Travel warning for Puerto Vallarta tourists

I received some disturbing news last night—Bob and Dav-eed, two of my Chicago gays, were abducted and held captive by the Puerto Vallarta police. For 500 pesos, they were able to buy their freedom. Obviously, they weren’t interested in staying any longer in the same city as their Federali captors, so they booked the first flight back to Chicago. They are both understandably traumatized; Bob told me at one point, he really believed he and Dave were going to be killed.

They’ve agreed to write a post detailing what happened. But, I wanted to write about it in advance to warn anyone planning a trip to Mexico that the danger of abduction is quite real. You can find travel warnings for foreign countries at the following site: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_pa_tw_1168.html.

Stark news aside…I’m on a frantic dash to find a Halloween costume. What does this have to do with travel? Absolutely nothing, unless you count the trip I’m making to the Halloween parade on Santa Monica. Pictures to come. And now, to find a ninja suit somewhere in Hollywood.

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One Response to “Travel warning for Puerto Vallarta tourists”

  • Mama J Says:
    November 1st, 2009 at 11:05 am

    That is terrible!! They are playing with the tourists because 500 p. is like $38.us. and if i recall 500 p. doesn’t go very far … even in Mexico.
    Best to your friends & thank goodness they were not injured, or worse.

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