MexicoTed
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Incredible Border Wait Today (1/29/13)
I had the shortest border wait I've had walking across the border in 15 years. I was in TJ today for a dental appt. When I got in line to cross back I
checked my phone and it was 2:39. When I crossed into the U.S. is was 2:54. 15 minutes! Must have been my lucky day!
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David K
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Good for you Ted!
My last trip south (by car) had the longest wait, 5 hours, Tecate on a Sunday afternoon.
Last time we walked across was last July to get our FMM's... maybe 30 minutes at Tijuana coming back, on foot.
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El Comadante Loco
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David
No Sentri??? Que pasa amigo???... Never leave home without Sentri.....
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güero
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Last two times in auto, over 5 hours each. Tecate Sunday afternoon. Otay Saturday mid morning. I'll try Tijuana next time, maybe make it a turkey.
I think the're trying to discourage day crossers. Keep the money in the States. What do you think?
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liknbaja127
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Yea David K last time on sunday, I think end of march, Tecate, 5hr 15 min.
painfull. still had a great time at Mikes.
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CortezBlue
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| Quote: | Originally posted by El Comadante Loco
David
No Sentri??? Que pasa amigo???... Never leave home without Sentri..... |
Shhhhhhhhsh....don't tell everyone, I don't want to lose my spot in linr
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wornout
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1 Hour Crossing SOUTH
Thursday evening at 10 till 5, we got in line at the Old Border Crossing in Calexico. At that time, we were the first car at the intersection of Hwy
111 and 98. At 6:10, an hour and 20 minutes later, we were in Mexicali.
Sentri does no good heading south. What a mess. The month before, we used the New Border Crossing in Mexicali. It was only 30 minutes but then
another 45 to get through town over to Hwy 2 and Hwy 5.
This Space Available, E-Mail Me If Interested.
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Pescador
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| Quote: | Originally posted by El Comadante Loco
David
No Sentri??? Que pasa amigo???... Never leave home without Sentri..... |
Works fine if you use the same vehicle all the time, no trailer, and do not have over two passengers. So we find that lots of times it does us no
good.
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lizard lips
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I crossed with Sentri today at SY---7 minutes.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by El Comadante Loco
David
No Sentri??? Que pasa amigo???... Never leave home without Sentri..... |
No Rudy, no tenemos sentri, que lastima!
Solemente viaje en Mexico dos o tres veces cada año, pues no quiero la problema para obtenar el sentri.
Anyway, that long wait was in Max's car, not mine... Funny thing, we didn't mind... It was good chatting with my co-author on the missions book... and
neither of us needed to pee all that time, lol!
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M
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I crossed last Thursday
And had a 27 minute wait at 10:45 AM.
I'm going across tomorrow with another load, back on Sat.
I'm back on the hunt for a home again. I went back to look at the house I had chosen in Rosarito, but a closer look showed termite damage was so
extensive, it wouldn't hold paint.
Keep eye's and ears open for me. My budget is $600, mo. UNFURNISHED.
I'm trying to stay close to Calafia and Popolito.
Thanks,
M
Looking for new adventures now; Always...
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BajaBlanca
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good luck with your hunt, M,. bummer that it didn't work out with your first choice.
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
Works fine if you use the same vehicle all the time, no trailer, and do not have over two passengers. So we find that lots of times it does us no
good. |
Uh, you can have more than 2 in a car......as long as they all have SENTRI
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Pee bottle, a good paperback, a loud horn to blast errant vendors out of the way, and lots of snacks. My luck for a short wait would be like hoping
for short shirt sleeve weather at the North Pole.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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