| Have you heard the horror stories about
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| | Paradise and to return home with negative
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| traveling through Mexico? Worst yet, can
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| | feelings about Vallarta. The objective of
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| you imagine living there? Well, being the
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| | each and every Vallartense is to assure
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| adventurous and courageous retirees that
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| | all tourists an enjoyable and safe time
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| we are, in 1997 we bought a beautiful new
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| | while visiting so that they look forward
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| mountainside villa overlooking Banderas
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| | to returning. The young Mexicans are
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| Bay and El Centro, or downtown in Puerto
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| | taught that safety is the prime concern
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| Vallarta, Mexico. The villa is actually a
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| | of all visitors and to harm a tourist
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| compound, surrounded by 10 foot walls
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| | would be equivalent to taking food or
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| with a walk-in gate and doors for car
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| | money out of their own family household.
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| entry.
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| | As a side note of interest, there is
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| Our initial thought while closing the
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| | currently a film, "South of the Border"
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| doors during our first evening in our new
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| | being shot here in Vallarta by the Disney
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| villa was to hire a couple sentries to
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| | Company. It's a cute story about a
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| guard the villa at night. One could be
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| | chihuahua, owned by a Beverly Hills
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| positioned in front and the other down
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| | socialite, that got lost while she was
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| below on the backside facing the bay,
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| | visiting a spa in Mexico. A group of
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| thus providing the security required in
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| | local Mexican chihuahuas found this pup,
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| this foreign new land. Well, we never got
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| | took care of and entertained it, and then
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| around to hiring those guards and
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| | assured its safe return to Beverly Hills.
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| furthermore, we've never heard of anyone
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| | The film will be released in 2008 and
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| being burglarized in the neighborhood for
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| | will help promote the social, cultural,
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| the past ten years. Municipal Police do
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| | and economic relations between Mexico and
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| cruise through the neighborhood a few
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| | the US. The bottom line being, that the
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| times every night and we do have
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| | safety and security that one feels in
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| excellent street lighting; however crime
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| | Vallarta is quite comforting and is
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| in the neighborhood, known as the
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| | demonstrated in the film through the life
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| "Beverly Hills of Vallarta", is virtually
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| | of a chihuahua.
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| non-existent.
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| | Serious crimes such as murder, rape,
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| Ten years ago, we would be pulled over by
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| | kidnapping, etc. are unheard-of in
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| the local police every two or three
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| | Vallarta. Security is such that armed
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| months for any of a myriad of concocted
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| | robberies are virtually non-existent. One
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| reasons. It was the typical corrupt
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| | reason of course is, guns are not
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| Mexican police shake-down where after you
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| | permitted in Mexico. The penalty for
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| handed him 200 pesos or $20, you were no
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| | carrying a firearm is much more than
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| longer guilty of breaking any laws or
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| | anyone would ever want to pay.
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| committing any crimes; you instantly
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| | The one crime that persists in PV is
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| became his amigo! That corruption is
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| | related to drugs. Although the Mexicans
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| seldom seen anymore in Vallarta and we
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| | seldom use them, they are plentiful for
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| haven't been pulled over by the police
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| | those tourists too ignorant to understand
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| for a number of years. In fact, they
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| | the consequences. The penalty for drug
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| seemed to have gone 180 degrees the
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| | possession and use is so severe that
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| opposite direction being very friendly to
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| | anyone dependent on drugs is best off
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| all Americans and Canadians. The city of
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| | avoiding Paradise. With full employment
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| Puerto Vallarta, referred to as PV or
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| | in PV, even the art of pick-pocketing is
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| Vallarta by the residents, has exploded
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| | no longer practiced here; it's just too
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| in population during the past ten years
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| | easy to find a job! The US and Canadian
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| to the current level of 350,000
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| | Consulates in Vallarta are well staffed
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| inhabitants. That growth can be
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| | and ready to assist any tourist with just
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| attributed solely to tourism.
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| | about any problem that could arise while
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| Virtually every job in PV is based on
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| | visiting here.
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| tourism and without the influx of
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| | Even though Vallarta has reached the size
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| foreigners from the US and Canada,
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| | of Anaheim or St. Louis, it's still a
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| Vallarta would still be a sleepy little
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| | small city where everyone seems to know
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| Mexican fishing village. Because tourism
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| | what others are doing. Any crime
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| is so important, the young locals are
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| | committed by a local would be known about
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| taught to treat the Americans and
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| | by many others immediately. Not to be
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| Canadians with dignity, respect,
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| | picking on Anaheim or St. Louis, but when
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| kindness, and as friends. The very last
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| | comparing Vallarta to cities in the US of
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| thing they can afford is to have tourists
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| | similar size, our hunch is that it's much
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| encounter problems while visiting
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| | safer in Paradise!
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