Any recent travellers to Vallarta

[vince]

Anyone made the drive to vallarta in recent weeks? We are/were planning on driving down second week in Nov, The news of recent border gun battled ay Piedra Negras where we have crossed before and similar problems at Laredo have my wife freeaking out. not ot mention genade attacks in vallarta are unsettling, would love to spend another winter there, but wondring what the redt of you are thinking or planning.
Thanks for any insights.

[Beckster]

Recent events are not stopping us. We are leaving Ab Nov 10 and should cross at Nogales on Nov 14 (spending an extra night in Vegas). We live in a small city of 60,000 In Alberta - headline news this week was a murder suicide of a guy I know from theatre and his new girlfriends ex-husband. Doesn't stop people from driving through Medicine Hat! The world is not safe, life has no guarantees- that being said, I prefer to spend my time where I don't have to shovel the precipitation!

[donemry]

Leaving here Nov. 9th, passing throught Laredo on the way. We are not changing any plans.

[pnlibby]

We drove back and forth via Laredo in July (Bridge II), then back out through Piedras Negras to Texas (and ultimately Canada) in early September.

For those travelling through Texas area crossings, my "Bible" (guru, guide) is a guy who lives in Nuevo Laredo, works in Laredo (so is a daily commuter at Bridge II) has inlaws in Monclova, and works as a lawyer for the transportation industry in Texas. He posts on Mexico Connect and really knows the situation so well. Hi screen name is Altahabana. Whenever we travel in border areas I always ask to see if there is something I should know in picking a border crossing at that particular point in time.

Here is a recent discussion advising a person heading to Bucerias via Laredo. I contributed to that thread as did Altahabana. (I am careyeroslib). Hopefully the person asking will report back as to how it all went for them in their trek to Bucerias.

http://www.mexconnect.com/cgi-bin/forum ... t=48086436

Hope this helps.

[mizzoujack]

Nice piece (post) and very informative. You're an asset to this board pnlibby