So you decided to come to Mexico and are having second thoughts? Maybe it's because of the security alerts in the news. All over Canadian and American media, they fill up their TV segments with travel alerts about Mexico, Asian countries, Central America, etc. Let me give you my point of view in some facts:

- There's just as much crime in Mexico as there is in other countries.

- Crowded cities like Mexico City have more crime than the rest of the country. But of course, if you go to Tehuacán, Puebla, the odds of getting robbed are slim to none.

- Maybe, I'll give you the point about border cities like Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana. They have had violent crimes, just like the American border has its crime scene, but I've never seen tourists in trouble.

So let me give you some advice:

- Look like a Mexican and speak some Spanish. Believe me, in cities like Mexico City or Puebla, they have seen many foreigners, actually they like us. A good look would be jeans and a t-shirt, it looks perfectly normal.

- Don't walk around wearing a big sombrero, sandals, and those big tube European backpacks, they will know that you're a tourist and that you carry money with you.

- Bring pesos with you, don't carry foreign currency around expecting that people think you're from another country, it's obvious.

I think I'll talk about this in the next Mexico Travel Tips.

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