<p>We just returned from a week vacation in Punta De Mita, a beautiful little place just north of Puerto Vallarta. There have been lots of posts about Mexico and I have to say that we didn’t feel any danger from the swine flu or the drug cartel stuff which has been prominant in the media.
However, one iphone, one itouch, two ipods and a charger for my kindle (which they probably thought was an ipod charger) were stolen from our locked penthouse condo.
In talking with apple this morning I found out that theft of apple products is huge in Mexico. Our passports and blackberrys were left behind, along with money, laptops, the kindle itself, and a decent watch.
So…if you go to Mexico keep your apple stuff close at hand or do what we did and lock everything in your rental car trunk (yup, we locked the barn door after the horse bolted).
Apple just upgraded the OS for the iphone so if your phone is stolen or lost you can remotely go online and wipe everything. (some comfort).
As I said, we still enjoyed the trip (after all it’s only stuff) and I am not trying to discourage anyone from going there. The economy there is definitely suffering. Condo and timeshare prices are dumping, we ate in restaurants where we were the only patrons. Just be cautious and particularly with apple stuff.</p>
<p>Sorry to hear. Very strange that they left other valuables behind. I wonder why Apple products in particular are in demand?</p>
<p>No idea but thankfully they left the passports and other stuff. According to Apple they are aware that there is a big black market for their stuff in Mexico.</p>