When I was leaving Mexico from the Creel meeting I crossed the border solo. As I approached the border I was unsure of where to stop and pulled over to asses the situation. For some reason I figured I would have to park on the opposite side from where I parked when I entered Mexico. As I sat there like an idiot for some time a guard started waiving me to keep going. I figured he realized that I needed to check out my vehicle and proceeded even though it seemed that I could only go through to the US if I proceeded straight. Well, that's exactly what happened, I went straight to the toll booth and 'departed' Mexico. I knew that was bad so I immediately pulled over and was soon confronted by another guard. My moto was preventing the trucks from passing. I'm not sure if he understood my spanish but he wanted me to jumpt the curb and park on the sidewalk. He also said I would have to walk back out and pay another departure fee. The curb was pretty high so I just pulled over at a spot where the large trucks could get by and walked over to the other side of the street and over into Mexico (no physical barriers). I slide my paper through the window and the man who took it disappeared. I didn't know if that was it or what and there was no one to ask. Eventually the man came out and wanted to see the bike. I showed him where it was (in the US) and he just turned around and went back in the office and eventually gave me some paperwork.

This is a long way of saying that preparation is critical. Had I not read about border crossing I would have drived straight through the border.

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Brooklyn Dakar
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