Wednesday, October 23, 2019

The road to Tecate

It's 07:30 and it's time to hit the road. Satnav prepped and I'm off. It's not until to get to Chula Vista that the journey gets interesting. Firstly because there is a necessity to have a sign saying not to discharge firearms and secondly because it is suburban heaven. If I had to live in SD, this would be it.

Road rights of way baffle me. I thought there was going to be an altercation with a big SUV, so I followed him and we had a great chat. Turns out he was an ex-cop and commended me on my defensive cycling!

The rest of the ride until the last 10km is rather unnoteworthy. The last 10km really kicks in and at 78km for the hot day, you just have a relentless level of up. There is a small shoulder to ride on and traffic is generally considerate. When you finally see Tecate, The effort is worth it. You just roll down hill to the Casa Cambio (money exchange), quickly change some cash and roll on to the border. 

Now, the border is really simple. Just keep walking, through a gate and you're in to Mexico. Except...it shouldn't be that simple but that's what happened, until I realised I'd not got an entry stamp. So, I dashed back and explained to an official what had happened and they pointed me in the right direction. No more than 5 minutes later, a bit of paperwork and £25 lighter and I can enter Mexico officially. Immediately, the guy who's child held the gate open for me wanted to know where I was staying and what cash I had for his daughter's help. Ordinarily, I'd blow that off but this guy was helpful, spoke great English despite looking like an ex-gang member that the media portray. With that, I am in Tecate and off to my hotel

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