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So, back in February, 2024, I drove from Phoenix to Sonora, Mexico to camp and MTB. I attempted to shed light on the MTB scene in Sonora, especially in the southern city of Navojoa. I believe I made an informative, entertaining, and promotional work highlighting how awesome tourism and MTB’ing Sonora is.

I visited and MTB’ed Hermosillo, San Carlos, Guyamas, Navojoa, and Alamos. The penultimate destination aforementioned has a committed and large number of MTBers, wonderful trails (I really mean it), and even a bike park! Driving there was safe, food was phenomenal, beer was great, the MTB community was affable and amiable, and I would love to go back.

I don’t understand, given today’s liberal atmosphere and constant promotion of the BIPOC world, why the major MTB sites I emailed my essay to DID NOT EVEN RESPOND.

Sonora, next door, has much to offer us.

I plan to share my essay here soon.
 
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It's Mexico. Home of the Cartels. I sure as hell ain't going down there. The Cartels are everywhere in Mexico, including Northern States, watching over industry which they have their meat hooks dug into. They mostly don't interfere but that could change at any moment. F that!
 
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It's Mexico. Home of the Cartels. I sure as hell ain't going down there. The Cartels are everywhere in Mexico, including Northern States, watching over industry which they have their meat hooks dug into. They mostly don't interfere but that could change at any moment. F that!
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I have a house in Mexico and spend ~3 months/year there and have been doing so for a very long time. Ride a ton around San Jose Del Cabo and Todos Santos. The only people that are in danger from the cartels are the people doing something that involves the cartels. I travel all over the world for work (been to more than 40 countries) and I can say with pretty high certainty that Mexico is one of the least concerning places I've ever been in regards to safety and random violence. If someone is into shady stuff then it is extremely dangerous but it isn't a problem if you aren't.

For anyone that does travel down towards Cabo or Todos Santos, let me know if you need advice on which trails to ride. Look forward to reading the article OP.
 
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I have a house in Mexico and spend ~3 months/year there and have been doing so for a very long time. Ride a ton around San Jose Del Cabo and Todos Santos. The only people that are in danger from the cartels are the people doing something that involves the cartels. I travel all over the world for work (been to more than 40 countries) and I can say with pretty high certainty that Mexico is one of the least concerning places I've ever been in regards to safety and random violence. If someone is into shady stuff then it is extremely dangerous but it isn't a problem if you aren't.

For anyone that does travel down towards Cabo or Todos Santos, let me know if you need advice on which trails to ride. Look forward to reading the article OP.
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Agreed, where would anyone get the idea Mexico might be unsafe? Stupid poster.

You should write an essay on world travel and safety and send it to all the travel sites for publication.
 
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OP, your type of trip is all over Youtube, forums and such.
Bikepacking.com has many articles about trips to countries south of the US border. Did you try reaching out to them?
 
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It's not easy to break into that world. I have a friend who worked in print media (newspapers) before he was let go from there and it took him years of work to finally get any publication to pay him for an article. Now he gets requests for pieces from some notable publications. Some bike-related. Many not.

If you want tips on how to get your stuff published, you might want to reach out to some folks who work in the industry (particularly freelancers, which is what it sounds like you're trying to do), and not on a bike forum.
 
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I have a degree in journalism and over a decade of experience. I used to submit stuff all the time and never got a peep back. Maybe it just wasn't very good, but submitting articles for no response is very common. I recall the days when my broke ass shelled out for expensive slide film to shoot BMX and always sent payment with it for them to mail it back to me. otherwise, they'd probably just trash my film. No one wants to publish anything, much less pay for it.
 
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