rambling, drunk on christmas and the festive spirit.
I just left mexico about 2 days ago, you don't need to put the sticker on your bike, I was worried about it falling off my dirty bike, after the first 5 checkpoints some military some police no-one asked why it wasn't affixed to the bike. Just something I was worried about. I kept it intact the same as they give it to you which seems a lot safer.
Other tips would be hand in your USA visa if you have one, before you cross into mexico as I had to pay $19 to cross the bridge back the usa, and give in my visa.
Be nice to the border guards , twice they have taken me to the front past a queue extending about 200 meters and got me a visa.
don't buy any food near the border and carry it with you as it's illegal to import any food although everyone tries to sell it to you.
The speed bump things are not as bad as people say, the worst are around the more offical places nothing that will kill you, just lift the rear wheel off the ground.
The driving is nothing bad like some say on the internet, infact slightly better than any country i've been to, funny seeing how people ignore the crossing guard people with the stop signs and just speed by though.
Give it some gas, if in doubt just speed up and blast through that 6 lane junction with 7 traffic lights chances are you'll make it.
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