Honestly, its a shame what happend to the kid from woodbridge. But let me tell you from personal experience.
Its not really that bad, I have gone twice by myself and have had no problems.
I would not recommend any females going by themselves but if you have at least one other person with you, you should be fine.
It just comes down to comon sense, I have seen several ppl get the beat down from cops and even punked for all their money by the cops. Of course these ppl were all doing foolish things.
I saw one set of Canucks, light up a spliff in the middle of the club district, they got stripped clean and arrested. Suffice it to say that they probably had to pay a hefty fee to get out of jail.
I was also in Daddy’O’s once when two groups of locals had it out, I am talking bar brawl, shit flying everywhere, funny thing was that once they got escorted out of the club, they all pretended to be friends. Reason being that the cops will punk them off as well. Oh and all the POPO carry shotty’s and machine guns, I am talking uzi’s.
So again, it is pretty safe. But you must factor in that you are in a third world country, keep this thought in your head at all times and you will be fine.
Oh, I also keep $500 US cash in the safety deposit box of any hotel I stay at, that is your get out jail free card.
Go visit Cancun, they have the best beaches in the world. You will have a blast!
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