U.S. $$ a problem??

It used to be quite common for those visiting Cuba to take all their cash needs with them.

By the way, where is Lagunas Crossing, Mexico? Google Maps can´t find it.

https://www.google.com.mx/maps/place/Juchit%C3%A1n+de+Zaragoza,+Oax./@16.795525,-95.0658093,13.21z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x859554e3320028d9:0xb4abcd9df463ce35!8m2!3d16.4406909!4d-95.0221197

I dont know if the above link will work like I intended. If you look up Juchitan on Google Maps and then ´follow´ the highway 185 north you will soon see (to the left of the 185) a town called Lagunas. See the road that heads from Lagunas to the 185...where these meet is Lagunas Crossing. This is where Jenny Chen was picked up.

Wait, you mean you actually MET this woman!?

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/missing-jenny-chen-tracked-juchitan/

Wait, you mean you actually MET this woman!?

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/missing-jenny-chen-tracked-juchitan/

No, I never met here and never claimed I met her. If you thought this was a possibility because I wrote of her ATM experience at Laguna Crossing, I will say that this was reported during the search for Jenny, made by both private investigators and LE. It is a known certainty that she tried to use the only ATM at this location and that it was out of money.

Ah sorry, I misread it and confused her with the India guy (where I am now myself and it's... late). That would've been quite a plot twist.

Hoping to get back there someday...

Jenny stayed with a family at Lagunas Crossing the night before getting picked up and told them she was completely out of money.

Thank you all for your responses. ATM it is!

Maybe she would have caught a second class bus there, had the ATM worked.

Jenny had been hitch-hiking on this trip even when she did have money. It was what she liked to do. It was bad planning on her part to get so low on money. She left Oaxaca City the previous day, and there are all kinds of ATMs and banks there to get money. Still, had the ATM at Lagunas Crossing had money for her, she might have decided to change her ways and take a bus.

In cities a lot of businesses accept credit cards these days with no issues.

I went to a long running travel agency today in CDMX to enquire about flights; just doing some research. Was told payment could be in cash or by card, but if by card it is 2 percent more. This is not unusual, more merchants these days are passing the cost of card payments on to the purchaser.

I´ve seen restaurants say they charge 12% more if the customer wants a receipt. i thought that was a bit rich, until I figured it out: the business wasn´t paying value added tax on their income, but if they issued a recipt, they would have to pay the VAT, so added it on to the bill.