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El Doctor to explorer: “Welcome to Mexico”

El Doctor welcomes me in Mexico
El Doctor welcomes me in Mexico

Eventually, we passed the Mexican border Tuesday around 6 p.m.
We left San Antonio late in the day, after deciding to put new tires on the truck. It took us approximately two hours to pass immigration on both side of the border, fill the temporary importation forms for the car, and go through a custom checkpoint later on down the road.
It costs $50 for the importation and my driving permit, which allows me to reach the Guatemalan border in a couple of weeks.
Mexican custom officials were puzzled by the content of the car, and were not really excited when they saw the mess in the back of the truck. After a glance, they waved us through.

Soccer in Mexico is more than a game, according to Mexican kids
Soccer in Mexico is more than a game, according to Mexican kids

After a night in Monterrey, I woke up early and ran to get my first picadillo breakfast tacos in Mexico. After which, I went to the doctor to receive five shots including yellow fever, meningitis, typhoid, polio, Hepatitis A, tetanus and diphtheria.
Lionel was good to me, and the price was sweet – compared to the U.S. – at something like $210.
That was yesterday. Since that, we have just been walking through the city, grateful to be in a new country.

The city of Monterrey dominated by the Sieera Madre mountains in the background
The city of Monterrey dominated by the Sieera Madre mountains in the background

The weather is not amazing yet, but we are taking it easy, just going to markets, visiting friends, and eating all the time.

Gorditas for breakfast on Friday
Gorditas for breakfast on Friday

The last few weeks have been kind of busy and stressful, and I need to gain back some weight. I went down with a cold as well lastly, and I don’t have much energy. Anyhow, I already began to bounce back, and I feel really happy about being on the road.
Happy thanksgiving to all my friends in the U.S., mine will be celebrated with fish tacos.

8 Replies to “El Doctor to explorer: “Welcome to Mexico””

  1. $210 TOTAL for the immunizations is really inexpensive, considering a shot can be $100 a pop.

    I would be wary about immunizations outside the US, but then again how can you tell the shots received anywhere are good? You just have to trust that everyone is doing their job and that there isn’t water in the needle that suppose to be for yellow fever.

  2. uncle nick, good to see your moving along well happy turkey day. hope every one is fine after all those shots your getting good luck…….

  3. Were you at Doña Tota for gorditas? I love that place! I know it’s just Mexican fast food, but the gorditas were good enough to make me jump and down when I needed to book business trips to Monterrey. Also, the taco trucks that parked outside our offices there made for the best breakfasts!

    Happy travels.

  5. Monterrey looks very nice. Me gustaria saber para donde vas ahora? Did you understand what I wrote?

  6. Looking great Nick! I’m pretty sick of turkey. Hoping fish tacos will catch on as a new tradition. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving. ¡Vaya con dios mi amigo!

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