alafrontera
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4 days in San Felipe
The weather was awesome, I'm guessing as good as one could hope for in February. My friend has a small beach house at Campo Mexico, 39.5 km south of
SF. It was great and we (2 couples) had a blast. The drive was smooth and the best part is we didn't pay any mordita the whole trip ! We spent
Saturday in town, explored a bit and went to Puertecitas on Sunday. The only negative we experienced was the 3 hour wait to cross back at the "new"
frontera in Mexicali. Bummer.
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nbacc
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What border did you use and what time was it when you returned?
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Cyanide41
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What do you mean "new" frontera? I came back through Mexicali in Oct and it was the same old Fontera I was used to.
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Donjulio
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Mexicali has two crossings. Old and new. New is east of town 7 miles.
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alafrontera
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Yes, the "new" one is 4-5 years old now  It is actually called "new",
the name is something like linea nuevo Mexicali, it's right there on the sign 
It was 3 PM on Monday of a holiday weekend so we were not surprised by the wait. They were brutal too, inspecting almost every car and secondary was
packed to the max.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by alafrontera
Yes, the "new" one is 4-5 years old now It is actually called "new",
the name is something like linea nuevo Mexicali, it's right there on the sign
It was 3 PM on Monday of a holiday weekend so we were not surprised by the wait. They were brutal too, inspecting almost every car and secondary was
packed to the max. |
It's a lot older than that... We on the Viva Baja Van trip in July, 2001 used the 'new' Mexicali East crossing... It was new, back then! http://vivabaja.com/van1
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alafrontera
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Oh OK, I was told 4-5 years. Hey, time passes odly in Mexico anyway
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BajaWarrior
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| Quote: | Originally posted by alafrontera
Yes, the "new" one is 4-5 years old now It is actually called "new",
the name is something like linea nuevo Mexicali, it's right there on the sign
It was 3 PM on Monday of a holiday weekend so we were not surprised by the wait. They were brutal too, inspecting almost every car and secondary was
packed to the max. |
We crossed about the same time, that was terrible...Worst yet for me at that border, but worst border crossing of all time for me was Tecate, about
two years ago, 2 hours and 45 minutes!
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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mtzracing
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I crossed Tuesday the 17th and the "New" crossing took 1.25 hours and had I not gone far left would have cut 30 or 40 min easy off that. Stay Center
to Right!!
mtz
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BajaRob
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Ditto
on the center lane. The left lane used to feed 3-4 entry portals. Last month some genious installed concrete barriors and the left lane now feeds one
portal.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by alafrontera
and the best part is we didn't pay any mordita the whole trip !. |
WHAT? Youre not doing your part to support the Mexican economy
Bob Durrell
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