EPenney
Galt, Ca
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In the next several years, we would like to travel to San Carlos, Son. for the christmas holiday. Quite often when we tell others about our plans, they bring up the supposed "danger" of traveling in Mexico. So the Tourist Dept, IMO, needs to do some good PR work to let people know what the reality of traveling in Mexico is.
When I was a kid, I spent several long summers in Empalme, Son. and christmas holidays in Guaymas' Miramar Beach or San Carlos. This was during the mid to late 60's.
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Belgique
Cedar Island NC (Outer Banks)
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Re Moisheh: "Apparently management tried to enforce very strict rules and higher rates. Gives a new meaning to "what were they thinking"."
My bride, of several decades, and I were talking about this general subject last night. By virtue of travel to and getting shot at, in some of the world's garden spots, we are able to stay, very affordably, in the great USN facilities at Sigsbee, Key West. We really like it here as attested to being here since Thanksgiving and will stay until late Mar. BUT, given our druthers, we'd rather be in Mexico. The reason we cannot go is consulting work: I need reliable voice and data communications the 1st quarter of every year. The other reason to be in Mexico is, just as Moisheh says, rules. Here we are in a enclave of disciplined military folks yet we are given 4 pages of rules...none of which are anything but common sense. This is not unusual: most CG's NOB give you a huge list of, common sense, rules. We have never been given a list of "rules" in Mexico...we feel that we are treated as adults and should act accordingly. Yep, I know, bad apples ruin it for all of us. And, yes, the other reasons are the culture, architecture, etc. JMHO.
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MazatlanLee
Mazatlan MX
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No hay problemo, amigos... I wouldn't stay in Mazatlán's RV parks, either. But, out here, in my neck of the woods, I'm happy as can be. Just an hour ago, as I was riding home from Centro in one of Mazatlán's open air taxis called a 'pulmonia', sharing a bag of fresh (and hot!) churros with my driver, and listening to Banda El Recodo, I was wondering, "What would my kids say if they could see Mom right now!" Life is good! I can go into Centro, or over to the playa, or even occasionally, to the Golden Zone (tourist zone) to see or do things I'm interested in, then.... come home to my typical Mexican family neighborhood. I'm loving it!
Back to the subject of this thread... I must say, you've all contributed so much more than I could have thought of, I'll just let you carry on.... and hope that Fausto and Sonora's Tourism director are able to put some of your suggestions to good use. I like the positive attitude I'm seeing here... not a negative comment in the bunch. Good job, everyone!
Lee
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Gadget Guy
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Having just returned from spending a very delightful time in Mazatlan with excellent weather, about the only thing that comes to mind is the hassle of getting a vehicle permit. Having done it numerous times I come prepared with copies of all the documents that I need but it still took almost 2 hours to get the permit and that was with no line up. Over the years it just does not get any faster. I most say having the RV permit good for 10 years is great but for us that tow we still need the permit for the toad.
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Oldtymeflyr
Littleton, CO
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Paper work and security. Keep it simple, pay the money and get on with life.
If you gotta pay for gov't services every now and then, don't make it insulting and don't make it hurt, again, lets get on with life.
Campgrounds, the next one is just fine if this one does not work out, we just move if things don't work out. I have always been from the school that those who have the gold make the rules. They may be right and they may be wrong, but I can take my gold elsewhere.
At the present time with the economy the way it is, and with certain insecurity on overall living expenses, I think that a lot of people are simply saying that things are pretty good here in the US and why don't we just stay here this year.
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we_rv
USA
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We would be interested in knowing what the director of tourism has to offer on the subject.
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hypoxia
Arizona
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Some detailed tourist road maps would be nice, especially if the topes were marked in red! 
The Sonora Turismo website could use a lot of help. There are no decent maps and it is not up to date. Looking at their list of RV parks I see some which closed years ago. The Only Sonora section starts out with a page which haphazardly talks about the requirements for interior Sonora and then the final sentence is "Neither a vehicle permit nor a visa is required to visit Rocky Point (Puerto Peñasco) and other border cities which are classified as "free-zones". That should be at the top of the page along with what that means. The site is vague and difficult to navigate. It needs to be redesigned and sections rewritten from the point of view of the tourist. It creates more questions than it answers, IMHO.
Jim
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