Joe Rogan Reached Edge of the Map...🗺️ 

Joe was so stoned he forgot he booked his security to go with him

Unfortunately, this is very common in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Ultimately though they are there for your safety. Tourism is a major driver of their economy and they don’t want to have anybody messing with that.

“Jamie, pull up the video of a brown bear raiding a Mexican resort.”

The military post was like "American tourists with no 🧠 wandering around again" 💀

Fun fact: the area the resorts are in are usually protected by the cartels to prevent gang wars from starting as tourism is such a large portion of the economy

Could you imagine being in some random Mexican village and you just stumble upon Joe Rogan and his family on a golf cart 😂

Never underestimate the measures a country will go to protect the image that foreigners have of them

My buddy just went to his sister's wedding at a resort in Mexico and he said on the beach there was military walking with machine guns up and down the beach because four people had been kidnapped from resorts in Mexico that month

Rogan: There was also a bear flying an F-16.

That's why they say stay put and never venture off!!

Nah what resort is this bro, I’m going there for the apocalypse

I went to mexico city for work and for the first time, i saw armored vehicles loaded with "MARINAS" , full gear, helmets and all, guns, with a guy behind a .50 cal machine gun mounted to the back. They were all in the back of the truck. Just patroling around like normal

Never leave a resort in certain countries

Same thing when I was in Playa Del Carmen and Tulum. Shit was crazy.

As a person who frequently commutes throughout Mexico and being Mexican I can confirm this is true, sadly because of the lack of power from the government, large amounts of corruption(it’s starting to get better), and narcos they put these measures into place. It sounds bad but is should not be a deterrent either, Mexico does this to protect one of it’s largest economies and foreigners. Be glad they put those measures into place 24/7

Inside Hotel: "Mexico is beautiful." Outside the Hotel: "Oh so this is how I die."

Police and military with machine guns are the norm all over Mexico

Hotel Rwanda, Tim Dillon should have his brain in a lab for studies 😂😂😂

I’m glad you speaking on this Joe, it’s everywhere it’s in Haiti, it’s in Jamaican it’s everywhere, in Brazil.

An interesting fact is that the tourist areas where foreigners usually stay are guarded by military personnel and cartel members alike.

Yea that’s common in Mexico, I’ve seen a truck load of soldiers going up and down a road when I was in Cancun and the beaches are patrolled also

"I took ONE step out the resort" - Peter Griffin's head on a stick

Went to Cancun and the second we step off the plane and in front of the airport, the first thing we saw were armord vehicles and soldiers. Then when we got on the bus and drove to the resort, the highway we took, which is literally a swathe cut through the jungle, is lined every halfmile with 2 military watchtowers and 2 snipers at each tower. We drove like 5 miles and we had to have seen like a couple dozen sniper nests. Once you finally get to the resort, you have to go through 3 layers of fencing and checkpoints, each with again, more soldiers and armored vehicle's. Outside the resort was a few desolate towns but you can tell the money is not being divied out. Ill tell ya, ive never felt more safe but also concered considering the extent they were going through to make sure their tourism was protected.

I have a friend, a FDNY firefighter, who was pulled over on a golf cart in Mexico. He had driven to the local liquor store to replenish their party. He was drunk. Got pulled over by the local Mexican police and taken to their police station. They took his jewelry, the golf cart, and made him call the resort to talk to his friends. They gave them every dollar they had to get him released. Oh, they also took all the liquor he had bought. They had to go home because everyone was broke.

The crazy part. I used to go to Mexico when I was young. All those resorts are owned by cartels. It’s basically like a cartel is protecting you. They just say it’s the police. Technically it is, but no price is above the law in Mexico

That is so true and these military guys from Mexico don’t play. Thank God, I knew the language. Very professional

I stayed in isla mujeres and there was armored tanks and cars everywhere just like that

We saw this in Xcaret Mexico, we were even told during one of the excursions, should we fall in the water and be pulled out by an armored person, don’t freak out they’re helping us to safety

I grew up in the Muslim autonomous region of the Philippines with an American ex-military father. There was a huge house we called the "guest house" in the capitol on the mainland that we used to sometimes visit for a few weeks at a time. It was called a "house" but it was more like a complex - I remember there were offices in the basement, a live-in housekeeping staff, and an entire playground on a outdoor balcony. Alot of other Americans living throughout the country would also occasionally stay there too. The house itself had 10 foot walls and was on top of a huge hill, and was inside a gated community (armed guard at the neighborhood gate). As a kid I thought it was just a cool place to get to watch Cartoon Network and play with other American kids. I found out from my parents as an adult that it was actually a safe house for foreign nationals and was geographically inside of a 3-point triangle of the US Embassy, a US military base, and the airport. We left PH and moved back to the US very suddenly, and I also wasnt told until I was an adult that the US state department had ordered the evacuation of all Americans in the Muslim autonomous region due to increased violence. This was a year before 9-11. So yeah...........Americans really have no idea how much they're protected in dangerous countries.

Its Simple Math....Protect the hand that Feeds you.

Happens in Southeast Asia too. Upscale resorts get military protection.

People forget that Mexico is no longer a 1st world nation. It’s second at best and not by much. I love Mexico it’s just absolutely crime ridden and full of to much violence.

I’ve been going to Mexico for years, and the Federales always have military gear. I can’t believe you’re surprised at all, especially given the relative wealth tourists have.

My Gf went with a friend to Mexico to a resort. They picked them up from airport, drove to resort and did an orientation. One of the main topics was don't leave the resort for any reason, in an emergency they would be told exactly what, who, and where. If you needed or wanted anything they would try to get it for you. Armed guards were at the entrances and they would take you back to airport when leaving. So he is correct

It's the cartels protecting their gigantic laundry machine, if you catch my drift...

I saw the exact thing in Cancun back when it was safe. They had a military check point at the entrance to the peninsula

a lot of the resorts don't like it when you leave the resort. They try pretty hard to keep you on site.

I got off my cruise ship and I swear I saw my operator from black ops 2 standing in front of me

Mexican here, I keep telling people who like to travel that they need to stay in the resort areas for their safety…… they never listen, then they come back with horror stories, the entire time I’m thinking “you’re lucky you came back in the first place”

I’m an American that moved to Playa del Carmen 20 years ago. It’s great down here. There are many issues with this country but it’s still safer in this area than any major city in the USA.

Hawaii sounds great thanks

For the ones saying this happens in DR. It’s a lie. We do have gangs, but never cartels at the level that Mexico does. Tourists leave resorts all the time and go to the countryside and stay in small towns. I’ve even seen them camping in the middle of nowhere and be safe. I’m not saying the country is perfect I don’t like it myself, but it’s far from being nearly as dangerous as Mexico is

The hotel rawanda joke flying over joes head is the best part of this video actually

Wrong, that my friend is the cartel 😂

i was in cabo mexico just a week ago and there were armored suv’s driving around and army men walking around with m16’s on almost every corner, i took many pictures with them they will not harm you

One of the options I had to go to study is Ciudad Juárez. Some zones of Mexico are a warzone

Yup me and a buddy took a rented dune buggy around Puerto Vallarta to the outskirts and ran into a "military check stop" and saw the tanks and fire power, lol we high tailed it back into resort city.

Please can you turn up the music? It didn't quite drown out the background talking.

As someone who lives in Mexico, this is extremely common. They make it sound “scary” but just anywhere you go (not only resorts) you will find vehicles with up to 6 men on them and a turret on the back.

The guy was like "yeah you can, but you shouldn't" 😂

You even see this shit in Rome, PMCs are very common anywhere wealthy/ "Hostage-able" people (or historical and culturally relevant) areas are relatively close to a lawless area or accessible to "lawless people".

“Where were u staying at? Hotel Rwanda?!” 💀💀🤣

Sometimes the cartels own the resorts and keep it all under in check.

I was at this place called hotel Xcaret in Mexico and there were guards with machine guns posted everywhere near the entrance

For the ignorant one, Rwanda is a beautiful country, well run and with beautiful people…..

I can certainly say resorts in Mexico are pretty safe, the problem is if the sh*t goes down you gonna be trapped in the middle. This is one of the reasons why I won't go back to Mexico any time soon

I remember going to Cuba in the early 2000s with my mom and sister. At the tinny airport, there were armed soldiers with riffles around and they followed our bus ride to Cayo Coco.

"My f*cking wife" 😂

Same in Cabo. Mexican Marines with large caliber machine guns mounted to armored personnel carriers. Pretty sobering…..

Not much has really changed for the citizens of Mexico since the Revolution. My grandmother, sister, and parents left Mexico in 1911. Don't be surprised if Mexico breaks back out into civil war again. Here's a list of the previous civil war leaders of Mexico 1910-1911: Francisco I. Madero. Pascual Orozco. Bernardo Reyes. Pancho Villa. Emiliano Zapata. Ricardo Flores Magón.

“Hotel Rwanda” omg 😂😂😂😂😂

2 things i know about Mexico. Stay at the resort, dont go out. And, don't drink the water.

My aunt got married in Cabo, the resort already had security but my grandpa hired an additional 3 snipers.

Hasn't Family Guy taught us never to leave the resorts?

Mexico was such a lovely place 35 years ago.

LOL that's what it's like everywhere in Mexico😂

I went to Mexico in 1996 and there was police/ military with machine guns in the shops and just walking around. Couldn’t imagine it now in 2024 !!

Wait til he finds out who owns all of the resorts lol

also in brasil the situation is not much different, the resorts are armed guarded

Was just in Cancún and I can confirm it is SKETCHY

Me and MY FING WIFE 😂 Like she booked the Vacation 😂🤷🏽‍♂️

I used to be a corporate event planner and we had a situation where the wrong people managed to get through to the resort and they robbed everyone at gun point. Very spooky

No, sometimes it’s the cartel dressed like military, they protect their assets like that

Went to Isla Mujeres right off the coast of Cancun this time last year and it was the same way. As soon as you get off the boats there’s people dressed out in gear with rifles, and patrol vehicles rolling around the island.

In Gutemala there’s guards armed with shotguns outside every store just about😂

The hotels are probably the ones hiring them to protect the tourists to keep their business going. RESPECT! 👏🏼

I say hell yeah. I love a military protecting me while on vacation. Sounds great.

We’ll…I drove from San Diego to Punta Mita. The only time I saw those military trucks was on the last leg…I followed one all through the winding mountain road into Punta Mita. The highway 200 from Tepic to Punta Mita is treacherous. I went through a cartel stop in Sinaloa with no problem, but that highway 200 is covered with roadside crosses for a reason.

This is how rich people like Rogan, are completely oblivious to the real world...

That’s a common thing in Nigeria. In fact most soldiers are deployed as private guards

This is like that family guy clip where Peter leaves the resort 😂

As a kid I wave hi to one and I got a peace sign. Pretty cool serious dude.

I went to Los Cabo Mexico and there were dozens of guys with machine guns walking along this retaining wall and around the resorts. It felt like we were in a high class prison.

Anytime you cross the border you'll see these guys. The funny thing is, the show of force is a bit ridiculous since you need high clearance to even own a gun in México

With that background music, i thought it was Jon Jones standing at top of the tank

He probably mistook the cartel for the military. Those are cartel assets and they have their men protecting the people at the resorts.

This is so common in developing countries, back when I lived in Delhi even middle class apartments had armed private security.

Lived and worked in Mexico City for a year. Seeing military soldiers armed and ready hanging around the malls was wild.

When my husband and I went to India, our personal guide told us not to leave the Resort at night bc it's dangerous for tourists. We decided to go out at night anyway and immediately regretted it. We had in a very short time a crowd of people start following us harassing us. The gate keeper at the resort saw us running back and immediately came to our rescue. Tourists aren't always welcome in some places.

Hotel Rwanda is crazy 💀

He's just happy there was no Bears

"Jamie, pull up a picture of a bear with a machine gun standing on top of the fucking tank"

It is similar in Cancun (Yacatan) also. If you leave the main resort strip you will see a heavy military presence with military tanks, armored trucks.

The soldiers weren’t protecting the resort, Rogan was

I travelled to Mexico 10 years ago with my Young family and stayed in Sayultia next to Ponta Mita.…. The people were lovely and never felt threatened once and even our surfboards that we left unattended in the garden which led onto the beach did not get stolin. I found the place to be much safer than most countries I’ve been too

Back in 2019 I shattered my kneecap right before my trip to Cabo San Lucas so when I went down I was on crutches. The amount of federales that would stop traffic to let me cross the road, held doors open for me, and cleared a path for me when it was busy was amazing. They are some amazing people

Golf karts weren’t that fast…. Until you figure out how to take off resident mode 😅

If that were true, they weren't A LOOOOT of Americans living in Mexico now. The think is that Americans feel more safe in Mexico than in USA.

This happened when we took bikes into the city. Felt so safe

"Me and My effing wife" 😂