Jonathan, Laredo to Nuevo Laredo

On December third the group that I am traveling with started out from Laredo Texas for Mexico. With nine people, one dog, a trailer full of Vanagon parts and a Subaru engine I was expecting the border crossing to be difficult. We crossed the Rio Grande at nine in the morning and thanks to our preparations, some resourcefulness and Nellie’s great Spanish we were all through customs before eleven. From customs we followed our police escort straight to the bank for pesos and for our first taste of the difficulties of moving as such a large group in Mexico. As soon as we got our cash we had to spend some so we headed for a Pemex station on the edge of town for gas and then we were off.

Playing with the Radios Committed Rio Grande

First Sighting Customs Going for GasMexico Banamex

Jonathan Poole

Hotel Del Bosque, Zacatecas Mexico

Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Poolio
Filed under: Jonathan Poole

5 Responses to “Jonathan, Laredo to Nuevo Laredo”

  1. ZamoraBlog » Border Crossing to Zamora Overview, on December 6th, 2007 at 9:14 pm Said:

    [...] Crossing on December 3rd at Laredo was 6 vans and 9 people (see how it went): [...]

  2. josh, on December 6th, 2007 at 11:27 pm Said:

    hey man,
    thanks for keeping up with the blog,
    who has the blue van?

  3. Poolio, on December 7th, 2007 at 3:45 am Said:

    The blue van is Jason’s.. he is a tree planter down to surf and work on a video project for the rest of the winter..

  4. Jolley, on December 7th, 2007 at 7:26 am Said:

    You made it! To Mexico, that is . . . Hope all continues to go well. : ) Thanks for the pictures.

  5. Mary, on December 7th, 2007 at 8:11 am Said:

    Loved the music with the video. Nice pics and wish I was with you. Maybe another time. Looks like a good group and I am impressed with all the vanagans.

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