We have reached LA after travelling more than 42,400 km (26,350 miles), for our flight back to the UK :( We are staying at Hermosa Beach, birthplace of surfing. It is a nice area and we are staying in luxury, a mini suite with a sea view!
Our Xmas day so far, we went for a walk along the beach, made use of the hotel launderette and now watching John Wayne on TV.
Our journey north towards the border took us through a picturesque giant bolder field.
We had a cold and wet ride to the small border crossing at Tecate. The signs directed us to a queue, which took us straight into the US. Mmm, we hadn't officially left Mexico yet! We were stamped in but then the fun started with the bike. The 'senior' customs official didn't have a clue and said that we didn't need the import form that our freight company in LA said we needed. Without it, we would have problems exporting the bike! After about 2 hours they decided to give us the form but they had no idea how to complete it.
We now had to go back to Mexico to officially leave, so parked in the US and walked back in. In about 2 minutes we had our passports stamped but then had to cancel the bike permit. Unfortunately, they needed to take a photo of the bike so I had to go back to the US and ride it back into Mexico. I tried to walk back across the border but got accosted by a US soldier so had to walk back through passport control. Eventually I rode back to Mexico for the photo and then we had to go back through the original queue back into the US! It all goes to show that after all we had heard about Central American border bureaucracy it was actually the US border control that caused us the only problem!
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