Monday, January 28, 2008

Crossing Mexico Off My Travel List!

Considering how many people vacation in Mexico from Canada, is the falling off the balcony getting a little suspicious?

Man. teen dies from apparent balcony fall in Mexico

A Selkirk, Man. teenager has died after apparently falling off a 10th floor balcony at a resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico over the weekend.......

Josh's death is only the latest in what is becoming a long list of Canadians to die suspicious deaths while on vacation in Mexico. In November 2007, 30-year-old Chris Morin of Okotoks, Alta., died in Cancun after falling from a fourth-floor balcony....

Albertan Jeff Toews, 34, also died from grievous head injuries while visiting Cancun last May, another apparent victim of a balcony fall. Family members believed he was the victim of a vicious beating.

Adam DePrisco, of Woodbridge, Ont., was killed in January 2007 while on vacation in Acapulco......

Canadians Domenic and Nancy were staying at the luxury Barcelo Maya beach resort near Cancun when they were found with their throats slashed on Feb. 20, 2006. Their killer has still not been found.


Anyone seeing a pattern here? Go out, have a few drinks, and then mysteriously take a header off your balcony.

Crossing Mexico off that need to go visit place. I'll be safer here in Edmonton with -55 wind chilling weather.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, there is a pattern. All have been young people. All have been drinking.

My husband and I, both in our 70s have been going to Mexico almost every year for over 35 years. We have walked around, rented a car and driven around, taken the local bus, been to some very remote places, etc. And we have never had a problem. But then, we don't go out and get drunk. If you go to an "all inclusive" these days, the first thing you notice is when a new load of young people come in, they are usually drunk out of their minds by 4 am and still partying.

Maybe there is a message in there somewher.

hunter said...

Good point, my parents have been there numerous times and have had no problems.

I went to Barbados a long time ago, and drinking was the main thing young ones were doing, including me. Luckily my parents were there to keep me safe.