Started from Tamualipas and I ' m heading to south baja and ill come back . We ' re gong fishing for manta ray and other large fish . It ' s not bad . However I ' m very familiar with the area and how to react in certain situations . Soldiers right now are everywhere . They will stop you in check points and ask you questions . It ' s been really calm so far , I hear they just caught another cartel leader . I ' ve grown up around it . It ' s not bad in my honest opinion . It hasn ' t really changed since the 90 s . It ' s just like living in South Central L . A . only with horrible roads and drivers . Driving here is like driving in China , no rules . Great place to bring your race car is Sonora . Just don ' t solicit drugs and you shouldn ' t run into shady characters . It really helps if you speak Spanish . Besides that . Anglo people live in Mexico . There ' s always someone who can speak English here . People here still drive Bentleys and Mercedes and Porsches . It ' s no different I don ' t think . Just better fast food . Typical American brick and mortar big box stores are everywhere thanks to nafta I encourage anyone to come down . There ' s never a reason to buy into the hype .