Mexico trip cancelled
Thank you John Downs and Garry Dymond for your reply and point of view.
After doing a bit more research plus another very strong warning from my friend in Arizona, her brother works for the border intelligence service, I decided to cancel my trip through mexico. Too much potential for violence on the road. One concern is that drug gangs do do road blockages, dressed as military personal, kidnap, steal and sometimes do organ removal. Life seems to be not worth much to some gangs. Also there is a strong travel warning on the canadian govt. site that suggests not to travel to mexico or if you have to, use only planes for traveling. All that adds up to me not really wanting to ride my bike in that kind of environment.
I've changed the shipping of my bike to Lima and start there my 6-12 month journey there.
Ciao, Helly
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