We have been home for almost a week. In that week, Mikko had regular school, Matthew did his writing, I did my normal puttering with a quick trip to Salamanca for more interviews and a school visit - so fun, we had a party last night and tonight we rush away again.
Mikko’s and my visas expire soon, so we are going to do the right thing and cross the frontier for a minute and come back in where they will issue us new visas. (It turns out it may not really be necessary, Matthew just crossed the border with an almost 3 month expired visa and they didn’t say a word. I get anxious about these things though - plus I really need some sushi.)
So tonight we leave at 8pm to go on the 16 hour bus ride to Chihuahua. We take the 12 hour train along the Copper Canyon at 6 Monday morning to los Mochis. Then a 6 hour ferry on Tuesday to La Paz, (on the southern end of Baja,) two more hours by bus or car, depending on my friend’s schedule, to Todos Santos, a few days of resting up there and playing in the waves, then the grueling 24 hour bus ride to Tijuana, a few days there with some friends who live just below the border on the beach. A quick trip to San Diego for some sushi and thrift store shopping (I hope) and back on a civilized airplane on the 19th with our brand new 6 month visas in hand.
I hope to not procrastinate the posting of our experiences, and so have updates more regularly.
Hi Linea,
It’s interesting to read about your visa adventure, because I just wrote to the immigration agent in SMA today to see if we would have to leave and come back at the 6 month point or if we could handle it from within the country. Did you have any luck on that front? Probably not if you are enduring all those bus rides to the border.
Hope you get your sushi fix on.
Cheers,
Lara from Colorado
I am so sorry I did not email you, we had a conference here last week and I thought I could wait. My parents will get here Friday night or early Saturday, I wanted to introduce them to my cohort and so we were planning a brunch on Sunday and if you could come that would be great. I will email you my phone number. xoxoxo.
Hi my sick little friend -
I just saw you are going through Todos Santos. Did you know that Pat Baum lives there and runs a surfing shop? Her son is just a bit younger than Mikko (or I could be totally wrong on that!). I’ve never made it down there but hear you can’t miss her place. Hope you feel better for the remainder of your journey.
Debbe