imagine as a local it doesn't look like that, especially if you have to commute all over the city.
I swear we browse the same communities. You'll have a great time!
It's a small (Lemmy) world.
I'm Mexican and I agree with this meme.
okay but is everything tinted yellow in Mexico?
Yes, and we all wear big hats and a huge mustache.
Sombreros
No. It's all tinted Burnt Sienna
I've lived in Mexico for over 20 years now, and yeah there is crime, yeah there are problems, but I rarely felt unsafe, really.
Does this depend on the region you live in? I get the impression border areas are less safe.
Also depends on how gringo you look. Gringos are largely seen as money pinatas.
You ever been to London? I hear about stabbings a violence occasionally, sometimes places I'm very close to. But they're always gang related, if you're not in a gang, you're probably safe.
I feel like Mexico is kinda similar with an added bonus of don't walk around with expensive stuff or look like an easy target.
Does that sound right?
Been to CDMX many times, where I take the subways to get around. I'm a gringo and CDMX has its bad areas like any other big city. They do also have police and cartel problems. Depending on your ethnicity and location, the US is equally dangerous. These things said, I love Mexico City and will always return. It is incredible and the folks who live there are wonderful.
Only the last one should be police
That would be the US, not Mexico.
No, that's very much Mexico as well
Is this how we improve the US?
Tell all the racists they're behaving worse than Mexicans?
Is this how we improve Mexico?
Tell all the Mexicans they're really just bad Americans?
ยฟPor que no los dos?
Sorry but I have been to both countries and only in Mexico did the state police with big guns extorted money from me. And that was not a nice experience.
Apparently Yucatan is cool
Only because cartels keep you safe there. Because how else would it be safe if cartels weren't earning better cash there with the tourist trash?
Cartels have to launder their money somehow, no better way than catering to Midwesterners.
Yucatan is fucking awesome once you get away from the tourist zones. Great small towns, authentic, safe as best I can tell, strong Mayan culture. I love it.
Accurate.
Take my money, just don't hurt my tacos!
I've read 2666, too