Run! Hide! The Illegal Border Crossing Experience

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Rather bizarre attraction, but it sounds both fun and educational.

The night was crisp and clear in the central Mexican highlands, the moon illuminating mesquite trees, cactus and pastures. Our group of 13 was about to set out on one of Mexico’s more bizarre tourist attractions: a make-believe trip illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States…

The four-hour caminata nocturna — nighttime hike — traverses desert, hills, brambles and riverbeds in the Parque EcoAlberto, an eco-park communally owned by the Hñahñu Indians who live on some 3,000 acres of land in the state of Hidalgo, about three hours northwest of Mexico City (and roughly 700 miles from the border).

Organizers say they opened the park about two and a half years ago, with financing from the Mexican government, and began the caminata as a way to offer tourists a taste of life as an illegal immigrant.
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[gilliam]

Well, you have to practice.

 

[Digitonomy]

Well, you have to practice.

It helps, although I doubt most of the illegal crossers have the money and time to spend traveling to Hidalgo to participate in a guided hike.