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Dead innocent tourists, and dead rival cartel members are 2 completely different things ;)

Knowing the huge slants that most US news sources have in their articles :rolleyes: , this could mean anything from "these were drug dealers high on meth", or "these informants were given medication to keep them alive while being tortured", to "these were 18 year old female americans on vacation...

Mexico's government and law enforcement is SO corrupt, which doesn't really help the situation much

I could slowly walk blindfolded across the highway, safely to the other side... ;)

according to the above articles and the many bodies found around cancun..... Those are more than I found when I researched before going on my trip there last fall :x

I had a similar experience. I passed OW on a sunday, and that wed morning I had my first real dive at that wall. My first experience diving was descending 30' to the sand, then a minute later soaring over that ledge and seeing a nice sized reef shark down below me. It was an amazing...

As I just said in this thread, I was just there 3 weeks ago and stayed at Club Med on Provo island. I hear that Grand Turk is pretty small and can get boring if you aren't there for a day trip with a cruise ship, so you may want to look into staying on provo. The beaches in the TCI are the...

Hey, I was just at Club Med 3 weeks ago diving 3 days in a row and had a blast! From all the dive boats I saw around the area, their Bat Ray hands down looks to be the best dive boat in the area. Unlike the other resort boats I saw, it has tons of shade, a bathroom, and plenty of room to...

Man, it seems for everyone on various forums warning members not go vacation in MX due to drug violence, there is a counterpoint from someone else saying Cancun is pretty much free from the violence since it really doesn't have much value for the cartels, and that Cancun and especially Cozumel...

I insure all my DSLR equipment as a separate part of my renters insurance through allstate. I made darn sure that this special insurance covers ANYthing that could possibly happen to my gear. The only thing it does not cover is "normal wear and tear". I think it runs me about $25 per...

Hey, don't include me with those people! :viking: I joined not knowing about the lost camera, but because I recently started diving :D

Might as well chime in and say I'm a new Minneapolis diver as well Didn't know that site existed, I'll check it out :cool2:

Turned on CNN randomly and was shocked to see this story on there :cool2: