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September 17th 2008

Day 347 - Thursday 11 September

We arrived into Matamoros around lunchtime and im actually surprised at how big the place is. Its far bigger than any of the other border towns I've been too but like many of the others theres absolutely nothing to do here.

As we were not crossing until tomorrow morning we checked into a nearby hotel. Its an absolute dive and not cheap but will do for the night.

With nothing to do I spent most of the rest of the day and evening twidling my thumbs waiting for tomorrow.

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