Today we did over 500 miles (800kms), crossed Texas and came to sleep in Mexico.
I left home still during the night with temperatures below freezing. Was very careful with any water on the road. Joined with Bo and Dave in Llano,TX where we had breakfast. As we were nearing the end of breakfast the conversation turned to
“what documents we needed to have at the border” and I realized that although I had the title, I did not have registration for the bike. Was able to find an office in town and in a matter of minutes they printed a duplicate registration. As it turned out it was not necessary in Mexico 🇲🇽 but it may be needed later on.
We left Llano, TX and went through some nice roads known as the Texas hill country which we know well from many other precious rides. With the sun shining and the temperatures now warming up, it was magic.
We had lunch in a gas station and made our way towards the border.
Crossing the border on the USA 🇺🇸 side Piedras Negras, MX 🇲🇽 was pretty simple as all we had to do was pay a toll to cross a one each way traffic bridge wait for them to take some pictures of our motorcycles and us and let us through.
We then travelled about 40 miles (64 kms) to Allende, TX where we had to do immigration and customs.
The immigration was quick but the customs was extremely slow as one has to stand in line for hours. Only two of us could be on the line as one (Dave in this case) stood outside by the bikes. During this time we had to listen to some people that came with sad stories of how they were stuck after an accident and with no money to get back home and begged people to help them. The use of props, like a neck brace and children carefully placed and looking sad in well done and Mexican people do help. Later on I had the chance of meeting the family (mother, father and two kids) that around the bikes asking a number of questions about the trip had dropped the act and were laughing and enjoying themselves. When it was eventually our turn we were treated very nicely, the process was explained to us and they even took photocopies of our documents. The all affair costs about $28 for immigration, $435 for customs (out of which $400 we get back when we leave Mexico 🇲🇽).
The problem is that with such a long time spent at the border post we could not reach our destination, Monclova, MX unless we travelled over two and half hours at night. So we aborted that and stopped at Sabinas, MX where we are staying a decent ($26) hotel. Our bikes are nicely parked under cover and we had a very good dinner at one of the best restaurantes in town at very reasonable prices.
All in all a good day where we learned about each other’s riding styles and speeds and practiced at riding in a group formation.
Entering Mexico 🇲🇽 is always fun as the colors change, things look different and people are very nice to deal with.
Over the next two days we have a lot of ground to cover so we will leave quite early, have a quick meal on the road, do what we love so much which is ride and eat up miles.
Make Life a Ride !
Departure
Breakfast in Llano, TX
Crossing the border into Mexico
Facebook post about the day
Click HERE for all the photos and videos of this Day
I left home still during the night with temperatures below freezing. Was very careful with any water on the road. Joined with Bo and Dave in Llano,TX where we had breakfast. As we were nearing the end of breakfast the conversation turned to
“what documents we needed to have at the border” and I realized that although I had the title, I did not have registration for the bike. Was able to find an office in town and in a matter of minutes they printed a duplicate registration. As it turned out it was not necessary in Mexico 🇲🇽 but it may be needed later on.
We left Llano, TX and went through some nice roads known as the Texas hill country which we know well from many other precious rides. With the sun shining and the temperatures now warming up, it was magic.
We had lunch in a gas station and made our way towards the border.
Crossing the border on the USA 🇺🇸 side Piedras Negras, MX 🇲🇽 was pretty simple as all we had to do was pay a toll to cross a one each way traffic bridge wait for them to take some pictures of our motorcycles and us and let us through.
We then travelled about 40 miles (64 kms) to Allende, TX where we had to do immigration and customs.
The immigration was quick but the customs was extremely slow as one has to stand in line for hours. Only two of us could be on the line as one (Dave in this case) stood outside by the bikes. During this time we had to listen to some people that came with sad stories of how they were stuck after an accident and with no money to get back home and begged people to help them. The use of props, like a neck brace and children carefully placed and looking sad in well done and Mexican people do help. Later on I had the chance of meeting the family (mother, father and two kids) that around the bikes asking a number of questions about the trip had dropped the act and were laughing and enjoying themselves. When it was eventually our turn we were treated very nicely, the process was explained to us and they even took photocopies of our documents. The all affair costs about $28 for immigration, $435 for customs (out of which $400 we get back when we leave Mexico 🇲🇽).
The problem is that with such a long time spent at the border post we could not reach our destination, Monclova, MX unless we travelled over two and half hours at night. So we aborted that and stopped at Sabinas, MX where we are staying a decent ($26) hotel. Our bikes are nicely parked under cover and we had a very good dinner at one of the best restaurantes in town at very reasonable prices.
All in all a good day where we learned about each other’s riding styles and speeds and practiced at riding in a group formation.
Entering Mexico 🇲🇽 is always fun as the colors change, things look different and people are very nice to deal with.
Over the next two days we have a lot of ground to cover so we will leave quite early, have a quick meal on the road, do what we love so much which is ride and eat up miles.
Make Life a Ride !
Departure
Breakfast in Llano, TX
Crossing the border into Mexico
Facebook post about the day
Click HERE for all the photos and videos of this Day
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