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| driving highway 1d in tijuana |
The day started out by sleeping in, destroying our tom tom and running around getting money and insurance. All in all a good start! With our day beginning like this we were a little concerned with the trend we had going. Upon rolling up to gates of the great unknown we saw vehicles with their entire contents out on the street (oh good). After waiting and getting pointed in numerous directions we ended up with no inspection, no red light green light and a cat and truck that broke the ice with border officials, allowing us to stream through in a record breaking two and a half hours!!
Unfortunately, we had the pleasure to meet a very not nice immigration officer. It started with him asking us, "Where are your visas?" and telling us there were new rules that Canadians needed a visa to enter Mexico. The thing was we were already in Mexico! He then sent us back to red light green light area full of big machine guns with signs that say DO NOT ENTER. We asked a guy if it was safe to go past the military secure zone to find a different immigration officer and he said, "no problemo". This new immigration officer proceeded to roll his eyes and call the 'not nice' immigration officer and set him straight. He then apologized to us for his co-workers wild goose chase he sent us on. When we walked the kilometer back he took us right to the head of the line and told us "I guess you Canadians don't need visas in Mexico anymore". (on a side note, we knew we didn't need visas, we always do our homework, I guess this is a lesson that we need to assert ourselves more!!!) As well, this same guy never stamped our passports, which is required and would cause us problems later. When we noticed and returned he knew exactly why we were back - (@$$^*!e)
After driving the wide toll roads that carved down the coast we entered Ensenada, with no idea where to go and after a little marital spat, we ended up in a cute but worn hotel well away from the tourist zone.
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| entering ensenada |
It was a long, trying day but still very exciting - and at the end of it, it was time for dos cervezas!! We are leaving here bright and early tomorrow, we have our sights set on a beach where we will truly begin our adventure!!
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| no idea what we ordered but it was really good |
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| our home for the night |
And so it begins......
ReplyDeletetrying to tell jan how to send you a commemt!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteshe couldnt do it as she forgot her password, but she is going to keep on trying when she is not so tired
ReplyDeleteYou know.....the houses on that hillside are awesome, but I'm not sure I'd want Jesus looking directly down on me 24/7. I guess the flip side is that all your friends would be able to find your house......"just look for the giant statue of Jesus......if you hit Moses, then you've gone too far".
ReplyDeleteHi guys, I ended up re-doing my profile with a different email address (Goggle sucks if you are having issues - don't ever forget your password). Anyway..I am really enjoying following your escapades! Mom said you may be out of touch for awhile so enjoy, and take lots of pictures!!! Craig...I'd bet they'd take Jesus breathing down their neck over the blizzard we're in right now!!
ReplyDeleteI'm really enjoying your posts- we have it bookmarked on our computer so we can check regularly. It sounds like you are having quite an adventure so far. It's a blizzard here- enjoy the beautiful weather!
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