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RE: Mask use in Mexico Right Now-It's IMPORTANT!
There are some of us who were vaccinated here in Mexico. This is the official government website where you can scan and print your vaccine registration.
Mexico Vaccine Registration
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qtla9111
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10/16/21 07:12am |
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RE: Border
People here in Mexico would love for the U.S. border to be open as well.
"The economies of U.S. border communities have suffered losses of US $10 billion since March 2020 due to the inability of many Mexicans to cross the border to go shopping, eat in restaurants and fill up their cars, according to a study by José Iván Rodríguez Sanchez of the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University in Texas."
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qtla9111
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10/08/21 04:46pm |
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RE: Border
Clicky - Traveling in Canada by plane or train? You'll need to show proof of vaccination, starting Oct. 30
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qtla9111
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10/07/21 08:17am |
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RE: Pet peeve, neighbors leave porch light on
Boondocking eliminates all these issues.
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qtla9111
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09/28/21 05:08pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Border
Pictures speak a thousand words. Maybe all those that are rving in Mexico could post some of those great rv parks they are currently staying in, boondocking spots, beach shots, and great roads they are traveling.
That might motivate people to come on down!
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qtla9111
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09/26/21 02:23pm |
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RE: QTLA9111, donde esta?
In our's too!
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qtla9111
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09/25/21 07:15am |
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RE: QTLA9111, donde esta?
I am glad to hear things are good.
Speaking of Mexican Circus and Carny folks,
I lived in Paamul for 15 years. Paamul is a place where RV's go to retire on the beach, where they rot away. Once the building prohibition was lifted, people wanted to get out of their mold infested RV and build a block home. What do you do with a rotting, mold-infested, wheels that don't turn because they are solid rust? We would call the circus. They would come and haul these rust buckets away and pay you to do it. Then they re-hab them and take em on the road.
QTLA, when you hit the road again, you can come and safely boondock in my yard. :-)
Too funny! I had purchased a porcelain toilet last year as an upgrade to our TT. It didn't fit and to drive to Laredo to return it or ship the boat anchor was not going to happen.
I put an ad on Facebook and a day later a couple showed up to buy it. They work in Yucatan and bought one of those rust buckets on the beach, an Airstream. They gutted it and are putting it on pontoons to make a floating house.
I've visited circus folk in Mexico, Chile, and Colombia when I've seen them. Pretty sh--- living conditions although some of them have been able to upgrade. Kind of like the "ropa" industry. The clothes pass down through the Americas and when there isn't much left in the bails worth salvaging it is shipped off to Africa where they make those rag rugs we have all had at one time or another.
Imagine attempting to import an RV from the north of the continent to South America. And here we worry about our TIP being approved. :)
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qtla9111
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09/25/21 07:09am |
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RE: QTLA9111, donde esta?
Too funny. Wife was on a couple websites looking at locations in SMA and Queratero to rent for a few months for the winter. Are you moving to SMA?
Not permanently as of yet. It would be nice to rent out for the winter and use it ourselves in the summer when the sun is sitting on top of northern Mexico.
It will be a while until it's furnished. But it will be fun in the process.
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qtla9111
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09/24/21 01:22pm |
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RE: QTLA9111, donde esta?
Better you guys are taking a break from me, all the gloom and doom I spread. :)
We are currently in San Miguel de Allende and the weather couldn't be better. Working on the new house and we have found a place to park the RV when we come down.
Waiting for December school vacation to take the RV somewhere like Durango and then final retirement for the SO is April 14th. Online classes make it easier to travel.
Like everyone else, we just want all this to go away but experts say we still have another year at least. No planes, trains, or buses for us until such time it is deemed safe.
I am still concerned about rv travel in Mexico as things aren't getting any better even here in gringolandia SMA. We're housesitting in a very exclusive part of rural SMA (million-dollar-plus homes just 5 km from town) and a body was dumped on the street over the weekend with a message, Wednesday night was a massacre in downtown SMA. I guess you can't escape it but from my POV when you're two old farts pulling a travel trailer with Mexican plates it's either you're suspect or they think we are ex-circus acrobats scouting for the Atayde Circus group (and those are true stories).
If anyone remembers Rosie's Rv Park in Cuidad Victoria, she was behind us as we pulled into the gates. She started honking and waving at us. She pulled up beside us and said, "no circus folk allowed here". :) HAGD
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qtla9111
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09/24/21 09:12am |
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RE: Mexico's Highway Of Death
Only 71? More shootings than that on Chicago expressways.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/04/08/interstate-57-shooting-halsted-street/
Actually, in this administration, there have been a total of 89,000 homicides to date (Dec 2018 to date).
As for the 71, that number was corrected today. In a stretch of 26 km, a total of 157 people have disappeared including their cars and cell phone signals. This is since the beginning of the year.
Not sure what is to follow. The past (2008 to 2012) is rearing its ugly head here where I live. I won't give the details but if you've heard of it, it's happening again.
Abrazos, no balazos (hugs not bullets).
We did take a car trip up to the mountains from the house. 45 minutes to 6500 feet hoping the road was good enough to take the rv. Still not recovered since the last hurricane. It's so frickin' hot now, 40C today, we just have to wait. But we're ready to get back on the road here in Mexico, although I would love to do Hwy 90 through west Texas in the winter.
We just bought a second home in San Miguel de Allende. That will make for a great summer escape in the future.
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qtla9111
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08/18/21 06:32pm |
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RE: UK and Mexico
We've been vaccinated since May. I had to raise a stink in our local municipal office to get the second shot which came two days later. Now we find out that Sinovac may not have been effective and not accepted by the U.S.
Our new governor is forming a caravan to the U.S. to get Nuevoleoneses vaccinated there. We're not waiting for the feds to do anything.
In the meantime, my motto: Trust no one.
Are they (Mexicans) going to be allowed across the border for a jab? Is that essential?
Travel agencies and airlines have been selling vaccination tours since March. You fly to Houston and they get you into HEB or CVS for the vaccine.
If you are a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident, you can get the shot. Essential travel is also being used by Mexicans who have parents or siblings in the U.S. who need some type of care. Those decisions are made by the agent at the border entry. Proof of illness, letters or emails, photos of the person and info to verify their existence in the country.
Short answer, we are waiting for more info. Like I said, here in the north we are not fond of the feds telling us how to live.
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qtla9111
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08/12/21 12:06pm |
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RE: UK and Mexico
We've been vaccinated since May. I had to raise a stink in our local municipal office to get the second shot which came two days later. Now we find out that Sinovac may not have been effective and not accepted by the U.S.
Our new governor is forming a caravan to the U.S. to get Nuevoleoneses vaccinated there. We're not waiting for the feds to do anything.
In the meantime, my motto: Trust no one.
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qtla9111
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08/12/21 06:26am |
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RE: UK and Mexico
Mexico has not abandoned the vaccination process. However, it is extremely slow for a North American country. As you can see by the chart below that only 32% of Mexicans have received two doses and 20% have received just one dose.
https://i.imgur.com/a876X5ql.jpg
Hospitals are again filling up and are full in some cities. The president said today that he refuses to make CDMX a red light and it will stay in orange, this is to protect the economy.
The U.S. has agreed to send an additional 8.5 million doses but I am not sure why Mexico isn't buying them as it is not for a lack of money.
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qtla9111
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08/11/21 05:59pm |
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RE: UK and Mexico
It could have a lot to do with rv and Mexico. If the UK imposes barriers to Mexico travel the usa could follow suit. So far the USA has not considered quarantines. Many countries have done this
If travelers had to quarantine in a hotel that would end any North American visitors. One might say that is nuts. That would never happen. But with a variant that is getting out of control and lots of unmasked Americans the US government might have to take drastic measures .
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qtla9111
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08/10/21 05:28pm |
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RE: Mexico's Highway Of Death
I agree with Chris. In fact it is probably worse than he is stating.
I cross back and forth across the border frequently. Over a dozen times this year alone.
There have been problems in Nuevo Laredo and at the Colombia crossing for the last year or so. These kidnappings have been taken place within kilometers of the government checkpoints on Hwy 85. The Guardia Nacional, Policia Estado, transitos and the cartels are all the same in that area. They are working together. There is NO law and order.
Anybody else posting cross frequently? Not over the years but in the last 6 months or so.
The area doesn't pass my smell test. I have avoided taking that route for the last year and will drive extra miles to do so.´
It's been a long time since we have been to the U.S. What about Reynosa?
Unless we are going to travel in the U.S. such as West Texas or San Antonio, we would most likely go via Reynosa for shopping or South Padre Island.
We are also considering the Colombia Hwy from Monterrey which dead heads at the bridge. There is no detour from the highway which I believe is the problem heading up Hwy85 and then heading west to Colombia. So via Hwy 1, all that can be avoided.
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qtla9111
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08/09/21 11:31am |
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RE: Mexico's Highway Of Death
What does this have to do with RVing in Mexico and South America?
Just about everything considering that Laredo is a major crossing point for rvers on the east side of the country. Not to mention that some of those people who have disappeared are Americans.
We know of rvers who have been pulled over by cartel members outside of Nuevo Laredo and forced to pay $325 or more.
So the impact is important and people need to be careful. Remember, abrazos no balazos.
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qtla9111
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08/09/21 05:26am |
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Mexico's Highway Of Death
Numbers vary, but families and business owners say the real numbers are over 150. People working in Laredo from Monterrey/Saltillo or people simply driving back and forth have disappeared into thin air. Cellphones go dead, cars disappear and police, local, federal and national guard don't seem to be doing much of anything. The president refuses to address the issue.
The area is exact, between km21 and the border bridges in Laredo. Apart from this, extortions and carjackings continue. I know some people will say it hasn't happen to them, well, good luck.
Number Of Missing On Mexico's Highway Of Death Rise To 71
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qtla9111
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08/08/21 05:31pm |
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RE: Travelling is not getting easier
Mexico's President on Covid vaccinations
Very similar to his belief that when he took office the pharma companies that provided medicines to our social system were monopolies. He eliminated all 10 of them and since then over 3500 children have died needlessly because he refuses to buy their cancer treatments.
Mexico news is like anywhere else. There are two sides to everything.
Yesterday he held a Consulta Popular, the first in a series of many he will have. It was to determine if the ex-presidents should be investigated for corruption and then tried.
The law in the Mexican Constitution already provides for that.
He spent 26 million dollars on the vote yesterday and no one showed up (only 7% of the population).
That money could have done one of the following things:
Built 1749 low-income homes with a median value of 300,000 pesos
Provided 10,600,000 food hampers
Purchased 59,666 weekly cancer treatments for children.
It is important to stay abreast of Mexican news so that tourists, residents, and Mexicans know where their pesos and dollars go in a country where 50% don't pay taxes and the rest is pilfered away on such nonsense that the law already provides for.
Most North Americans should be appalled at the simple fact that he supports Cuba, the Cuban Revolution, and sent three ships this last week with food supplies, a tanker with diesel, and a ship carrying medicines that are needed just as badly here at home especially for innocent children who are part of our universal health care system.
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qtla9111
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08/02/21 05:36pm |
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RE: New TIP
So the TIP is issued and is on the phone.
If the phone gets stolen how do you prove to the Policia Federeal that the unit is not "ilegal" in Mexico?
You probably will need to get a decal.
navegator
And I wouldn't trust a transito to know that either or they would use it as an excuse for extortion.
I don't doubt that it's true but what a silly idea.
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qtla9111
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08/02/21 12:34pm |
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RE: Travelling is not getting easier
Just about everything can be had online but for a price. Rv parts, vitamins, tires, things that used to be hard to come by are found on Amazon Mexico, Autozone and Mercadolibre. Don't forget a Costco and Sam's on every corner. My LTH deep cycle batteries are doing fine and cost me the same as Costco (Costco Mexico doesn't carry them anymore that I know of) plus I get a 48-month guarantee and they will come to the house to install and replace.
Most large tire outlets can now order what you want, and I agree with Talleyho69, we always ask for tires that are less than six months old and the seller always complies.
Ordering from the states in some cases takes time. We have a mailbox in Laredo, TX and the sister box is here in Monterrey. My new rv cover had a $50 import charge including delivery to Monterrey. We can't cross the border now anyway, and I wouldn't drive to Laredo if you paid me. The gas alone would be more than the $50 so it all comes out in the wash.
Teslas are everywhere now, Volts, and just about every other taxi is a Prius.
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qtla9111
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08/02/21 08:50am |
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