« Crossing the Border into Mexico | Main | Currency Conversion »
October 20, 2017
The Passport Arrives
...I'd often dreamed of going West to see the country, always vaguely planning and never taking off."
- Jack Kerouac, "On The Road"
Wow. So...that was unexpected. I just checked the mailbox today, and my passport was in there. Today is Friday October 20, 2017. (Also, it wasn't in there yesterday...I checked.)
So, I really wasn't expecting this for another week or so. I applied for the passport on October 10th. They said it would take "2-3 weeks", which would be 10/24-10/31 I figured. Instead, it showed up on October 20th. So, it only took 10 days to get here.
So, this is good, in a way, sort of....I mean....I have my passport now. But now, it really sort of calls me out because now it's like....uh...what are you waiting on at this point?
I still am waiting on the title to my motorcycle, I suppose. That's the only real excuse that I have at this point for not riding off into the wilds of Latin America. I think I might need my title for the bike when I get my temporary import permit into Mexico.
So....yikes....I think I need to get moving on getting ready to leave the country.
I just checked and I corrected my title to the bike on 10/10/2017. And, my notes say I should have the title in about 4 weeks. So, that would be 11/8/2017, I think.
The problem with not having the title to the bike is that, in Mexico, for the Temporary Import Permit, I think that I need the title. And, without it, I don't think I can get on the ferry at Pichilingue. So, I think that, if I can't get my Temporary Import Permit at the San Ysidro border crossing, then I'm not going through Baja. If I can't get the permit, then I'll just drive down through the mainland of Mexico (following the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific coast).
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 20, 2017 at 3:56 PM
Comments