Friday, September 11, 2009

Mexican Reflection

Always green
Beautiful horses


Friendly people


As this is my last night in Mexico, on this trip, I thought I'd summarize my impressions.

It is a vast country rimmed with tourist destinations. The interior of the country is far more rewarding.

I've ridden a motorcycle through the center of the country over a two week period and met no narco-terrorists. A Spanish paper here quoted a government report that said that since 2006 there have been 14,000 deaths due to drug violence, most of which was one small-time drug thug bumping off their competition.

Every Mexican I met was friendly and helpful. I lost track of the number of people who stopped when they saw us looking at a map. They always pointed the way.

Mexicans get a bad rap in the US as being lazy. When I worked for several years in Texas our Mexican laborers were the best workers. Here in Mexico everyone works hard.

The beauty of the country really surprised me. It has a great deal to offer.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

And it gets even better. The colors of Guatemala await!

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