Took the bus from Vegas to Benson, east of Tuscon and cycled to the Mexican border. I passed some empty houses and was suddenly in a mexican street, great but I didn`t see any customs so I went back, looking for american immigration. After a while I found them on the outgoing side of the border, from Mexico to USA and took care of my green visa waiver. Now looking for mexican immigration and found them also in an small office, went in and sat down. The immigration officer asked from what country I am and I said Olanda, ja toch !!! He looked in a map and did it for a long time, finally he said you need visa. I said, no I do not need visa ! He looked again and said, again after a while, you need visa. I said I don`t understand, my book says I Do not need visa, just a tourist permit, could I have it for 90 days por favor ? He said no, you need to go to ambassy and get visa stamp, then come back here. I asked, where is ambassy, he said in Douglas, today closed ( sunday ), come back tomorrow. I said no, this issen`t happening, look I DO NOT NEED visa, just a tourist permit, plaese give me one ? He looks again in his map and says no, here look. I looked and saw immediately what was wrong, he was looking at Antilles de Olanda... I said , no that is not where I am from, I am from Olanda Europa ! H starts looking agian in his map for quite a time, stands up and gave me a tourist permit to fill in... pfffff, finally, glad that I can be so volhardend sometimes... I asked for 90 days, he gave me 30, I said, look I am with a bicycle, Mexico es grande, 30 days in not enough. He asked you will 2 months and I agreed; sthe status I have now is of an transmigrant. Later, in front of my tent I read on the back of the permit that a transmigrant status in only valid for 30 days... Now, I don`t expect trouble cause I think I will need 3 weeks here in Mexico, I am taking the train or bus from nuevo casas grandes to Theotihucan to save some time. Cycled now two days here and the wind is strong, westwards, lightly in my back so okay ! Tonight free camping at a hotel, didn`n want to pay 150 peses = 15 dollars for a room so I got myself a nice place for my tent for free, shower included, ha ha ! Well, greetings to all !
Hoi Lars,
De geografische kennis van de grensbeamte was niet erg hoog!
En ik geloof dat jij er ook niet echt Antilliaans uitziet.
In ieder geval kan je weer een land aan je lijst toevoegen.
Dit weekend weer naar Utrecht, de kargadoor. Er zal wel veel over je gekletst worden.(geintje)
Ik hoop dat je belvenissen in Mexico net indrukwekkend zijn.
Groeten, John.