@Chancer @Doc Rogue Just a brief memo, regarding your most recent posts:
In year 2014, I was in PVR (MX) for 15 days (vacation + business), I misplaced my USA passport, left it in the taxi, on my
return to the Westin Resort Hotel. Next day, my "cabbie" who drove me to hotel night before, delivered my USA passport
to the lobby of this very large resort, and, had the front desk customer agent page my room. Note: I always try to be a
generous tipper, unless the service provider is a arsehole, this what was not the case. Man was I "grateful" to get my USA
passport delivered to me, by the MX citizen taxi driver !
Also, imho, there were about two (2) legit pharmacia's, in PVR, who carried the bona fide original Groupo II, Groupo III meds, in
boxes, with holiograms, such as Kl*nop*n, V*lium, Taf*l, Stiln*x, etc., as, I had the Westin in house MD write me a script for,
several of the above mentioned items. Also, in the year 2012, in Cabo San Lucas, I had direct dealings with the pharmacy owner,
who, provided me with several large purchases of several of the above names of brand, Roche, or, Sanofi, & or, back then, Pfizer
products.
Before the huge hurricane was it Hurricane Irma? imo, the best Caribbean Island to score, with the most friendly M.D.'s, multiple times
was on the island of St. Maarten, like in the years 2014, 2015, 2016 ! IDK about the present, as St. Maarten was heavily destroyed, by
that 2017 Hurricane, as 20% of the full time residents left St. Maarten, forever. (The Atlantic Ocean side was leveled, but the Caribbean
side was partially spared. SXM Arpt was damaged, but repaired. Most all meds, like the above mentioned, are imported from the
Netherlands, including the generics, like the b*nzo's. I once had three MD's + one RN who could prescibe V*lium (generic from the
Netherlands) etc. + generic X*nax (good to go in quality). of course F2F. Combining a winter vacation with a little business, and,
split my bounty, sent via DHL freight, to my re-mailer in the USA. 100% successful, with packaging, stealth, and declaration target
specific, hint documents, & controlling the weight, but this was now, over, 5 years ago.
Of course, the Covid Virus, has changed some things, in terms of POE's. etc. (since March of 2000). Example: Pfizer has stopped
manufacturing brand T*fil and brand H*lcion, since the Covid virus began, to concentrate on the Covid vaccine. etc. (in MX). IDK
about the Roche plant in Toluca, MX. (ref: the V's), in the here and now.
I have never been to Aruba, the desert island, but, it has long been a most popular island in the Southern Caribbean!
@Doc Rogue !
(very close to South America) as I remember. (quite close to Venezuela & Colombia).
@Doc Rogue, does Cacti still grow on Aruba?
Reason being, I have a 150 SF heated Viranda, with many tropical plants, and Cactus, from Arizona, MX, and Bolivia, S.A. in my mid-rise
Condominium.
@Chancer, the reason I chose you, as a friend, is I have always like the Brit's ! I sincerely enjoy your comments, + my only sister,
4 yrs younger than me, travels all over the world, as, a professional hiker to France/Spain/Thailand/Bhutan / Argentina/ New Zealand/
Canada/MX/Scotland/Germany/Austria/ & "El Camino de Santiago" (her 2nd long hike in the year 2013), after, Bhutan. Her last trip was
in Vietnam (2019) Ho Chi Minh City & a return trip, to Munich & Garmish & the Zugspitze, before meeting me in the UK (2019).
Yes, MX has changed (compared to 20+ years ago). It is still do-able, if you know what you are doing. etc. MX customs and USA customs,
with non stop flights, can be more stressful, imho. I had recent USA pharmacy bottles of target specific meds, & copies of MX & USA scripts.
to cover my arse. (not needed, but, was calming to my anxiety). Imho, MJ carried across from MX to USA is a no-no. (IMHO). + a letter
from my USA M.D. with my ICD-10 codes and DSM-V codes. (again not needed), for either Customs, TSA, or any MX M.D (specifically). It was
glanced over, quickly, the documents, but, imho, still was not needed, specifically. (by the MX F2F MD or, earlier the pharmacist, in Cabo).
I am happy for
@Doc Rogue, for taking a trip south of the border, (in the Caribbean) recently, a thing I used to do many times in the past.
Once, in Jamaica, I wanted some weed, the bellhops at former, Runaway Bay resort, delivered several big fat joints to my ocean-view suite,
back many years ago. Again, a generous tip, helped. Just my 2 cents worth.