Loading ...That’s great your son is taking the initiative to travel, learn, building a resume with some experience. Kinda funny I had opportunities to study in Europe plus Mexico near the Amazon which I was really interested in to find the medicine men and learn what plants they used and they come here. Now one of my grandsons had a opportunity to travel all over Europe to learn the history. He gets lots of offeres for different things. With things going on in Europe and wanting war probably not a good idea.
Also wise he has PMs with him that in a WCS having cash, particularly USD, PMs of different sizes can buy your way out. A good back pack including some light food like packaged noodle soups, health bars and bottled water. In Mexico it can get cool at night. Never travel or even drive at night there. That’s when banditos can be most active. Always stay in busy roads not isolated roads where banditos can set up road blocks and rob you and tell you were he’s at and where he’s going. Check in everyday by email or something. Actually safest way of traveling around is by bus. Even cops are crooked there. If he drives tell him it’s a must he gets local English speaking reputable insurance that specifies they will immediately bail him out of jail, they have no due process like us. Reason is if there is a accident not even his fault they can jail both party’s there and guilty till proven innocent and can prove they have money or insurance to pay for it. So he’ll need someone to call right away as those jails are unsanitary and bad and can keep you there. Two cops can be banditos. Unlike Europe where as long as you don’t talk or can speak the language you can blend in but not Mexico. They’ll target tourists. Pull them over on some bogus charge say over speed limit when they didn’t maybe even getting another cop involved to look legitimate. Then tell you that you can settle this right now with a few hundred dollars in cash. They’re trying to scam you. What you tell them is you don’t have the cash ” even if you do” but you feel you didn’t do anything wrong and do have a lawyer on call and would prefer to go to court but stay cool. They don’t want that as if they find out what their doing their be fired at the least. If you politely resist, stay low profile they’ll then give you a warning and probably realize you know what they’re doing. They like to do that when people are heading to the airport to leave to thinking they won’t have enough time to go to court. Taxi’s could be fake too so have to make sure it’s a reputable taxi and always let people know where your going and best not to go alone if you don’t know what your walking into. Ask what they consider the bad parts of towns or neighborhoods not to go to. They can use sharp blades to cut back packs so keep his on his side as a guy he’s not likely going to carry it in front of him. Keep some barrier inside the back back pack light. Keep any ID and best more than one on his person not something someone could grab. Don’t flash dollars in public if paying for something try to have it ready and have it in different places. Don’t walk too close to the street where say a motor bike could come by and reach something like a phone. Keep them out of sight, no watches in site or jewelry. Don’t leave a back pack alone for a minute.
Watch videos on warnings. Avoid bars where they could be drugged and robbed or worse. Only go to safer restaurants for the same reason. They can have some awesome and healthy food there and a lot cheaper in US dollars as long as your not in a tourist area where they are waiting for you and Jack up the prices. Same with vendors and if wanted something you could haggle prices. That’s a norm there even with locals. Everything’s a garage sale there they haggle prices even housing and rentals depending on demand. They also sell silver jewelry there you can haggle with us dollars.