Across the crick
Border formalities. I’m filled with a mixture of fatigue and trepidation. No matter that I’ve done this 500 times before, entering foreign territory in the dark always increases my anxiety level a tad. Watch your money, watch your stuff, get all your stamps, be suspicious of good Samaritans. A Mexican traveler is wowed that we are on our bikes and headed for Puerto Vallarta. "You will have a wonderful time." Then Mexico. Reynosa, as always, totally totally confusing.... At 26 kilometers is the final immigration check. We pass a long line of trucks, move up to the front to the lights, more officials in uniforms, keep your eyes straight ahead.... We are officially in the interior.
It reminds me of the time I went skydiving. All that anxiety as the plane climbs to 10,000 feet, and then that door, oh, the horror of the door, and next thing you know you don't have to worry about the door any more, and you are in free fall. In the interior we are in free fall. Enjoy the ride. Let the adventure begin.
--Milton Otto, from a 2007 blog.
Border formalities. I’m filled with a mixture of fatigue and trepidation. No matter that I’ve done this 500 times before, entering foreign territory in the dark always increases my anxiety level a tad. Watch your money, watch your stuff, get all your stamps, be suspicious of good Samaritans. A Mexican traveler is wowed that we are on our bikes and headed for Puerto Vallarta. "You will have a wonderful time." Then Mexico. Reynosa, as always, totally totally confusing.... At 26 kilometers is the final immigration check. We pass a long line of trucks, move up to the front to the lights, more officials in uniforms, keep your eyes straight ahead.... We are officially in the interior.
It reminds me of the time I went skydiving. All that anxiety as the plane climbs to 10,000 feet, and then that door, oh, the horror of the door, and next thing you know you don't have to worry about the door any more, and you are in free fall. In the interior we are in free fall. Enjoy the ride. Let the adventure begin.
--Milton Otto, from a 2007 blog.