Locals Cheat You

Rocky Point, Mexico

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I went down to Rocky Point for a weekend and stayed at the following hotels: Baja, el mirador, and penasco del sol. I had one encounter with the police and it was a pretty good one. I along with five of my friends decided to take a banana boat ride while at the beach, and the guy told us he would watch our stuff no matter what... well we came back and my friends $100 shoes were gone.. his Spanish was at an elementary level (courses in high school) and eventually the police came over and told the banana boat people they could pay him $100 or he could arrested them (banana boat people).. they paid, but we didn't go back to avoid a confrontation potentially.. THE REAL PROBLEM is the locals down there... constantly trying to sell bootleg movies, fake designer glasses, hitting you up for money, soliciting prostitution, trying to convince you to go to a strip club, being followed by locals, and if you don't speak Spanish it can be assured they will ask for the maximum price as well as attempt to cheat you... avoid a restaurant called Augustines they charged my friend $495 American when the meal was really 495 pesos ($49.50 AMERICAN)... Also I was at a pool bar with my friend and a local who sat next to me kept asking what room i was staying in (I didn't tell him) and claimed if i didn't buy him a drink he would follow me to my hotel room and rob all of us... and the bartender just thought it was the funniest thing in the world.. locals treat Americans like crap. also expect to be yelled at by people in cars.. they say tings like stupid american, gringo, etc.. I WILL NOT be going back EVER again. my trip down there was filled with stress.. always looking over your back to see if someone is going to jump you, locals making fun of you by pointing directly at you and saying crude things in English and Spanish, constantly trying to be sold something which doesn't stop until you cross into America, if you don't give them at least a dollar there is a high chance you might just get jumped or your car tires slashed and or keyed... when they ask you for money they are more demanding it or your security and personal goods are at risk.. GO DOWN THERE AT YOUR OWN RISK... YOUR FIRST TRIP MIGHT BE YOUR LAST... BE CAREFUL OF LOCALS they just want to cheat Americans... disappointing that it has to be that way =(

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