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Published: March 8th 2008
Just the rush at the border we avoided
This happens to be the border between Juarez and El Paso and we actually crossed at Nogales but the problem is the same - lots of people waiting to cross if you happen to try it during the day.After leaving Juarez where we successfully attained a permanent Visa for my son's fiancee' - a Mexican girl. At the border into Mexico I anticipated problems as we had to register our car in our name and get a Mexican permit for it and we also had loaded it as full as was possible with goods from the States. Fortunately we got to the border at about 5 a.m. and whizzed through all parts of the permit process. But we did get the red light at the border which means an inspection of the car. The border person just looked in our car and asked if it was all for our house to which we responded YES and breathed a sigh of relief.
We motored though Sonora (looks like E. Washington or most of Arizona) and Sinola (farm land which looks like enough crops are grown to feed all of Mexico and have some left over) to Nayarit and then Jalisco. We spent the first night of the first driving day in Mazatlan on 2-14 which was Valentine's day. Not wanting to drive into Mazatlan's tourist zone, we opted to find a hotel on the highway to Tepic. What a
On the road again
One of many pictures taken from our speeding car as we motored home to PV. mistake as the only place we could find was a trucker's hotel which was more than noisy - it was just darn loud and very basic. Thinking that the airport would have lots of restaurants for our dinner, we drove out to it and found it was very, very small (as in little) and had only a food court in which to have our Valentine's meal. More disappointment. But we survived it all and arrived in PV mid-day the following day. Breakfast was another experience to miss as both driving days we could not find anything so ate what we could at a gas station food stop. Ugh! Need I say more!
Back in PV our days settled into our regular routine - walking, Xiutla performances and meals. Then two days after we got home, Leon's brother Frank, wife Monique and their neighbors, Chuck and Marlene arrived. We had secured beds in a friend's condo close by so only two were sleeping here. Their visit was a lot of fun as we did things we normally did not do including eating out twice a day on almost all the days and lots of shopping excursions. One of the shopping
excursions included buying a new statue from our friend and sculptor, Jim Demetro. That was an expensive trip. In addition, Monique ordered a painting of her last dog and Frank from our friend, Bill White, an extraordinary oil painter here in PV. We hosted to get together one night of local friends and I cooked two meals - other than that, it was the gravy train. They left on 3-4 after two weeks of non-stop activity. Now for a short ten day rest while we await my daughter, Laura, son-in-law, Steve and two grandsons (ages 18 & 15) to arrive the week before Easter which in Mexico is called Semana Santa and is the week that most other cultures prefer not to be here as the beaches are invaded with nationals (which is only right as it is their country) but avoidance is the best route of action. Last year we escaped by going to Mayto a small beach area about two hours south of here where we rented a house on the beach - much more preferable than staying in Disneyland (excuse me - I meant to say PV).
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Helga Jaques
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Great travel log, interesting topic
I enjoyed this travel log, since it talks about a different topic. Waiting in line as an american to get a Visa for America.